Commentary

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

"Putin still retains the ultimate option—using a nuclear weapon," warns Ivo Daalder in POLITICO.

Does Prigozhin's mutiny underscore an essential weakness for Vladimir Putin? Council President Ivo Daalder weighs in with Jen Psaki on MSNBC.

"We need to be very clear that there will be truly serious consequences if [Putin] escalates this conflict," Council President Ivo Daalder tells Alicia Menendez.

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Steven Erlanger, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

"While defeat for Ukraine would be plenty bad, it would not have grave implications outside of Europe," Paul Poast argues.

Susan Glasser, Carla Anne Robbins, Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

"Though the Kremlin has long portrayed Ukraine's membership in NATO as a red line, there is no need to fear Russia's response to Kyiv's accession to the alliance," Paul Poast writes.

“The question is when and how,” writes Council President Ivo Daalder.

While many in the West see the outcome of the war as determined by military action and shifts in battlefield positions, in Ukraine, long term integration with the West is the most important goal.