World Review: Putin Shifts on NATO, Biden's Asia Trip, and the Summit of the Americas

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Karen DeYoung, Gideon Rachman, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.
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Now that Finland and Sweden have applied for NATO membership, breaking decades of non-alignment, Karen DeYoung, Gideon Rachman, and Nahal Toosi join World Review with Ivo Daalder to discuss what happens next and why Putin claims he’s ok with their membership. Then, previewing Biden’s first Asia trip and why countries are threatening to boycott the Summit of the Americas next month.

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About the Panelists
Karen DeYoung
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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Gideon Rachman
Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times
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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.
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Nahal Toosi
Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, POLITICO
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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.
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Ivo H. Daalder
CEO, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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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.
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