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This Week's Reads: Should the European Union Have Its Own Army?

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Global Insight by Ivo H. Daalder

Recent events, including Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' resignation, have all added new urgency to an old debate: Should the EU have its own army?

Emmanuel Macron, left and Angela Merkel
NATO
Defense and Security

The Russia-Ukraine Clash Reveals Putin's Mediterranean Strategy

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Tony Chavez, and Council President Ivo Daalder join Brian Hanson to discuss the Russia-Ukraine dispute

Vladimir Putin talks to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak and head of the Federal Road Agency Roman Starovoit as they inspect a transport passage across the Kerch Strait.
Reuters
Defense and Security

The 'Doom Loop' Potential of Italy's Eurozone Clash

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Isabelle Mateos y Lago and Adam Tooze join Brian Hanson to discuss top global economy news stories of the week.

A vegetable stand with prices written in Italian at a market
Bertrand Borie
Global Economy

Germany Accelerates Change in Its "Rust Belt"

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Global Insight by John Austin

Both the United States and Germany are seeing evolving economies in their respective "rust belts," formerly robust engines of the industrial era.

German factory.
Moritz Ludtke
Global Cities

What Poland Says About Losing Democracy

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Find out how this Eastern European poster child for democracy backslid into autocracy, and what lessons it holds for the rest of the West.

The Main Market Square of Krakow, with a few crowds of people in the background
Severinus Dewantara
Global Politics

How to fight terror: Start with the facts

In the News
Politico
Robert Muggah

The past three years have been bloody, but terrorism is far from Europe’s leading killer.

A blurred motion image of people in front of a European bar at night time Global Politics

This Week's Reads: Globalization, Inevitable and Unavoidable

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Global Insight by Ivo H. Daalder

Globalization cannot be stopped, yet we can do a much better job dealing with its consequences by addressing the needs of those most adversely affected.

A man walks in front of shipping containers in Shanghai
Reuters
Global Politics

Donald Trump doesn't understand the art of the NATO deal

In the News
The Chicago Tribune
Richard C. Longworth

Nearly 50 years ago, at the height of the Cold War, former U.S. ambassador to NATO Harlan Cleveland wrote a book called "NATO: The Transatlantic Bargain."

Donald Trump standing at a podium, with a TV screen behind him US Foreign Policy

Ex-NATO Amb.: Why You Should Be Concerned About Brexit

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Bloomberg
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, explains why you should be concerned about Brexit. He speaks with Bloomberg's David Gura and Vonnie Quinn on "Bloomberg Markets."

Screenshot of Ivo Daalder on Bloomberg Global Politics

How the 'Trump Effect' Is Taking Hold in Europe Too

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Chicago Tribune
Richard C. Longworth

Richard Longworth examines how the "democratic deficit," in Europe is considered the "Trump effect" in America.

President Donald Trump and VP Mike Pence Global Economy