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US President Donald Trump announces tariffs on US trading partners at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on April 2, 2025.
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The top geopolitical stories of 2025

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French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and businessman Jared Kushner, along with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and otherEuropean leaders, pose for a group photo at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, December 15, 2025.
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by ian bremmer

Europe’s moment of truth

​President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S. Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025.
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Trump is at risk of falling into the Biden trap on the economy

​US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Finland's President Alexander Stubb, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the White House in Washington, D.C., USA, on August 18, 2025.
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Viewpoint: Trump wants a Europe more like US

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People gather around offered flowers to honour the victims of a mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, in Sydney, Australia, December 19, 2025.
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What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: Australia’s plan to buy back guns, Europe’s bet on Ukraine, and China’s playbook in Latin America

Zambia, Collum Coal Mine ZAMBIA, Sinazese, chinese owned Collum Coal Mine, underground mining of hard coal for copper melter and cement factory, loading place ***SAMBIA, Collum Coal Mine eines chinesischem Unternehmens, Untertageabbau von Steinkohle, Ladeplatz Sinasese Zambia
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Hard Numbers: Angola to build critical minerals railroad, DOJ delays total Epstein files release, Bank of Japan raises rates, Trump adds two new holidays to the calendar

$753 million: Angola secured $753 million in loans from the US and South Africa to revamp a railway line linking mining regions in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.

​A Boeing 737 Max 8 with Afghans on board lands at Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) on December 16, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Germany clears path for Afghan refugees, China’s population predicted to plummet, Brazil’s Congress seeks to cut Bolsonaro’s sentence, Nigeria appeals DRC’s World Cup eligibility

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: India eyes Taliban opportunity, China seeks mediator role in Thai-Cambodian conflict, US to hand Taiwan its largest-ever military package

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi isn’t necessarily known as the greatest friend of Muslim people, yet his own government is now seeking to build bridges with Afghanistan’s Islamist leaders, the Taliban.

Most quotable moments of 2025 | GZERO World with ian bremmer
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Top 10 Quotes from GZERO World with Ian Bremmer in 2025

Big global stories. Real conversations with world leaders. Our award-winning global affairs show, GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, goes beyond the headlines on the stories that matter most. Here’s a look back at the 10 most quotable moments from this year’s episodes.

Mercosur free trade agreement, in Strasbourg, France, December 17, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: EU-Mercosur trade deal faces now-or-2028 vote, Trump plans to surround Venezuela, US wants Pakistan to offer Gaza peacekeeping forces

The trade deal between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc is on the chopping block, facing an end-of-year deadline to be approved or shelved until 2028.

People gather outside the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport to decry President Trump's travel ban on 19 countries which went into effect this morning.​
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Hard Numbers: Trump adds to travel-ban list, China lowers tariffs on EU pork, Alaskan rivers turning orange and red, Panama Canal deal hits impasse

5: US President Donald Trump added five new countries – Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria – to the list of nations banned from traveling to the US.

A family votes during the second round of Hungary's general election in Budapest, April 23, 2006. Hungarians went to the polls on Sunday with the Socialist-led government of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany looking set to make history by becoming the first to retain power since the return of democracy in 1990.
Analysis

Six elections to watch in 2026

With the year's end fast approaching, it's time to look ahead to the elections that could reshuffle global power dynamics in 2026. Here are a few you should keep an eye on.

Slovenia's Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset applaud during a Council of Europe diplomatic conference in The Hague, Netherlands, December 16, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: US and Europe more hopeful of Ukraine peace deal, Sign of peace in the DRC, European aid struggles to reach Darfur

Ukraine peace talks up their pace

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., USA, on Dec. 5, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Canada’s Carney faces spelling backlash, US unemployment hits four-year high, Iran shows off its missiles, Japan-China spat means pandas are coming home

​Chief Superintendent of the police force's National Security Department Steve Li Kwai-wah speaks at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building after the verdict in the national security collusion trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, in Hong Kong, China, on December 15, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai faces life imprisonment, Half of Israelis oppose Netanyahu pardon, Flash floods in Morocco, Romania protests corruption