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Ivo Daalder joins Ian Kelly on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight to discuss the impact of sanctions on the Russian Central Bank as violence intensifies in Ukraine.

“An end to NATO enlargement or withdrawing forces from the east will not stop Putin. Only full support of Ukraine can do that,” writes Ivo Daalder in the Financial Times.

Nonresident Senior Fellow Cécile Shea unpacks China’s table stakes in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and more on WBEZ’s Reset.

"It's not just about oil, it's about political isolation," says Council President Ivo Daalder to FP Editor in Chief Ravi Agrawal.

"Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created a profound identity crisis in Germany," writes Council President Ivo Daalder for Politico.

What would the consequences be if Russia violates international law? Council President Ivo Daalder lends insight on MSNBC with Alicia Menendez.

Council President Ivo Daalder joins MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell to discuss Biden’s push for $33 billion in aid to Ukraine and the US-Russia prisoner exchange.

“Dysfunctional treatment of the State Department remains an impediment to leading with diplomacy,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

President Zelenskyy calls the NATO's delay on admitting Ukraine "absurd." "We all regret having sent a Tweet or writing an email,” says Ivo Daalder.

in one way or another, bloc members are lending support to Moscow at a time when it has been largely cut off from the Western world, Paul Poast writes.

"We have just released a public opinions survey...which demonstrates that the American public is four-square behind supporting Ukraine militarily," says Ivo Daalder.

As negotiations unfold in Turkey, Council President Ivo Daalder joins CNN's Christiane Amanpour with Andrey Kortunov to analyze Russia's pitfalls in Ukraine.

"Putin needs to understand that there is no other way out but negotiation," Elizabeth Shackelford argues on WTTW.

Can Ukraine actually defend itself against a much mightier Russian army? Council President Ivo Daalder discusses with Christiane Amanpour.

"The US defense industry faces real challenges in its ability to actually produce weapons in a timely fashion," Paul Poast writes.

A no-fly zone is "a first step along an escalatory ladder," argues Council President Ivo Daalder on NPR's All Things Considered.

Paul Poast and Stephen Walt have a conversation on their recent articles covering realism and a defense of realism.

"The collapse of Western resolve remains unlikely, even if Ukraine’s current counteroffensive stalls," writes Council President Ivo Daalder.

Ivo Daalder joins Fiona Hill, Mary Elise Sarotte, and Richard Haass to discuss US-Russia relations’ impact on European security amid the war in Ukraine.

Has the five-member veto power diminished the UN’s status? Distinguished Fellow Thomas Weiss lends expertise on this and more with the Conversation.

"There are limits to what China can do" without facing "consequences" from the United States, asserts Council President Ivo Daalder on MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell.

"If Russia uses nuclear or chemical weapons, the US willingness to engage will change as a result," Council President Ivo Daalder tells MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell.

"Right now, I think Russia represents the bigger threat. China represents the bigger long-term competition," says Council President Ivo Daalder, discussing the 2022 Chicago Council Survey.

Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura argue that a majority of Americans support backing Taiwan as the U.S. has backed Ukraine, as long as U.S. troops aren’t involved.

Robert Muggah joins the Eurasian Climate Brief to discuss the issues around the production and supply of rare earth minerals amid the Russia-Ukraine war.

"Putin’s decision to attack has made Ukraine’s membership of NATO inevitable," writes Ivo Daalder.

Paul Heer argues that, after the invasion of Ukraine, the United States must recognize and confront its foreign policy blind spots.

"Liberal Democrats are far and away Ukraine’s strongest American supporters," Dina Smeltz and Emily Sullivan write.

By shining a light on the crimes Putin has unleashed on Ukraine, we are one step closer to a just world where accountability triumphs.

For Ukraine, “it was unrealistic, frankly, to think that there would be an invitation," Ivo Daalder tells Amna Nawaz.

How have US attitudes toward the war in Ukraine, and Washington’s response, evolved? Senior Fellow Dina Smelts unpacks with War on the Rocks.

"If it is a proxy war, it is such because Russia invaded Ukraine," Council President Ivo Daalder asserts on NPR's Morning Edition with Leila Fadel.

Putin is playing a high stakes game - and if the war does not end quickly, he may find it difficult to win.