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Trump’s demands put Europe in FAFO territory
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Trump’s demands put Europe in FAFO territory

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Graphic Truth: Russia's icebreaker fleet dwarfs US & Canada
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Graphic Truth: Russia's icebreaker fleet dwarfs US & Canada

Why Trump’s Greenland threats alarm Europe
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Why Trump’s Greenland threats alarm Europe

​Russian President Vladimir Putin during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, on December 22, 2022.
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The strange silence of Vladimir Putin

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A photo of President Donald Trump standing at a podium with the GZERO World Podcast logo superimposed on top.
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Trump's second term–one year in, with Stephen Walt

Graphic Truth: Denmark’s losses in Afghanistan
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Graphic Truth: Denmark’s losses in Afghanistan

Watch our Global Stage premiere live from Davos
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Watch our Global Stage premiere live from Davos

At this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, our Global Stage panel discussion will examine the growing infrastructure around AI, how countries are tackling AI adoption, and the ways in which local and supranational industries might benefit from this rapidly accelerating technology. Watch the live premiere on Wednesday, January 21st at 12PM ET/6 PM CEST at gzeromedia.com/globalstage

A teenager poses holding a mobile phone as a law banning social media for users under 16 in Australia takes effect, in Sydney, Australia, on December 10, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Australia tries to enforce social media ban, Japan’s opposition unites, Millions dodge Ukrainian draft, & More

​Wreckage at the site where a train was derailed when a construction crane fell onto its carriages in Sikhio district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, on January 14, 2026.
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Hard Numbers: Construction crane kills dozens in Thailand, Hungary’s Orbán in more trouble, China posts record trade surplus, French farmers protest trade deal

​A shop owner David Rogilds holds a shirt that he sells in Nuuk, Greenland, January 14, 2026.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: Greenlanders & Danes comes to DC, Somalia cuts ties with the UAE, Japan is heading for an election

Rock, meet hard place: officials from Denmark and Greenland are meeting with members of the Trump administration to discuss the future of the semi-autonomous island.

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Hard Numbers: A power play in the Arctic, Nigeria-UAE pen trade deal, US used civilian-appearing plane in first boat strike, Former NYC mayor nets crypto windfall

1920: Norway is tightening its grip on Svalbard, a remote archipelago near the North Pole rich in rare-earths and vital for satellite and missile monitoring, in a bid to keep rivals out of the Arctic.

Christmas tree made of the uniforms of electricity grid workers.
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Dispatch from Kyiv, nearly four years into war

If you spend a week in Ukraine, you’ll get a long list of advice. Download the air raid app. Download the power outage app. Don’t use elevators – you’ll be trapped if the power goes out. Download the map of bomb shelters. Bring batteries and portable chargers, more than you think. Take a course on how to tie a tourniquet.

What We’re Watching: The kings of soccer make a trade deal, Venezuela’s Machado to meet Trump, Moscow sends message to Europe
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: The kings of soccer make a trade deal, Venezuela’s Machado to meet Trump, Moscow sends message to Europe

​Passengers enter a shared taxi in Dnipro, Ukraine, on January 8, 2026.
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Hard Numbers: Russia leaves more Ukrainians powerless, China arrests Christians, Trump seeks even cheaper oil, US trade deficit narrows

​Donald Trump as a giant hitting Venezuela with a stick.
by ian bremmer

America built the global order. Now it's tearing it down.

2026 is a tipping point year. The biggest source of global instability won’t be China, Russia, Iran, or the ~60 conflicts burning across the planet – the most since World War II. It will be the United States.