The enduring legacy of 9/11, with former Defense Secretary Mark Esper
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper reflects on 25 years since 9/11, the lessons of America’s forever wars, and the biggest threats to US na...
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GZero World with Ian Bremmer
The United States will no longer play global policeman, and no one else wants the job. This is not a G-7 or a G-20 world. Welcome to the GZERO, a world made volatile by an intensifying inter...
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The race to build humanity's future in space, with Chris Hadfield
The race to the Moon is back – but reaching it is only the beginning. Astronaut Chris Hadfield joins Ian Bremmer to explore how cheaper tech...
The global aid crisis, with David Miliband
Humanitarian aid isn’t just charity—it’s the world’s safety net against disease, conflict, and instability. David Miliband joins Ian Bremmer...
The UK a decade after Brexit, with Rory Stewart
Ten years after Brexit, former UK cabinet minister Rory Stewart joins Ian Bremmer to examine the referendum's lasting impact on Britain's ec...
Lebanon's best chance for peace, with Kim Ghattas
As Hezbollah’s power weakens and Israel occupies parts of southern Lebanon, could the country finally reclaim its sovereignty? Or is it head...
Inside Ukraine's strategy to pressure Putin, with Dmytro Kuleba
Ukraine is bringing the war to Russia, challenging one of the conflict's biggest assumptions: that time is on Vladimir Putin's side. Former...
The human cost of Iran's war, with Yeganeh Torbati
Iran’s regime has survived the war, but ordinary Iranians are still living with fear, repression, and a collapsing economy. Yeganeh Torbati...
America at 250: Patriotism, Trump, and America's future, with Bill Maher
As America marks its 250th birthday, Bill Maher joins Ian Bremmer to discuss patriotism, political division, Donald Trump, and why the count...
The future of the Democratic party, with Josh Shapiro
As Democrats search for a path forward after 2024, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro argues that voters aren't looking for more political r...
World Cup politics, with the Financial Times' Simon Kuper
The World Cup is the planet's biggest sporting event, and the most political one. This year, it will also be the most profitable spectacle o...
The Supreme Court's biggest tests ahead, with Emily Bazelon
The Supreme Court is facing some of the biggest legal and political questions of the Trump era. Emily Bazelon joins Ian Bremmer to break dow...
Winners and losers of the Iran war, with Kori Schake
Three months into the Iran war, the Strait of Hormuz is in a standoff and the geopolitical fallout is spreading fast. Kori Schake of the Ame...
How AI is transforming warfare and the US military with Katrina Manson
Bloomberg reporter Katrina Manson joins Ian Bremmer to discuss Project Maven, the program that brought AI to the heart of US warfare, and th...
Cuba's Trump standoff and economic crisis with Michael Bustamante
Historian Michael Bustamante joins Ian Bremmer to discuss Cuba's economic freefall, Trump's end game, and the hopes of Cuban Americans.
North Korea's nuclear gamble pays off, with the WSJ's Jonathan Cheng
North Korea has nuclear weapons, a succession plan hiding in plain sight, and a personality cult that has outlasted Stalin's and Mao's combi...
Assessing the Iran War's "structural damage" with Harvard economist Gita Gopinath
Rising energy prices, higher inflation, and growing economic uncertainty — a Harvard economist says the fallout from the Iran war is already...
Viktor Orbán's last stand, and the future of Europe's far right with Ivan Krastev
Ian Bremmer sits down with Ivan Krastev , Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies and political scientist, to discuss Hungary's conseq...
Rahm Emanuel on Trump's Iran war “of choice” and midterm implications
Ian Bremmer and Rahm Emanuel discuss the deepening conflict in the Middle East, US foreign policy under Trump, and the upcoming midterms. Ra...
Unpacking Iran’s competing endgames with Brookings Institution’s Thomas Wright
Ian Bremmer sits down with Thomas Wright , Brookings Institution fellow and former Senior Director at the US National Security Council, to u...
Tariffs: what comes next with Paul Krugman and Scott Lincicome
While Washington has become more hostile to globalization, Americans continue to buy foreign goods in record numbers. Lincicome notes that e...