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World Review: Taiwan Tensions, Iraq Elections, and Energy Geopolitics

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Karen DeYoung, Bobby Ghosh, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Xi Jinping clapping his hands while speaking
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

How Climate Financing for Developing Economies Will Help All

In the News
Devex
Robert Muggah

“Wealthier countries and companies that are driving climate change share an obligation to support and invest in solutions for those most adversely affected,” writes Robert Muggah in Devex.

A small scale farmer tends crops in Malawi wearing a pink patterned garment.
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

The Debate on US Taiwan Policy

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Does an increasingly aggressive China mean the United States should maintain its posture of strategic ambiguity or adopt strategic clarity?

Ships in the Taiwan Strait
REUTERS
US Foreign Policy

U.S. Needs to Reassure Allies against N. Korean Threats

In the News
Yonhap
Ivo H. Daalder

Council President Daalder explains with CSIS that, "reassuring allies that we will be there when necessary, particularly for their nuclear defense, needs to become a focus."

Screen shot of Council President Daalder speaking on a webinar with CSIS Capital Cable.
CSIS
Defense and Security

Reassuring Allies on Nonproliferation

Video Series
Featured Video

Council President Ivo Daalder speaks on a panel with CSIS on security in Northeast Asia, extended deterrence, non-proliferation, public opinion, and the US-ROK alliance.

Ivo Daalder on a panel with CSIS' the Capital Cable #35.
CSIS
Defense and Security

Biden Must Remove Barriers to Engagement with North Korea

In the News
NK News
Matthew Abbott

"To change the trajectory of the relationship between North Korea and the US, it is critical that Americans pursue principled engagement," writes Matt Abbott in NK News.

President Biden delivering remarks about COVID-19 response and vaccination program, blue suit partly blocking view in foreground.
Carlos Fyfe
Defense and Security

Americans on Their Allies, Partners, and Rivals

BLOG
Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

The Biden administration emphasizes strengthening ties with America's global allies and partners. Which countries do Americans view as their allies—and adversaries?

Flags on a desk below a screen showing US leaders in an online defense council meeting.
NATO
Public Opinion

The Persistently Internationalist American Public

In the News
Washington Post
Daniel W. Drezner

2021 Council data show where Biden's ideas overlap with the American middle class— and where they don't. Nonresident Senior Fellow Dan Drezner details in the Washington Post.

President Biden in a Jeep Wrangler.
Adam Schultz
US Foreign Policy

How Democrats Can Rebuild Their "Blue Wall" in the Midwest

In the News
The Hill
John Austin

Dems must offer “economic opportunities and optimism to the largely white, working-class voters,” writes Nonresident Senior Fellow John Austin in the Hill.

Biden observes trainers and apprentices at work at the welding station during a tour of Plumbers & Gasfitters Local 5 Training Facility
Adam Schultz
Global Cities

Engaging North Korea Via Subnational Diplomacy

In the News
The Diplomat
Matthew Abbott

"Subnational diplomacy offers an established, yet underutilized, opportunity for American officials to creatively engage Pyongyang," writes Matt Abbott in the Diplomat.

North Korean flag painted on a brick wall
David Peterson
US Foreign Policy