Ivo Daalder

3 weeks ago | foreignaffairs.com | Rebecca Patterson |Ivo Daalder |Andrei Soldatov |Daniel Byman

During its 76-year history, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has faced its share of crises, but none have been as grave as what it confronts today. Since returning to office, U.S. President Donald Trump has questioned the two core principles of the alliance’s collective defense commitment: that there is a shared understanding of the threats to NATO members and that security among all those members is indivisible.

2 months ago | myemail.constantcontact.com | Hal Brands |Simon Montlake |Karl Rove |Ivo Daalder

Quotes of the Day:“Constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong… With such a people you can do whatever you want.” – Hannah Arendt.

Jan 7, 2025 | politico.eu | Ivo Daalder

However, I have my doubts. NATO’s nuclear history consists of one long effort to reassure nonnuclear European allies that the U.S. would risk the destruction of New York or Washington to defend Berlin or Warsaw. One way it has done so is by deploying nuclear weapons in Europe and offering some European allies to fly their own aircraft carrying U.S. nuclear weapons.

Jan 7, 2025 | brnw.ch | Ivo Daalder

However, I have my doubts. NATO’s nuclear history consists of one long effort to reassure nonnuclear European allies that the U.S. would risk the destruction of New York or Washington to defend Berlin or Warsaw. One way it has done so is by deploying nuclear weapons in Europe and offering some European allies to fly their own aircraft carrying U.S. nuclear weapons.

Nov 12, 2024 | ekathimerini.com | Ivo Daalder

How did this happen? How did a twice-impeached insurrectionist and convicted felon make it back to the presidency of the most powerful and oldest democracy in the world? One explanation is political. Donald Trump rode a huge anti-incumbency wave into power. Another is structural, reflecting deeper flaws in American democracy that Trump’s candidacy and victory exposed.