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Finland & Sweden May Join NATO. What about Ukraine?

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MSNBC
Ivo H. Daalder

If Putin’s strategy in Ukraine was to scare other nations out of joining NATO, that plan has backfired. Ivo Daalder explores the issue with MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin.

Global Politics

Assessing the Russian-Ukraine Weapons Outlook

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MSNBC
Ivo H. Daalder

"If Russia uses nuclear or chemical weapons, the US willingness to engage will change as a result," Council President Ivo Daalder tells MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell.

US Foreign Policy

World Review: Putin Doubles Down in Ukraine, Germany's Business with Russia, and New NATO Members

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ryan Heath, Elise Labott, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Rescue crew in Ukraine
Reuters
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Why Finland and Sweden's NATO Membership Would Be Significant

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MSNBC
Ivo H. Daalder

They are “extraordinarily capable militaries. They have long had [...] a posture of armed neutrality, not unarmed neutrality,” says Ivo Daalder on MSNBC.

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Russians Think They're Engaged in a Heroic Struggle with West

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Washington Post
Dina Smeltz

“The Kremlin’s messaging seems to have taken hold,” write Senior Fellow Dina Smeltz and Lily Wojtowicz in the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage.

People walk in front of St. Basil's Cathedral on the pedestrian bridge over Moskva river at the Zaryadye Park off Red Square in central Moscow
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Global Politics

Protecting Cultural Heritage in Ukraine and Beyond

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The Wall Street Journal
Thomas G. Weiss

“The war crime of destroying cultural heritage is yet another reason to say ‘nyet’ to Russian recolonization,” write Thomas Weiss and James Cuno in the Wall Street Journal.

A ceremony takes place inside Saint-Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv.
Reuters
Global Politics

How Europe Can Break Free from Russian Energy

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

The European Union has bold goals to wean itself from Russian energy. Can it succeed?

A power plant in Russia
REUTERS
Tech and Science

Japanese More Confident than Americans in US Power

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

New Chicago Council-Japan Institute of International Affairs data find the Japanese public has greater confidence in US economic and military power than do Americans.

Washington Monument seen through Japanese cherry blossoms.
Reuters
Public Opinion

Putin's Colossal Blunder

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Deep State Radio
Ivo H. Daalder

"My suspicion is that Russian morale is so low that it’s going to be very hard for them to make real progress," Council President Ivo Daalder shares on Deep State Radio.

Vladimir Putin standing in front of Russian flags pointing.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

The Future of NATO

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CFR's President's Inbox
Ivo H. Daalder

"For the first time since the end of the Cold War, NATO members feel in their gut that their security now depends on the ability to operate together in order to defend their territory," Council President Ivo Daalder tells James Lindsay.

Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg following the meetings of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs
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