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Ivo H. Daalder

China's Hong Kong Power Grab and US Withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Steven Erlanger, Susan Glasser, and Peter Spiegel share their perspectives on the week's top global news with Council President Ivo Daalder.

Mike Pompeo stands in front of a large American flag
Gage Skidmore
US Foreign Policy

Unmasking Michael Flynn, EU Stimulus, Peace in Afghanistan

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Matt Kaminski of POLITICO, Gideon Rachman of the Financial Times, and Carla Anne Robbins of the Council on Foreign Relations joined the Council’s Ivo H. Daalder to analyze global news.

General Michael Flynn stands in a crowd during a political rally
Gage Skidmore
Global Economy

No, We're Not at 'War.' the Dangers of How We Talk About the COVID-19 Pandemic.

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

The language of war can be used to bring a nation together in common cause—but when it comes to dealing with a pandemic, all these efforts are necessary.

Man laying in hospital bed
Mufid Majnun
Global Health

Israel's New Government, Afghanistan Peace Process, US-Iran Confrontations

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Steve Chapman of the Chicago Tribune, Carol Giacomo of The New York Times, and Gideon Rachman of the Financial Times joined Council President Ivo Daalder analyze the week's global news.

Benjamin Netanyahu and Mike Pence shake hands
Matty Stern
Global Health

Who Failed in the Coronavirus Response? A Look at the Timeline

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

There is little doubt that the WHO was slow in responding to the danger represented by the emergence of a potentially new virus in China and that it was too willing to accept Beijing’s statements of what was happening. It should have known better.

President Donald J. Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence and members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, delivers remarks at a coronavirus update briefing Monday, March 16, 2020,
The White House
Global Politics

WHO Funding Cut, OPEC+ Deal, US vs China

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Steven Erlanger of the New York Times, Financial Times' Edward Luce, and CUNY's Carla Anne Robbins joined Council President Ivo Daalder to share their perspectives on emerging global stories.

A train carrying many cars of oil containers
Russ Allison Loar
Global Health

Trump Calls the Coronavirus a 'Foreign Virus,' Exposing His Flawed Worldview

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

Viruses don't carry passports, and when they are as easily transmitted between humans as the novel coronavirus, they are going to spread around the world.

President Trump, joined by Vice President Pence, left, takes questions from reporters during a Coronavirus Task Force update at the White House, Feb. 29, 2020.
The White House
Global Health

Can 50 Years of Minimizing Nuclear Proliferation Continue?

In the News
New York Times
Ivo H. Daalder

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty has mostly succeeded in keeping more countries out of the nuclear club. But as U.S. alliances fray, its future success is not assured.

An image of an atomic bomb test of the coast of the Marshall Islands
WikiImages
Defense and Security

Are the US and Europe Destined for Splitsville?

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

The alliance between the United States and Europe is broken. That much became clear over three days of intensive discussions in Munich in February 2020.

President Trump at Davos
President Trump at Davos
US Foreign Policy

What Happens to Germany after Merkel Is Gone?

Video Series
#AskIvo

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder looks at three big issues rising to the surface in German politics on the eve of her departure.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel walking away from camera
REUTERS
Global Politics