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China's Hong Kong Power Grab and US Withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty

Steven Erlanger, Susan Glasser, and Peter Spiegel share their perspectives on the week's top global news with Council President Ivo Daalder.
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About This Episode

The New York Times' Steve Erlanger, The New Yorker's Susan Glasser, and Financial Times' Peter Spiegel join Council President Ivo Daalder to analyze the week's world news, including China's Hong Kong power grab, US withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty, Pompeo and the death of American diplomacy, the Franco-German recovery plan, and more.

About the Panelists
Staff Writer and Columnist, New Yorker
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Susan Glasser is a staff writer for The New Yorker and was a founding editor of POLITICO Magazine, where she also served as POLITICO's chief international affairs columnist and host of the podcast "The Global Politico." She's also a global affairs analyst for CNN.
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Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe, The New York Times
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Based out of Brussels, Belgium Steven Erlanger is the Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for The New York Times. He's been reporting for the Times since 1987.
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US Managing Editor, Financial Times
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Peter Spiegel is currently the US managing editor of the Financial Times. Prior to that, he worked at the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal.
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CEO, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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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.
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