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The State of American Global Leadership with Ivo Daalder and James Lindsay

Ivo H. Daalder joins James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon to discuss America's abdication of global leadership.

October 25, 2018 — 40:09 min
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  • James M. Lindsay
    Senior Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair
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Ivo H. Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) under President Barack Obama, and president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, joins CFR's James M. Lindsay and Robert McMahon to discuss America's abdication of global leadership. 

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