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Signalgate Blows Up, Turkey in Crisis, Vance Visits Greenland

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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

What Signalgate Really Tells Us

In the News
Politico
Ivo H. Daalder

"Apparently, the US military is for hire, even if there has been no request for its services. And if you want us — you have to pay," Ivo Daalder writes.

The Signal app is shown on a mobile phone
Jeff Chiu / AP
US Foreign Policy

Signal Chat Shakes Washington

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France 24
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder weighs in on members of the Trump administration using the Signal app to discuss plans for a military operation.

Signal app on a smartphone is seen on a mobile device screen
Kiichiro Sato / AP
US Foreign Policy

How Trump’s Tariffs Could Impact Illinois

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The 21st Show
CĂ©cile Shea

CĂ©cile Shea unpacks how tariffs on Canada and Mexico could affect agriculture, manufacturing, and more.

National flags representing the United States, Canada, and Mexico fly in the breeze
Judi Bottoni / AP
Global Economy

Putin Stalls Ceasefire & Europeans See Trump as a Threat

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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

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

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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

The US Won't Abandon Europe

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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

US-Russia Reset, New Gaza Plans, and Xi's Big Tech Bet

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bobby Ghosh, Prashant Rao, and Liz Sly join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second left, meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Saudi National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, third left, U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, left, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, second right, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on February 18, 2025.
Evelyn Hockstein / AP
US Foreign Policy

We Need a New Transatlantic Bargain

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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

Trump's Gaza Plan, USAID Overhaul, and Tariffs

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

David Luhnow, Peter Spiegel, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

A man walks past boxes of USAID humanitarian aid at a warehouse at the Tienditas International Brigde in Columbia on February 21, 2019.
Fernando Vergara / AP
US Foreign Policy