This week's episode is heavy on the cyber - and Ian's not just talking about Ted Cruz.
Former spymaster Malcolm Nance drops by to talk Russian espionage and ISIS' future home (hint: it's in the ☁).
Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: What do the lone wolf attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas reveal about America’s divisions? In this Quick Take, Ian Bremmer looks into the symbolism of recent tragedies and their impact on national unity.
First, they came for the H-1B visa. Now, MAGA activists are pushing to end the US’ Optional Practical Training, or OPT, program, calling it a“guest worker program” that acts as a backdoor to the H-1B and threatens American jobs.
President Biden is expected to block Nippon Steel's $14 billion acquisition of US Steel on national security grounds, with his decision expected as early as Friday.
Police vans are lined up in front of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's official residence in Seoul on Jan. 3, 2025.
It’s a standoff. Officers from South Korea’s anti-corruption authority arrived at the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s on Friday morning to serve an arrest warrant over his attempt to impose martial law last month. Confronted by a crowd of Yoon supporters and a military unit, they were unable to execute the warrant.
On Wednesday, a Syrian delegation that included Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra, and intelligence chief Anas Khattab arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, for thenew Syrian government’s first diplomatic trip abroad.
Friedrich Merz
As US President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, leaders in the world’s two largest trading blocs — China and the EU — are revealing their starkly different strategies for dealing with his “America First” trade policies.
“We’re confident, at this point, that there are no accomplices,” said FBI Deputy Assistant Director Christopher Raia on Thursday at a press briefing about Shamsud-Din Jabbar.