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Carla Anne Robbins

Trump’s Middle East Tour, Peace Talks in Disarray, Trade War Ceasefire

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Matt Kaminski, Prashant Rao, and Anna Sauerbrey join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

President Donald Trump and UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (right) tour the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, UAE on May 15, 2025.
Alex Brandon / AP
Global Economy

Ukraine Plan, Kashmir Crisis, Pentagon Chaos

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ravi Agrawal, Steven Erlanger, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (center) speaks during a Pentagon meeting on April 24, 2025.
Kevin Wolf / AP
Global Politics

Trump's Trade War, China's Warning, and Europe's Challenge

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ravi Agrawal, Ken Moriyasu, and Anna Sauerbrey join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

Finland's President Alexander Stubb (from left), France's President Emmanuel Macron, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Romania's Interim President Ilie Bolojan sit at the European leaders' summit to discuss Ukraine at Lancaster House, London on March 2, 2025.
Justin Tallis/Pool via AP
Global Politics

US-Russia Reset, New Gaza Plans, and Xi's Big Tech Bet

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bobby Ghosh, Prashant Rao, and Liz Sly join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second left, meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Saudi National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, third left, U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, left, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, second right, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on February 18, 2025.
Evelyn Hockstein / AP
US Foreign Policy

Biden's Foreign Policy Legacy and What Trump is Inheriting

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Jamil Anderlini, Anton La Guardia, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy during a speech at the State Department on January 13, 2025.
Susan Walsh / AP
US Foreign Policy

Syria's Revolution, Europe's Support for Ukraine, and Trump's Media Battles

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Steven Erlanger, Bobby Ghosh, and Carla Anne Robbins join Council CEO Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

This photo, released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Ahmad al-Sharaa, (Abu Mohammed al-Golani), right, as he meets with United Nations' special envoy to Syria, Geir Pederson, in Damascus, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024.
SANA / AP
Global Politics

Trump-Vance Ticket, Netanyahu in DC, EU Leadership

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Yasmeen Abutaleb, Michael Birnbaum, and Steven Erlagner join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio
Evan Vucci / AP
Global Politics

Trump's NATO Remarks, Israel's Rafah Offensive, Pakistan Elections

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Yasmeen Abutaleb, Prashant Rao, and Peter Spiegel join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

Trump at NATO Summit
AP Photos
Global Politics

Middle East Peace, Pakistani Elections, Ukraine War Updates

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Deb Amos, Nirmal Ghosh, and Gideon Rachman join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

President Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
AP Photos
Global Politics

Turkish Elections, the G7 Summit, and the Future of AI

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, James Harding, and Ryan Heath join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

Turkey Elections
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Global Politics