World Review: Omicron Arrives, Ukraine Red Line, and Iran Nuclear Talks
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World Review with Ivo Daalder
Nirmal Ghosh, Gideon Rachman, and Nahal Toosi join Council President Ivo Daalder to review the news of the week.
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About the Episode
Council President Ivo Daalder talks with Nirmal Ghosh, Gideon Rachman, and Nahal Toosi about global reactions to COVID-19's omicron variant, Russia's red line for NATO on Ukraine, renewed nuclear negotiations with Iran, and what to expect from the much-heralded Summit for Democracy next week.
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About the Panelists
US Bureau Chief, The Straits Times
Nirmal Ghosh is the US Bureau Chief for The Straits Times. His reporting covers politics, elections, conflict and coups d’etat, natural disasters, and social and environmental issues across a dozen Asian countries.
Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times
Gideon Rachman is the Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator at the Financial Times. He joined the FT after a 15-year career at The Economist, which included spells as a foreign correspondent in Brussels, Washington, and Bangkok.
Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, POLITICO
Nahal Toosi joined POLITICO from The Associated Press, where she reported from/served as an editor in New York, Islamabad, Kabul, and London. She was one of the first foreign correspondents to reach Pakistan after the killing of Osama bin Laden and was a finalist for the 2019 National Magazine Award in reporting for her story on the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh and Myanmar.
CEO, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Ivo H. Daalder served as the US ambassador to NATO from 2009 to 2013. He joined the Council as president in 2013 and took on the new role of CEO in 2023. Previously, he was a senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution and served as director for European affairs on President Bill Clinton’s National Security Council. He is the author or editor of 10 books.