ALEX GIBSON

Is the shadow war between Israel and Iran officially out in the open? Iran launched a wave of ballistic missiles into Israel Tuesday night, calling the attack a response to Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in Lebanon last week. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps also said the attack was retaliation for the killing of Hamas’s political leader, Ismael Haniyeh, assassinated while visiting Tehran last July, as well as Israel’s April attack on an Iranian embassy in Syria, which killed an Iranian commander. Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube and turn on notifications (🔔): http://www.youtube.com/@GZEROMedia Sign up for GZERO Daily (free newsletter on global politics): https://rebrand.ly/gzeronewsletter On GZERO World, @Ian_Bremmer spoke with Iran’s Vice President of Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif on September 25, days before Nasrallah’s assassination and Iran’s missile response. Zarif, who served as Iran’s foreign minister until 2021, made it clear that Tehran had a right to defend itself and warned Iran could respond to Israel at any time. Zarif said that Iran had, up to that point, shown restraint in order to avoid being “dragged” into a wider war, which he claimed would play into Israeli interests. “[Israel] thrives on tension, on conflict, and we will not provide it to them,” Zarif said less than a week before Iran fired missiles into Israel’s territory, “But that doesn’t mean we will fail to defend our territory, our people, and our guests.” Watch Ian Bremmer’s full interview with Vice President Zarif on GZERO World beginning this Friday, October 4. Check local listings. GZERO World with Ian Bremmer airs on US public television weekly - check local listings. New digital episodes of GZERO World are released every Monday on YouTube. Don't miss an episode: subscribe to our YouTube channel and turn on notifications (🔔): http://www.youtube.com/@GZEROMedia Want to know more about global news and why it matters? Follow us on: Instagram: https://instagram.com/gzeromedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/gzeromedia TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gzeromedia Facebook: https://facebook.com/gzeromedia LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gzeromedia Threads: https://threads.net/@gzeromedia Subscribe to our YouTube channel and turn on notifications (🔔): http://www.youtube.com/@GZEROMedia Sign up for GZERO Daily (free newsletter on global politics): https://rebrand.ly/gzeronewsletter Subscribe to the GZERO podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gzero-world-with-ian-bremmer/id1294461271 GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our newsletter GZERO Daily, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World Podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com #GZEROWorld #Iran #Israel

Author and historian @YuvalNoahHarari puts the blame for Hamas’ success in its Oct 7 attack squarely on the Netanyahu government and its attempts to undermine democratic institutions. He argues that it's possible to support both Palestinian rights while defending Israel's right to exist at the same time. Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube and turn on notifications (🔔): http://www.youtube.com/@GZEROMedia Sign up for GZERO Daily (free newsletter on global politics): https://rebrand.ly/gzeronewsletter Watch full episode here" to say "Watch the full conversation between Yuval Noah Harari and Ian Bremmer on this episode of GZERO World right here: https://youtu.be/WZX954JVw-w Author and historian Yuval Noah Harari believes that the Israeli government's policies under Prime Minister Netanyahu allowed for Hamas’ Oct 7 attack to be as deadly as it was. He points specifically to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to undermine the judiciary and other democratic institutions. “He was trying to systematically destroy the institutions of Israeli democracy,” Harari tells Ian Bremmer in a live interview at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. He links these domestic political maneuvers to the failure to heed warnings from military and intelligence services about external threats leading up to October 7, arguing that this negligence was influenced by conspiracy theories about a so-called “deep state.” The problem, Harari says, goes deeper than Netanyahu. He talks about the ideological infighting within the Israeli government as a battle for the country's soul and for Judaism itself. He contrasts the principles of Zionism with those of a rising messianic movement that espouses Jewish supremacy, warning of the dire implications should this faction's vision of a deeply stratified society. “This will change the very meaning of Judaism all over the world.” So what kind of outcome could both Israelis and Palestinians live with? Harari advocates for defending Israel's right to exist while also ensuring Palestinian rights. He rejects the notion that these positions are mutually exclusive, arguing for a future where both Israelis and Palestinians can live dignified lives within their homelands. “Just because you are in favor of the rights of Palestinians doesn’t mean you have to be also in favor of destroying Israel completely.” Watch the full interview with Yuval Noah Harari on GZERO World with Ian Bremmer on US public television beginning this Friday, March 8. Check local listings. Catch GZERO World with Ian Bremmer every week on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwpOQsKKqZGNfKZ7zx127SGsnqMY4mPWi Also available at https://gzeromedia.com/gzeroworld and on US public television. Want to know more about global news and why it matters? Follow us on: Instagram: https://instagram.com/gzeromedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/gzeromedia TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gzeromedia Facebook: https://facebook.com/gzeromedia LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gzeromedia Threads: https://threads.net/@gzeromedia Subscribe to our YouTube channel and turn on notifications (🔔): http://www.youtube.com/@GZEROMedia Sign up for GZERO Daily (free newsletter on global politics): https://rebrand.ly/gzeronewsletter Subscribe to the GZERO podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gzero-world-with-ian-bremmer/id1294461271 GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our newsletter GZERO Daily, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World Podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com #GZEROWorld #IsraelHamasWar #Israel #UnstoppableUs #YuvalNoahHarari

