Antoine van Agtmael knows a thing or two about emerging markets.
In fact, he coined the term for investors two decades ago. That's back when when we believed that globalization would create a global middle class.
"We believed in globalization. We believed that it would make the world better," van Agtmael tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.
And it did, in many ways.
Ahead of a meeting Tuesday in Saudi Arabia between representatives of the US and Russia to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron convened an emergency meeting in Paris of European leaders on Monday.
When it comes to the future of Gaza, the only thing regional players agree on is that they don’t agree.
The US State Department last week scrubbed a statement from its website that said it doesn’t support Taiwan’s independence, sparking fury in China, which called on the United States to reinstate the message. Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung appreciated the removal.
US President Donald Trump says he will soon meet with the leaders of Russia and China to discuss arms control and a proposal to slash all three countries’ military budgets in half. We look at the top military spenders in the world and break down what the Pentagon spends its money on.
The Trump administration on Sunday asked the US Supreme Court to give the green light to its effort to remove Office of Special Counsel leader Hampton Dellinger, a Biden appointee whose job is to protect federal workers who report illicit activities within the government.
A person walks in front of the Department of Education building in Washington, DC, on Feb. 4, 2025.
President Donald Trump has said he wants to close the Department of Education. What is the history of the federal government's involvement in public education, and what impact could the White House have on it?
On GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, Palestinian UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour reacts to Trump’s proposal to take over Gaza and discusses the Palestinian right to return and the broader challenges of rebuilding and achieving a two-state solution.
As the tense and politically charged 2025 Munich Security Conference draws to a close, GZERO’s Global Stage series presents a conversation about strained relationships between the US and Europe, Ukraine's path ahead, and rising threats in cyberspace.
Beneath the Israel-Palestine conflict is a fundamental question: what does it matter where you live? Why does the land matter? Ian Bremmer explains.