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NATO Without America

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Foreign Affairs
Ivo H. Daalder

In his latest for Foreign Affairs, Ivo Daalder analyzes how Europe can run an alliance designed for US control.

Servicemen stand behind a NATO Allied Reaction Force flag and flags of other NATO nations at a training range in Romania on February 19, 2025.
Vadim Ghirda / AP
US Foreign Policy

Signalgate Blows Up, Turkey in Crisis, Vance Visits Greenland

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Steven Erlanger, Matt Kaminski, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth does a television interview outside the White House on March 21, 2025.
Jacquelyn Martin / AP
Defense and Security

Germany Gets Serious, Israel Breaks Ceasefire, Trump Threatens Iran

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bobby Ghosh, Stefan Kornelius, and Catherine Philp join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz speaks in the German Parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany on March 18, 2025.
Ebrahim Noroozi / AP
Global Politics

Putin Stalls Ceasefire & Europeans See Trump as a Threat

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Susan Glasser, Anton La Guardia, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his hands up and speaks into a microphone during a news conference on March 13, 2025.
Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP
Global Politics

It’s Time for a New Trans-Atlantic Bargain

In the News
Foreign Policy
Ivo H. Daalder

"Europe should take primary responsibility for its security, but the United States needs to deliver key assurances to allow such a transition," Ivo Daalder argues.

Lithuania's military officers march with flags of NATO's nations during a military parade ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania on Armed Forces Day, November 23, 2024.
Mindaugas Kulbis / AP
US Foreign Policy

Trump's Trade War, China's Warning, and Europe's Challenge

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ravi Agrawal, Ken Moriyasu, and Anna Sauerbrey join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

Finland's President Alexander Stubb (from left), France's President Emmanuel Macron, Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and Romania's Interim President Ilie Bolojan sit at the European leaders' summit to discuss Ukraine at Lancaster House, London on March 2, 2025.
Justin Tallis/Pool via AP
Global Politics

Germany Moves Right, US Abandons Ukraine, and Gaza Truce Extension

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Stefanie Bolzen, Andrew Roth, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Alice Weidel, co-leader of far right Alternative for Germany (Afd) smiles at the AfD party headquarters in Berlin on February 23, 205.
Michael Probst / AP
Global Politics

The US Won't Abandon Europe

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

A whirlwind week left observers writing the trans-Atlantic alliance’s eulogy. Paul Poast weighs in on what's next.

 US President Donald Trump at a NATO summit
Markus Schreiber / AP
US Foreign Policy

We Need a New Transatlantic Bargain

In the News
Politico
Coauthors

"Europe has been too dependent on the US for its security—and for too long," the Council's Ivo Daalder, Camille Grand, and Daniela Schwarzer argue in Politico.

people shake hands in front of US and EU flags
Markus Schreiber / AP
US Foreign Policy

Syria's Revolution, Europe's Support for Ukraine, and Trump's Media Battles

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Steven Erlanger, Bobby Ghosh, and Carla Anne Robbins join Council CEO Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

This photo, released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Ahmad al-Sharaa, (Abu Mohammed al-Golani), right, as he meets with United Nations' special envoy to Syria, Geir Pederson, in Damascus, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024.
SANA / AP
Global Politics