The world is being hit by three seismic shocks—geopolitical, economic, and technological—that together could destabilize the global order in unprecedented ways. Subscribe to GZERO's YouTube channel and turn on notifications (🔔): http://www.youtube.com/@GZEROMedia Sign up for GZERO's free newsletters on global politics: https://www.gzeromedia.com/subscribe According to The Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, 2025 is shaping to be a historic turning point defined by three massive global shocks. “Each of which is big enough for our grandchildren to have a chapter in their history books,” she warns. The first is geopolitical: the United States, once the architect of the global alliance system, is now actively challenging—and possibly undermining—it. The second is economic: the U.S. has abandoned free trade in favor of escalating tariff wars, threatening the global trading system that has defined the past 80 years. And the third, perhaps most transformative, is technological: the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, which is reshaping industries and economies faster than governments can respond. The combination of these three forces, Beddoes argues, creates massive uncertainty with the potential for severe damage. While acknowledging that some aspects of the Trump administration’s policies—such as cutting bureaucracy and rationalizing government—may have merit, Beddoes is deeply concerned about its overall trajectory. “I just find the combination of this… bullying, transactional approach, where the view is that your gain must be my loss… fundamentally misguided,” she says. With global institutions struggling to keep pace with these shifts, the question is no longer whether the old order will survive—it’s whether the world can build a new one before chaos takes hold. Watch full episode: https://youtu.be/dA1ZhjDNRRM Dig deeper: Did Wall Street get Trump wrong? Ian explains here: https://youtu.be/EKx778R_xVk GZERO World with Ian Bremmer airs on US public television weekly - check local listings. New digital episodes of GZERO World are released every Monday on YouTube. Don't miss an episode: subscribe to our YouTube channel and turn on notifications (🔔): http://www.youtube.com/@GZEROMedia Keep up with global news and why it matters. Follow GZERO! X: https://x.com/gzeromedia LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gzeromedia Instagram: https://instagram.com/gzeromedia TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gzeromedia Facebook: https://facebook.com/gzeromedia Threads: https://threads.net/@gzeromedia GZERO World on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gzero-world-with-ian-bremmer/id1294461271 GZERO World on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/13QW2sLPCjVbdDE6fmJCNf?si=9d00ce9ed2184c59 GZERO Media, a Eurasia Group company, is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights, and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our weekly show on US public television; our newsletters GZERO Daily, GZERO AI, GZERO North, and GZERO Daily with Ian Bremmer; our parody series Puppet Regime; our digital video series including Ian Bremmer's Quick Take every week; and the GZERO World Podcast. Our content is free and available at https://www.gzeromedia.com/. #GZEROWorld #Geopolitics #Technology

GZERO World highlights from recent interviews, stories from the field, and, of course, Puppet Regime. Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2TxCVnY “GZERO World with Ian Bremmer,” our weekly global affairs program, is now in its fifth season on US public television. Over the past five years, the program has brought you interviews with heads of state, newsmakers, and leaders of industry. Our mission is to help you make sense of the world and the people and events shaping politics today, and there’s no better place to do that than on public television. For two decades, PBS has been named the most trusted brand in US television. Here are some highlights from recent interviews, stories from the field, and, of course, Puppet Regime. Be sure to check out Ian’s interview with Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, which begins airing this Friday, Feb. 3, all over the US. Check your local listings for our program schedule. Sign up for GZERO’s free newsletter on global politics, Signal: http://bit.ly/gzerosignal Subscribe to the GZERO podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gzero-world-with-ian-bremmer/id1294461271 Like GZERO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gzeromedia/ Follow GZERO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gzeromedia Follow GZERO on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18385722/ GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our newsletter Signal, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World Podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com #GZEROWorld #GZERO #IanBremmer

