Commentary and Analysis

Karen DeYoung, Matt Kaminski, and Stefan Kornelius join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Paul Poast evaluates the future of the grouping as it holds its 50th meeting.

Ride along with University of Chicago professor Paul Poast as he walks us through the Chicago sites that shaped global affairs.

Deborah Amos, Bobby Ghosh, and David Luhnow join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

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

Despite Illinois's trade ties with Taiwan, other Midwest states have taken steps that Illinois hasn’t to deepen their government’s relationship with Taipei.

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."

The hunt for the key battery component is only the beginning of the story.

A military veteran and businessman, the founder of DT Global has both a corporate and humanitarian presence in many of the world’s political hot spots.

Prashant Rao, Anna Sauerbrey, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.