Commentary

Finland and Sweden will “more than double the amount of NATO territory bordering Russia. But that’s Moscow’s doing, not NATO’s,” writes Ivo Daalder in Politico.

When it comes to peace negotiations, "the real stumbling block will be the Donbas," says Council President Ivo Daalder with Andrew Marr on LBC.

Putin will “have two very significant military powers [...] being part of NATO as a result of his actions in Ukraine," Ivo Daalder tells Suhana Meharchand on CBC.

In Ukraine, "the government is alive and well, and mounting serious resistance," Council President Ivo Daalder tells NBC News Now's Morgan Radford.

Kim Ghattas, Bobby Ghosh, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Can the United States and Russia still work together on nuclear nonproliferation?

Elizabeth Shackelford takes a closer look at repairing the NATO alliance and rebuilding global cooperation on PBS Newshour.

"The populist president and his devotees are casting a dark cloud over the October vote," writes Robert Muggah.

“Major domestic policy shifts may not be forthcoming, likely driving Yoon to spend more time on issues he can control like trade and foreign policy,” writes Karl Friedhoff.

“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.