Is a two-state solution still possible for Israel and Palestine? Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak weighs in. Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@GZEROMedia Sign up for GZERO Daily (free newsletter on global politics): https://rebrand.ly/gzeronewsletter Content 0:00 - The two-state solution 1:49 - Israeli-Palestinian failed peace talks at Camp David 5:29 - Interview with Ehud Barak: Is peace possible? 8:11 - Does Netanyahu want a two-state solution? 10:50 - Should Israel have delayed the Gaza invasion? 15:06 - Hostage negotiation & ceasefire: Way forward? 19:02 - Outro On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer sits down with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to discuss the ongoing war with Hamas, the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and whether the idea of a two-state solution with Palestine is still realistic. Barak participated in the 2000 Camp David summit with Yasser Arafat and has arguably come closer to securing peace than any Israeli leader in modern history, though he ultimately failed. “I’ve never lost sight of the idea that the only viable, long-term solution for this conflict in the Middle East remains, unfortunately, the two-state solution,” Barak tells Bremmer. Today, Barak is critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies of tacitly viewing Hamas in Gaza as an asset and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank as a liability, instead of the other way around. He also admits that they should have gotten more humanitarian aid into Gaza sooner, but argues that the goal of destroying Hamas is critical for Israel’s future. Ultimately, he says the 240 estimated hostages still being held captive should be prioritized above all else, and that failing rescue them would amount to “abandonment” by the Israeli government. Catch GZERO World with Ian Bremmer every week on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwpOQsKKqZGNfKZ7zx127SGsnqMY4mPWi Also available at https://gzeromedia.com/gzeroworld and on US public television. Check local listings. Want to know more about global news and why it matters? Follow us on: Instagram: https://instagram.com/gzeromedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/gzeromedia TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gzeromedia Facebook: https://facebook.com/gzeromedia LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gzeromedia Threads: https://threads.net/@gzeromedia Subscribe to our YouTube channel and turn on notifications (🔔): http://www.youtube.com/@GZEROMedia Sign up for GZERO Daily (free newsletter on global politics): https://rebrand.ly/gzeronewsletter GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our newsletter GZERO Daily, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World Podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com #GZEROWorld #IsraelHamasWar #TwoStateSolution

Even before Canada's murder allegation, its relations with India were already tense. Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@GZEROMedia Sign up for GZERO Daily (free newsletter on global politics): https://rebrand.ly/gzeronewsletter India-Canada relations have hit a crisis point following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s bombshell allegation in September that India was responsible for the murder of a Sikh leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in British Columbia last June. The fallout was swift: India’s foreign ministry dismissed the accusation as “absurd,” both countries expelled top diplomats, and tensions have escalated significantly. “Friends don’t do this in public,” Samir Saran, President of the Observer Research Foundation think tank, tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World. “This was something that should have always been in the private mode.” Relations between the two countries were already tense before the allegations. India has long been pushing Ottawa to be more assertive in curtailing the Khalistan movement within Canada–a separatist movement with the goal of establishing an independent Sikh state in India’s Punjab region. The Khalistani movement is considered a terrorist organization by the Indian government, and Saran explains it's so problematic to the Indian public that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has broad support to respond forcefully to Canada’s allegations, even within the political opposition. But despite the growing tension, Saran believes there will always be a link between the two democracies. “I don’t think this is about India or Indians having any problems with Canada,” Saran says. “I think it’s the Trudeau government’s perverse politics being brought into the spotlight in this part of the world.” Watch the full interview: Can the India-Canada relationship be fixed after a suspicious murder? https://youtu.be/kUdrxIIFDM8 Catch GZERO World with Ian Bremmer every week on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwpOQsKKqZGNfKZ7zx127SGsnqMY4mPWi You can also watch the show at https://gzeromedia.com/gzeroworld and on US public television. Check local listings. Want to know more about global news and why it matters? Follow us on: Instagram: https://instagram.com/gzeromedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/gzeromedia TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gzeromedia Facebook: https://facebook.com/gzeromedia LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gzeromedia Threads: https://threads.net/@gzeromedia Subscribe to our YouTube channel and turn on notifications (🔔): http://www.youtube.com/@GZEROMedia Sign up for GZERO Daily (free newsletter on global politics): https://rebrand.ly/gzeronewsletter GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our newsletter GZERO Daily, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World Podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com #GZEROWorld #IndiaCanada #HardeepSinghNijjar

