On GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže discusses Ukraine's fate and Baltic security in the face of Russian aggression. Former Russian colonel Dmitri Trenin offers a starkly different perspective from Moscow, arguing that negotiations over Ukraine should be decided primarily by the US and Russia—not Ukraine or Europe.
Deep underwater in the Baltic Sea, Russia is showing just how far it's willing to go to assert its regional influence. On Ian Explains, Ian Bremmer looks at Putin's shadow war beyond the battlefields in Ukraine.
Emerging technologies threaten to make the already-bleak cybersecurity environment all the more treacherous. Eurasia Group Senior Analyst Ali Wyne moderated a discussion on cybersecurity focused on the blurring lines between attacks on governments and the private sector.
Carmen Raal, a digital transformation advisor and expert from e-Estonia, shared some remarkable insights into the nation's digital transformation. Estonia, often hailed as a digital pioneer, has undergone a profound digitalization process that sets it apart on the global stage. Carmen explained that 99.99% of Estonia’s public services are accessible online, which includes a strong collaboration between the nations’ public and private sectors.
As part of the Global Stage series, a partnership between Microsoft and GZERO Media, the podcast series “Patching the System” will explore the biggest cyber risks and challenges for governments, corporations, and consumers alike. Through the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, a public commitment from more than 150 technology companies, private sector tech leaders are working to create solutions and foster greater cyber resilience.
Even as tensions build in Ukraine, Russia is not a long-term strategic rival for the United States. That’s according to former US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, who spoke to GZERO World last September. “The danger with Russia in the short-term is recklessness in the neighborhood,” he said.