Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24-7 at background briefing. I'm Ian Masters,

and today we'll examine a number of stories and issues in the news.

We'll begin with the ACLU threatening to take the administration to court in response to Biden's

executive order to close the border in the event there is a flood of immigrants seeking asylum.

Joining us to discuss the battle ahead in the courts is Aaron Reichland-MMelnick, policy director at the American Immigration Council,

where he directs the Council's administrative and legislative advocacy effort and works on border

and immigration court issues. Then, with President Biden in France for tomorrow's

D-Day remembrance, followed next week by a G7 summit in Italy, then three

weeks later at the 75th anniversary of NATO in Washington. We'll look into relations between

Western Europe and the United States in terms of issues like Ukraine, Gaza, China, and European

security. Joining us is Mark Hanna, a senior fellow at the Institute for Global Affairs,

a non-profit public education organization at the Eurasia Group,

and the creator and host of its None of the Above podcast.

Mark is a political partner at the Truman National Security Project,

and he teaches at New York University. He just led a new survey at the Truman National Security Project, and he teaches at New York University.

He just led a new survey at the Institute for Global Affairs, the new Atlanticism,

where Americans and Western Europeans agree and disagree about democracy, wars in Ukraine and Gaza, China, and European security, which we will discuss. Then we'll assess the results of

the elections in India, followed by an analysis of India's foreign policy choices ahead as China and

Russia grow closer and speak with Dr. Sumit Ganguly, who holds the Rabindranath Tagore chair

in Indian cultures and civilizations at Indiana University.

His books include India since 1980, India, Pakistan and the bomb, debating nuclear stability in South Asia.

And his latest book is the Oxford Handbook of India's national security.

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