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India vs. Pakistan: Rising tensions in South Asia
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

India vs. Pakistan: Rising tensions in South Asia

Following a terrorist attack in Kashmir last spring, India and Pakistan, both nuclear powers, exchanged military strikes in an alarming escalation. Former Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Khar joins Ian Bremmer on GZERO World to discuss Pakistan’s perspective in the simmering conflict.

China's stockpiling nukes. Should we be worried?
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China's stockpiling nukes. Should we be worried?

China is stockpiling nuclear warheads at record speed. On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer and Admiral James Stavridis discuss the risk of China joining the club of major nuclear superpowers.

The dangerous new nuclear arms race
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

The dangerous new nuclear arms race

The world is entering a new nuclear era—one that’s more chaotic and dangerous than the last, raising the risk of catastrophe. Ian Bremmer discusses the growing nuclear risk with Admiral James Stavridis on the latest episode of GZERO World.

Do nuclear weapons make a country safer?
Ian Explains

Do nuclear weapons make a country safer?

Do nuclear weapons make a country stronger or more vulnerable? North Korea and Ukraine took very different paths in the 1990s, to very different results.

Trump x Khamenei nuclear duet
Puppet Regime

Trump x Khamenei nuclear duet

The US and Iran are holding nuclear talks again: What kind of song and dance is preventing a new deal? #PUPPETREGIME

“Keep the nuclear codes away from that robot”
Asia

“Keep the nuclear codes away from that robot”

The United States has issued a warning to two fellow nuclear powers, in so many words telling China and Russia, “Keep your nuclear weapons firmly in human control.”

Russia-US nuclear war is no fantasy, says Kremlin ally
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Russia-US nuclear war is no fantasy, says Kremlin ally

Russia has the world's largest arsenal of nuclear weapons. But from Moscow's perspective, the atomic deterrent was not enough to keep the US and its NATO allies from backing Ukraine against Russia. Dmitri Trenin, an ex-Russian intelligence colonel and former director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, speaks with Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant at risk of disaster, says top nuclear watchdog
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Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant at risk of disaster, says top nuclear watchdog

A month ago, the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog visited the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. He saw two big holes on the roof caused by high-caliber ammo that could have impacted the fuel. On GZERO World, Rafael Grossi gives Ian Bremmer a first-hand account of the precarious situation there — and how close we got to another Chernobyl.

Ian Bremmer: US support for Ukraine vs fear of Russian escalation
Events

Ian Bremmer: US support for Ukraine vs fear of Russian escalation

Rogue Russia is Eurasia Group's #1 top geopolitical risk for 2023. But what does that mean if you're Ukraine? For Ian Bremmer, so far Ukraine and NATO have been very aligned on their goals. But that might change in the future if Ukraine's demands threaten unity between the US and its allies.

Putin bombs Ukraine
Quick Take

Putin bombs Ukraine

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Turning to the war in Russia. Lots going on, almost all of it escalatory at this point. Most recent state of play, a spectacular attack by the Ukrainians on the Kerch Bridge, the Crimea bridge that was said by Putin to be impregnable, can't possibly be able to attack it. It was providing a lot of supply chain, military supply chain from Russia sourcing capabilities material into Crimea and the rest of Ukraine, and suddenly significantly disrupted by a Ukrainian truck bomb. That led Putin to respond in the early hours today, rush hour in Ukraine.