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Putin-Xi Pact, India-Pakistan Crossfire, Netanyahu's Push

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Anton La Guardia, Elise Labott, and Lee Hockstader join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 8, 2025.
Pavel Bednyakov / AP
Global Politics

Ukraine Plan, Kashmir Crisis, Pentagon Chaos

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ravi Agrawal, Steven Erlanger, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (center) speaks during a Pentagon meeting on April 24, 2025.
Kevin Wolf / AP
Global Politics

Trump May Get a Nuclear Deal—on Iran's Terms

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Politico Europe
Ivo H. Daalder

Given Tehran’s weakened state and Washington’s eagerness for a deal, success is possible. However, it’s more likely to resemble the 2015 one Trump abandoned.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi (center) visits an exhibition of Iran's nuclear achievements, in Tehran, Iran on April 17, 2025.
ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION OF IRAN / AP
Defense and Security

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

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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

Is Iran's Regime About to Go the Way of Syria's?

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Foreign Policy
Saeid Golkar

A series of perceived betrayals has shaken the clerical establishment’s “hard base,” Saeid Golkar and Kasra Aarabi write.

A huge Iranian flag is carried under the Azadi monument tower during the annual rally commemorating Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran
Vahid Salemi / AP
Global Politics

Germany Gets Serious, Israel Breaks Ceasefire, Trump Threatens Iran

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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

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

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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

Israel-Hama Ceasefire Set to End This Weekend

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Fox 32 Chicago
Cécile Shea

Cécile Shea weighs in on what's next for Gaza and peace negotiations moving forward.

Cecile Shea on Fox 32 Chicago Defense and Security