A Shanghai-based expert on China discusses why he's pessimistic about China's economic outlook. Sign up for GZERO Daily (free newsletter on global politics): https://rebrand.ly/gzeronewsletter Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2TxCVnY China’s economy has averaged about 10% annual growth year over year for the past four decades. It’s undoubtedly the biggest economic success story of our lifetime, but how long can that last? Shaun Rein, founder and managing director of the Shanghai-based China Market Research Group, sits down with Ian Bremmer on GZERO World to talk China's post-COVID recovery, Xi's crackdown on the private sector, and why the last year has turned him from a bull to a bear on China's economic outlook. Annual GDP growth has been on a relative decline since 2010, barring a big jump coming out of the pandemic. Decades of infrastructure investment have left local governments drowning in debt. Almost three years of zero-COVID politics ground China’s economy to a halt. Youth unemployment is surging to record highs and is expected to keep climbing. At the same time, President Xi Jinping is moving China away from the pro-investment policies of his predecessors in favor of ideological and national security priorities. But public support for China’s Communist Party is starting to show cracks, especially among citizens in wealthy cities who experienced the brunt of China’s brutal zero-COVID policies. Can communist ideology mixed with capitalist ambition sustain growth into the future? Is Xi setting up China for another four decades of economic success? And what do China’s citizens make of its return to socialist roots? Watch new episodes of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer every week on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwpOQsKKqZGNfKZ7zx127SGsnqMY4mPWi or at gzeromedia.com/gzeroworld and on US public television. Check local listings. Sign up for GZERO Daily (free newsletter on global politics): https://rebrand.ly/gzeronewsletter GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our newsletter GZERO Daily, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World Podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com #GZEROWorld #China #XiJinping

The last best chance at peace between Israel and Palestine included bowling and baseball at a wooded retreat in rural Maryland. Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/@GZEROMedia Sign up for GZERO Daily (free newsletter on global politics): https://rebrand.ly/gzeronewsletter Twenty-three years ago at Camp David, US President Bill Clinton welcomed Palestinian Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak for a two-week summit in a bucolic setting. The goal: find an enduring solution to the Israel-Palestine crisis. But as Ian Bremmer explains, as the three leaders strolled together down a leafy Camp David road, they couldn’t have been further apart in their expectations for the summit. Ehud Barak, the young, leftist Israeli Prime Minister—fresh off a series of failed negotiations with Syria—had pushed hard for the summit, arguing that it was the “pressure cooker” that would require him and Arafat to make real progress on a two-state solution. His strategy was to either secure a deal or expose Arafat as an unreliable partner. Meanwhile, Yasser Arafat was treading water of his own. Given his constituency’s mistrust of Israel and his resentment of Barak’s recent focus on Syria, Arafat was in no hurry to reach an agreement. He had warned Clinton ahead of the summit that his side was not ready to come to the table. Nor did he trust Barak to follow through on his promises. This is the story of what happened at those talks and why the best chance in a generation for peace in the Middle East failed. Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/PFGOW3ILDJY Subscribe and turn on your notifications to catch GZERO World with Ian Bremmer every week when it drops here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwpOQsKKqZGNfKZ7zx127SGsnqMY4mPWi GZERO World with Ian Bremmer also airs weekly on US public television. Check local listings. GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our newsletter GZERO Daily, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World Podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com #IanExplains #IsraelHamasWar #TwoStateSolution

Alexander Stubb, former Finnish PM: Putin has backed himself into a corner on Ukraine. Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2TxCVnY The West is already at war with Russia. NATO boots may not be on the ground, but the US and its allies are helping Ukraine with arms and cash, and by upping the pressure on Moscow with tough sanctions. Vladimir Putin knows this, but he's fighting a 20th-century war in 2022 — and losing on global PR and social media. Meanwhile, the ripple effects of the conflict are spreading well beyond Ukraine's borders. And one country watching very closely is Finland. On this episode of GZERO World, Ian Bremmer talks to former Finnish PM Alexander Stubb, who explains why his country has gone from longtime neutral actor to NATO hopeful. Stubb — who once helped broker Russia's 2008 cease-fire with Georgia — believes Putin has backed himself into a corner and won't back down on Ukraine. He also thinks we shouldn't overestimate China's appetite to deal with an increasingly isolated Russia: at the end of the day Beijing doesn't want to be Moscow's mule. Bonus: a tale of two train stations in Berlin and Kyiv. Sign up for GZERO’s free newsletter on global politics, Signal: http://bit.ly/gzerosignal Subscribe to the GZERO podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gzero-world-with-ian-bremmer/id1294461271 Like GZERO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gzeromedia/ Follow GZERO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gzeromedia Follow GZERO on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18385722/ GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our newsletter Signal, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World Podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com #GZEROWorld #Putin #Russia

