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Hong Kong, EU Recovery Funding, and Libya

Carol Giacomo of the New York Times, Stefan Kornelius of Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Edward Luce of the Financial Times joined Council President Ivo Daalder to analyze global news.
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About This Episode

The New York Times' Carol Giacomo, Süddeutsche Zeitung's Stefan Kornelius, and Financial Times' Edward Luce discuss the global reaction to China's aggression in Hong Kong, ongoing negotiations on EU recovery funding, the potential for Libya’s ongoing conflict to escalate into the next "great game," and the role leadership type—and public trust in government—plays in a successful COVID-19 response. 

About the Panelists
Freelance Journalist
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Carol Giacomo was a member of The New York Times editorial board from 2007 to 2020 writing opinion pieces about all major national security issues including nuclear weapons, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Prior to this role, she was a former diplomatic correspondent for Reuters in Washington for more than two decades. She served as a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics in 2020.
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Head of Foreign Policy Department, Süddeutsche Zeitung
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Stefan Kornelius has spent over 20 years at Süddeutsche Zeitung. Throughout his career, he has covered Germany's Christian Democratic Party, the chancellorship of Helmut Kohl, and defense issues in Europe. His biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, entitled “Angela Merkel, the Chancellor and her World,” has been translated into 13 languages.
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US National Editor, Financial Times
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Edward Luce is the Financial Times' chief US commentator and columnist based in Washington, D.C. Prior to that role, he was the Financial Times' Washington bureau chief and South Asia bureau chief based in New Delhi.
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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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