World Review: When Biden Met Xi, Russia Threatens Europe, and COP26 at Home

VIDEO SERIES World Review with Ivo Daalder
Journalists Ryan Heath, Carla Anne Robbins, and Philip Stephens join Council President Ivo Daalder to review the news of the week.
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After President Biden and President Xi's virtual summit this week, Ryan Heath, Carla Anne Robbins, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to assess what the conversation achieved and how it will affect US-China relations going forward. Then, they untangle Russia’s threats to Europe via Belarus and Ukraine, reflect on what was and what wasn’t accomplished at COP26, and unpack the challenges President Biden faces in bringing his climate commitments home.

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About the Panelists
Ryan Heath
Co-Author of Axios AI+, Axios
Ryan Heath
Ryan is co-author of Axios AI+ — examining the ways our world is transformed by tech innovations and the people who regulate them. Ryan moderated the first presidential debate of the 2019 EU election, and between 2015 and 2023 wrote POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook, Davos Playbook and Global Insider newsletters and hosted podcasts. He is former presidential speechwriter and tech spokesperson at the European Commission.
Ryan Heath
Carla Anne Robbins
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
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Before joining CFR, Carla Anne Robbins was the deputy editorial page editor of The New York Times and chief diplomatic correspondent of the Wall Street Journal. She is also faculty director of the MIA program at Baruch College's Marxe School.
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Philip Stephens
Contributing Editor, Financial Times
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Philip Stephens joined the Financial Times in 1983 as the economics, political, and UK edition editor, and currently serves as a contributing editor. He won the David Watt Prize for Outstanding Political Journalism, Political Journalist of the Year by the UK Political Studies Association, and Political Journalist of the Year in the British Press Awards.
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Ivo H. Daalder
President Emeritus, 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, took on the new role of CEO in 2023, and now serves as president emeritus. 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.
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