The 1619 Project's founder says America was founded on liberty, equality, and…slavery. Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2TxCVnY According to the 1619 Project's Nikole Hannah-Jones, America was founded on liberty, equality, and…slavery. The institution of slavery, she argues, was the foundation upon which the country achieved its economic and political greatness. It’s a claim that set the cultural world on fire when the 1619 Project was published in the New York Times in 2019 and now, as she compiles and expands upon that project in a new book, controversy has erupted once again. Why the 1619 Project triggered a US culture war: America, the saying goes, was founded on liberty, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness. That's what makes the US "exceptional." Not for Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, who believes the institutional foundation upon which the US achieved its economic and political greatness is... slavery. Almost three years ago, she published the 1619 Project, a landmark piece of modern journalism that's as loved on one end of the US political spectrum as hated on the other. And surely enough in today's divided America, it sparked a full-blown culture war. Hannah-Jones admits some of the criticism was fair. In fact, she’s just published an extended version of the project in book form in part to improve the original. But she rejects those who’ve tried to disqualify her and the project altogether. A lot of the backlash against her can be traced to many Americans never learning in school that slavery was not at all accidental. "We chose it,” she says, “and it led to our success in many ways." Even Black people, she recalls from growing up, are "erased" from US history from the Civil War until the civil rights movement. Most Americans, in her opinion, fail to see the problem because they "are deeply, deeply invested in this mythology of exceptionalism." And to believe in that, Hannah-Jones says that "then you have to downplay the role of slavery" in a nation that's been "plagued by racism and inequality from our beginning." Sign up for GZERO’s free newsletter on global politics, Signal: http://bit.ly/gzerosignal Subscribe to the GZERO podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gzero-world-with-ian-bremmer/id1294461271 Like GZERO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gzeromedia/ Follow GZERO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gzeromedia Follow GZERO on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18385722/ GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our newsletter Signal, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World Podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com #GZEROWorld #NikoleHannahJones #1619Project

“We are standing at the edge of an abyss,” António Guterres, UN Secretary-General warns. Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2TxCVnY António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, does not mince words when it comes to the dire state of the world. “We are standing at the edge of an abyss,” Guterres warns. COVID is “defeating” the global community and a climate catastrophe is all but assured without drastic action. Amidst this unprecedented peril, there remains a startling lack of trust among nations. And yet, there is still hope. In a frank (and in-person!) GZERO World interview, Ian Bremmer heads to the UN ahead of the annual General Assembly week to discuss COVID, climate, the US-China rift, and the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan. Sign up for GZERO’s free newsletter on global politics, Signal: http://bit.ly/gzerosignal Subscribe to the GZERO podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gzero-world-with-ian-bremmer/id1294461271 Like GZERO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gzeromedia/ Follow GZERO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gzeromedia Follow GZERO on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18385722/ GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our newsletter Signal, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World Podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com #GZEROWorld #AntónioGuterres #UnitedNations

What is the United Nations actually good for? (Quite a lot.) Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2TxCVnY 76 years after the United Nations was founded, amid an unending pandemic and growing climate and refugee crises, today’s UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stark words for member nations: “In our biggest shared test since the Second World War,” Guterres says, “humanity faces a stark and urgent choice: a breakdown or a breakthrough.” But if something as immediate and catastrophic as a deadly pandemic can’t spark a renewal of global cooperation, then what can? On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer explores the question: if the United Nations doesn’t have the authority to force its members to take drastic measures to avoid global catastrophes, what is it actually good for? (Quite a lot.) Sign up for GZERO’s free newsletter on global politics, Signal: http://bit.ly/gzerosignal Subscribe to the GZERO podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gzero-world-with-ian-bremmer/id1294461271 Like GZERO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gzeromedia/ Follow GZERO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gzeromedia Follow GZERO on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18385722/ GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our newsletter Signal, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World Podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com #GZEROWorld #UnitedNations #UNGeneralAssembly

