Commentary and Analysis

Council President Ivo Daalder joins MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell to discuss Biden’s push for $33 billion in aid to Ukraine and the US-Russia prisoner exchange.

“These are momentous changes in policy that required the kind of brutality that Vladimir Putin and his forces are displaying every day to mobilize,” Ivo Daalder tells Christiane Amanpour.

Republicans are more concerned about China's rise than ever before.

"There is an opportunity not just to reestablish sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, but weakening Russia for the long term,” says Ivo Daalder on CNNi.

"If it is a proxy war, it is such because Russia invaded Ukraine," Council President Ivo Daalder asserts on NPR's Morning Edition with Leila Fadel.

With Macron reelected, "France is much more capable of fighting alongside NATO forces," argues Council President Ivo Daalder on MSNBC's Morning Joe.

“Just 35 percent of Americans supported sending US troops to Ukraine, a decrease from 50 percent in July 2021,” writes Ethan Kessler in Responsible Statecraft.

Council President Ivo Daalder joins the UN Dispatch podcast to discuss the history of Finland, Sweden, and NATO, and the next steps for each to join the alliance.

Jamil Anderlini, Bobby Ghosh, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

"Even if you thought the trade-off of supporting the repressive state was once worthwhile, it’s hard to make the case today," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.