World Review: Myanmar in Crisis, Gaza Cease-Fire, Blinken-Lavrov
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World Review with Ivo Daalder
Nirmal Ghosh, Elise Labott, and Gideon Rachman join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.
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About This Episode
The Straits Times' Nirmal Ghosh, Foreign Policy's Elise Labott, and the Financial Times' Gideon Rachman join Council President Ivo Daalder to examine a cease-fire Gaza, Myanmar’s looming humanitarian and economic crises, the state of COVID-19 in Asia, and takeaways from the first meeting between United States Secretary of State Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on this week’s "World Review."
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About the Panelists
US Bureau Chief, The Straits Times
Nirmal Ghosh is the US Bureau Chief for The Straits Times. His reporting covers politics, elections, conflict and coups d’etat, natural disasters, and social and environmental issues across a dozen Asian countries.
Elise Labott
Contributing Editor, POLITICO Magazine & CEO of Zivvy Media
Elise Labott is an adjunct professor at American University’s School of International Service and the founder and CEO of Zivvy Media, a digital platform to engage youth on global issues.
Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times
Gideon Rachman is the Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator at the Financial Times. He joined the FT after a 15-year career at The Economist, which included spells as a foreign correspondent in Brussels, Washington, and Bangkok.
CEO, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Ivo H. Daalder served as the US ambassador to NATO from 2009 to 2013. He joined the Council as president in 2013 and took on the new role of CEO in 2023. Previously, he was a senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution and served as director for European affairs on President Bill Clinton’s National Security Council. He is the author or editor of 10 books.