We're digging into the politics of data, artificial intelligence, automation, and how all three could make American tech companies look a lot like their Chinese counterparts. Then Amy Webb, CEO of the Future Today Institute, talks about how tech titans and their machines could warp humanity. And on Puppet Regime, Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to one very special Facebook user.
As Trump returns to the White House, European leaders are reassessing their distaste for Trump, as well as their reliance on the US. In a wide-ranging conversation on GZERO World, Ian Bremmer sits with Finnish President Alexander Stubb on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
US airstrikes in Somalia’s northern Puntland region have reportedly killed key figures in the Islamic State group, aka IS.
At least 700 people have been killed over the past week in Goma, the largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC. Observers believe that M23’s war with government forces, which displaced 400,000 people in January alone, could quickly spiral into a regional war.
The website for the US Agency for International Development, aka USAID, went dark without explanation Saturday following President Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign aid. Early Monday, Elon Musk said that he and the president had agreed to shut down the agency.
The US president has imposed 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and threatened to escalate further if the countries retaliated, which they have already done. Is Trump’s move legal? What’s likely to come next?
Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Trump’s latest tariffs hit Canada hard—harder than even China. What’s behind this decision, and how are Canadians fighting back? Ian Bremmer breaks down the economic and political implications in this Quick Take.
Listen: In Davos, world leaders face a new reality: Europe must rethink its Trump strategy. Finnish President Alexander Stubb joins Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World Podcast to discuss.
The move throws a bomb into three of the world's biggest trading relationships, prompting retaliation. In short, the US has launched a trade war.
At Davos, the spotlight was on President Trump's caustic address, but it may have been Ukrainian President Zelensky's speech from two days prior that left a more enduring impact. Ian Bremmer breaks it down on Ian Explains.