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China Backlash, Trump vs the Intelligence Community, Vaccine Funding

The Washington Post's Karen DeYoung, The New York Times' Carol Giacomo, and Süddeutsche Zeitung's Stefan Kornelius join Brian Hanson to discuss global news.
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About This Episode

The Washington Post's Karen DeYoung, The New York Times' Carol Giacomo, and Süddeutsche Zeitung's Stefan Kornelius join the Council's Brian Hanson, filling in as host for Council President Ivo Daalder, to analyze the global political and business backlash against China, President Trump vs the intelligence community, Germany's Merkel as a global coronavirus crisis manager, and the US absence from a virtual global summit to fund a coronavirus vaccine. 

About the Panelists
Associate Editor and Senior National Security Correspondent, The Washington Post
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Karen DeYoung has spent more than three decades at the Washington Post. Prior to her current role, she served as bureau chief in Latin America and London and as correspondent covering the White House, US foreign policy, and the intelligence community.
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Freelance Journalist
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Carol Giacomo was a member of The New York Times editorial board from 2007 to 2020 writing opinion pieces about all major national security issues including nuclear weapons, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Prior to this role, she was a former diplomatic correspondent for Reuters in Washington for more than two decades. She served as a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics in 2020.
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Head of Foreign Policy Department, Süddeutsche Zeitung
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Stefan Kornelius has spent over 20 years at Süddeutsche Zeitung. Throughout his career, he has covered Germany's Christian Democratic Party, the chancellorship of Helmut Kohl, and defense issues in Europe. His biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, entitled “Angela Merkel, the Chancellor and her World,” has been translated into 13 languages.
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Brian Hanson
Former Vice President, Studies
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Brian Hanson served as the vice president of studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He managed the Council's research operations and hosted the Council's weekly podcast, Deep Dish on Global Affairs.
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