Commentary and Analysis

What does the French election mean for global democracy? Council President Ivo Daalder dives in with MSNBC's Alicia Menendez and the New Yorker's David Rhode.

"The Finns, the Swedes, and I think NATO will be stronger and better off if both countries become members of the alliance," Ivo Daalder says on NPR.

Nirmal Ghosh, Sylvie Kauffmann, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Paul Poast discusses shifts in NATO and EU defense policies and how the Russia-Ukraine war might end with the International Peace Institution’s Global Observatory.

“I don’t see this war ending any time soon,” Paul Poast shares on ABC7 Chicago. “I can’t see what type of deal can be reached that both sides would find satisfactory.”

Has the five-member veto power diminished the UN’s status? Distinguished Fellow Thomas Weiss lends expertise on this and more with the Conversation.

“Having quickly closed ranks to confront Putin’s aggression, the challenge now is how to sustain that unity,” write Ivo Daalder and James Lindsay in Foreign Affairs.

“It remains an embarrassment for a bloc that touts itself as a model for human rights and the rule of law to have a member that respects neither,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

How can the world hold Russia accountable for the atrocities in Ukraine? Karen Alter and Rebecca Hamilton discuss.

Ian Klaus explains how subnational diplomacy is being rediscovered by foreign policymakers, diplomats, and scholars alike.