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A Rush to Form Alliances Is Always a Bad Sign

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Multilateral wars are often preceded by rapid movements toward alliance formation and consolidation, Paul Poast writes.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands after signing a comprehensive strategic partnership
Korean Central News Agency / AP
Defense and Security

Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Worsens as Israel-Hamas War Continues

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Al Arabi
Cécile Shea

Cécile Shea joins Al Arabi to discuss the ongoing challenges getting aid into Gaza.

Cecile Shea joins Al Arabi via video US Foreign Policy

Ukraine Peace Plans, Putin's North Korea Visit, Trump's Foreign Policy

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Steven Erlanger, Ken Moriyasu, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hosting Ukraine's Peace Summit
Laurent Cipriani / AP
Global Politics

We're Still Living in the World That D-Day Made

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Paul Poast unpacks how the Normandy invasion shaped international politics in the 20th century and its impact still today.

British World War II veteran John King is greeted by a young girl in Normandy
Virginia Mayo / AP
US Foreign Policy

Biden Will Deliver a Defense of Democracy To Mark D-Day

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NPR
Ivo H. Daalder

The speech comes as isolationist views are growing, Ivo Daalder tells NPR. "NATO is becoming politicized in a way it never was until this point."

President Joe Biden watches Republican Guards as he arrives in France
Julien de Rosa / AP
US Foreign Policy

Is Russia Winning the War in Ukraine?

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GZERO Media
Ivo H. Daalder

Is it too late for the West to help Ukraine ward off total defeat? Ivo Daalder weighs in on a new episode of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer.

Ian Bremmer and Ivo Daalder speak on screen US Foreign Policy

Israel Has Found the Limit of Its 'Special Relationship' with the US

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

The Biden administration will "not abandon Israel, but it is also tired of being associated with its military incompetence," Paul Poast writes.

President Joe Biden listens as he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in an expanded bilateral meeting
Evan Vucci / AP
US Foreign Policy

Biden Withholds Arms from Israel as Fighting Nears Rafah

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WGN 9
Cécile Shea

"I don't believe there's ever been a time where the US has been this public in its criticism and pressure on Israel," says former US diplomat Cécile Shea.

Cecile Shea joins WGN via video US Foreign Policy

What We Don’t Know about Nuclear Deterrence Could Hurt Us

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"The deterrent value of nuclear weapons is unproven and in many ways unprovable, ultimately making them a gamble," Paul Poast argues.

what North Korea says are rocket drills that simulate a nuclear counterattack
Korean Central News Agency / AP
Defense and Security

From Warfighting to Humanitarian Operations – A Special Conversation with Chief of Naval Operations ADM Lisa Franchetti

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations joins the Council’s Ivo Daalder for a special episode of World Review.

Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations
Chad J. McNeeley/Department of Defense
Defense and Security