Commentary and Analysis

Paul Poast discusses shifts in NATO and EU defense policies and how the Russia-Ukraine war might end with the International Peace Institution’s Global Observatory.

“I don’t see this war ending any time soon,” Paul Poast shares on ABC7 Chicago. “I can’t see what type of deal can be reached that both sides would find satisfactory.”

Has the five-member veto power diminished the UN’s status? Distinguished Fellow Thomas Weiss lends expertise on this and more with the Conversation.

Zelenskyy’s wartime leadership has impressed the world. “You really never know who’s going to show up and rise to the challenge,” Elizabeth Shackelford tells VOA.

“Having quickly closed ranks to confront Putin’s aggression, the challenge now is how to sustain that unity,” write Ivo Daalder and James Lindsay in Foreign Affairs.

“It remains an embarrassment for a bloc that touts itself as a model for human rights and the rule of law to have a member that respects neither,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

How can the world hold Russia accountable for the atrocities in Ukraine? Karen Alter and Rebecca Hamilton discuss.

The West must provide weapons to enable Ukraine "to take the fight to the Russians," Council President Ivo Daalder tells CNBC's Shep Smith.

Is the war in Ukraine slowing down? “It just isn’t true for the people suffering in Mariupol,” Ivo Daalder tells MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell.

Karen DeYoung, Steve Erlanger, and Ed Luce join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.