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Like it or not, the rules-based order is no more

Ivo Daalder, for­mer U.S. ambas­sador to NATO, is CEO of the Chica­go Coun­cil on Glob­al Affairs and host of the week­ly pod­cast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” He writes POLITICO’s Across the Pond col­umn. A few weeks ago, when Dan­ish Prime Min­is­ter Mette Fred­erik­sen spoke with soon-to-be U.S. Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump about his insis­tence on…

The Inside Story: The Life and Legacy of Jimmy Carter | 178

    Tran­script: The Inside Sto­ry: The Life & Lega­cy of Pres­i­dent Jim­my Carter Episode 178 — Jan­u­ary 9, 2025   Show Open:   Pres­i­dent Jim­my Carter:    I Jim­my Carter do solemn­ly swear….       KANE FARABAUGH, VOA Cor­re­spon­dent:    As the 39th pres­i­dent of the Unit­ed States, Jim­my Carter promised a gov­ern­ment as good…

Mitch McConnell warns Trump to avoid ‘isolationist’ foreign policy in second term

Repub­li­cans’ out­go­ing US Sen­ate leader takes issue with for­eign pol­i­cy think­ing in party’s Maga move­ment Mitch McConnell, the Repub­li­cans’ out­go­ing leader in the US Sen­ate, has called on Don­ald Trump to avoid an “iso­la­tion­ist” for­eign pol­i­cy dur­ing his loom­ing sec­ond pres­i­den­cy – and urged him to back up a surge in Amer­i­can “hard pow­er” by…