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Ian Explains: Why authoritarian rulers love the Olympics
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Ian Explains: Why authoritarian rulers love the Olympics

Ian Bremmer explains how authoritarian regimes use the Olympic Games as a tool for political propaganda, despite the International Olympic Committee's insistence that the Olympics promote democratic values around the world.

The Winter Olympics in a divided world
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The Winter Olympics in a divided world

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is so different from the Summer Olympics that they hosted back in 2008, when the American president was there, and was enormously impressed, and this was China coming out onto the world stage, and seen as a global leader.

Signal quiz! Winter Olympics trivia
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Signal quiz! Winter Olympics trivia

A worker in full-body personal protective equipment at Beijing Capital International Airport walks past the Olympic rings ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics on February 1, 2022 in Beijing.
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Why Xi Jinping might pull off the Winter Olympics

The Beijing Winter Olympics kick off this week against the backdrop of an ongoing pandemic, volatile geopolitics, and diplomatic boycotts over China’s human rights record. But there are compelling reasons to believe China’s President Xi Jinping could pull off the massive sporting event successfully.

Beijing's struggle to keep the Olympics COVID free
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Beijing's struggle to keep the Olympics COVID free

COVID-19 positive cases leading up to the Beijing Olympics, a proposed defense pact between Ukraine, Poland, and the UK, and the Joe Rogan/Spotify scandal -- Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

How China decides to handle omicron will have global implications – Yanzhong Huang
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How China decides to handle omicron will have global implications – Yanzhong Huang

The arrival of omicron could be disastrous for China, Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, tells Ian Bremmer.

Russia & China vs “the West”
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Russia & China vs “the West”

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping are having an authoritarian bromance. What do they think about how the US and its allies view Russia and China? We eavesdrop on their chat.

Security flaws in China’s My2022 Olympics app could allow surveillance
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Security flaws in China’s My2022 Olympics app could allow surveillance

Does the Beijing 2022 Olympics app have security flaws? Marietje Schaake, International Policy Director at Stanford's Cyber Policy Center, Eurasia Group senior advisor and former MEP, discusses trends in big tech, privacy protection and cyberspace.

What We’re Watching: Xinjiang at the Beijing Olympics, Boris in deep(er) trouble, Indonesia’s new capital
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What We’re Watching: Xinjiang at the Beijing Olympics, Boris in deep(er) trouble, Indonesia’s new capital

COVID at the Beijing Winter Olympics
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COVID at the Beijing Winter Olympics

China's zero-COVID strategy will be put to its biggest test to date with the Beijing Winter Olympics approach. Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, says Chinese officials think they are taking the safest approach, but that may not be enough against the more transmissible omicron variant.