World Review with Ivo Daalder

Each week, Ivo Daalder talks with commentators and reporters from some of the world’s leading media outlets to get diverse perspectives on emerging global stories and how they might unfold. Watch live every Friday morning at 10 am CT or subscribe to the podcast. 

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World Review 4-18-25

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A panel of guests joins Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

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World Review 4-11-25

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A panel of guests joins Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

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Liberation Day Tariffs, Hegseth's Asia Tour, and Le Pen Conviction Fallout

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Suzanne Lynch, Ken Moriyasu, and Gideon Rachman join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the White House Rose Garden on April 2, 2025.
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Signalgate Blows Up, Turkey in Crisis, Vance Visits Greenland

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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.
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Germany Gets Serious, Israel Breaks Ceasefire, Trump Threatens Iran

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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.
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Putin Stalls Ceasefire & Europeans See Trump as a Threat

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

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

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

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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.
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US Foreign Policy

Leaders Meet in Munich to Discuss Future of NATO and Ukraine

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Steven Erlanger and Stefan Kornelius join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte prepare to address a media conference during a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on February 13, 2025.
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