"Military men can never do public policy," says an Afghan activist. Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2TxCVnY The Taliban have taken over Afghanistan militarily, but they have yet to show they can also govern — perhaps because they don't have a plan. "Military men can never do public policy. We all know this," says Pashtana Durrani, an Afghan teacher and women’s rights activist who's in hiding and moving around the country because she wants to stay to resist Taliban rule. Watch her full interview with GZERO World's Ian Bremmer. https://www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-world-clips/afghan-activist-taliban-wont-make-us-change-our-way-of-life Sign up for GZERO’s free newsletter on global politics, Signal: http://bit.ly/gzerosignal Subscribe to the GZERO podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gzero-world-with-ian-bremmer/id1294461271 Like GZERO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gzeromedia/ Follow GZERO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gzeromedia Follow GZERO on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18385722/ GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our newsletter Signal, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World Podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com #GZEROWorld #TalibanTakeover #Afghanistan

Ian Bremmer takes a look at alcohol’s role in diplomacy and society. Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2TxCVnY On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer takes a look at the yin and the yang of alcohol’s role in high-level diplomacy and society at large. Alcohol can bring people together just as easily as it can tear them apart. From a 1995 Clinton/Yeltsin Summit where a drunk Yeltsin almost derailed Bosnian peace talks, to Obama’s Beer Summit and the recent G7 Summit, booze plays a part in how world leaders interact. Globally, alcohol consumption has been steadily increasing, by over 70 percent between 1990 and 2017, according to one report. Low and middle-income nations like Vietnam, India, and China are a driving force behind that trend, with drinking in Southeast Asia rising by over 34 percent between 2010 and 2017. And yet, amidst this global booze boom, the world has only grown more and more divided. Watch the episode of GZERO World: https://www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-world-with-ian-bremmer/the-political-power-of-alcohol Sign up for GZERO’s free newsletter on global politics, Signal: http://bit.ly/gzerosignal Subscribe to the GZERO podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gzero-world-with-ian-bremmer/id1294461271 Like GZERO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gzeromedia/ Follow GZERO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gzeromedia Follow GZERO on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18385722/ GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our newsletter Signal, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World Podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com #GZEROWorld #GeopoliticsOfAlcohol #Alcohol

Over 120,00 Ukrainians have fled to Germany. Others seek safety in Kyiv's metro stations. Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2TxCVnY More than two million Ukrainians have fled since Russia's invasion began. Over 120,00 of them have made their way to Germany. In Berlin's train station, most of the refugees are women. All the men aged between 18 and 60 have stayed behind to fight the Russians. Upon their arrival in Berlin, the Ukrainians must first get their COVID vaccines. They are worried about their loved ones. Meanwhile, Ukrainian journalist Kristina Berdynskykh tells us how she's made another train station — on the Kyiv metro — her new home. It's a makeshift bomb shelter. Sign up for GZERO’s free newsletter on global politics, Signal: http://bit.ly/gzerosignal Subscribe to the GZERO podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gzero-world-with-ian-bremmer/id1294461271 Like GZERO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gzeromedia/ Follow GZERO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gzeromedia Follow GZERO on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18385722/ GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our newsletter Signal, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World Podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com #GZEROWorld #UkrainianRefugees #Berlin

Ian Bremmer: So Canada's now surpassed the United States in terms of numbers of refugees that you're actually allowing in. Now, you have more space, but the country's tiny, right? Justin Trudeau: Yeah, we're one tenth the size of the U.S. in terms of population. Ian Bremmer: And the population isn't as on board with it. A solid majority of Canadians say they don't actually want to have this many people coming in. Justin Trudeau: I think my focus is not on what is popular or not, my focus is on how to make sure that Canada does well in the 21st Century. And in terms of that, we need to be bringing in people from around the world. We need immigration, and yes, part of that is accepting refugees. Now, the way to reassure Canadians around that, because there is anxiety around it, is to point out that we have a strong immigration system, and the rules continue to apply, and security continues to be of concern, and no shortcuts are taken, and we are investing in the integration and support of new arrivals so that they can contribute as quick as possible. And that's the story we're seeing. Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2TxCVnY For more GZERO news and videos: https://www.gzeromedia.com/ Like GZERO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gzeroworld/ Follow GZERO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gzeromedia Follow GZERO on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/18385722/ GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our newsletter Signal, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World Podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com. #JustinTrudeau #Canada