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The high-stakes race to control AI, with Ben Buchanan

The US and China are racing to develop increasingly powerful AI, but what does it actually mean to win? Former White House AI advisor Ben Buchanan joins Ian Bremmer to discuss the geopolitical stakes of superintelligence, the growing risks of AI development, and how democracies can compete without sacrificing their values.

The high-stakes race to control AI, with Ben Buchanan

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Europe under threat from Russia
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Europe under threat from Russia

Russia is testing NATO’s red lines with escalating drone attacks and airspace violations. Can Europe defend Ukraine and itself without help from the US? Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski joins Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

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The high-stakes race to control AI, with Ben Buchanan

The high-stakes race to control AI, with Ben Buchanan

The US and China are racing to develop increasingly powerful AI, but what does it actually mean to win? Former White House AI advisor Ben Buchanan joins Ian Bremmer to discuss the geopolitical stakes of superintelligence, the growing risks of AI development, and how democracies can compete without sacrificing their values.

The race for artificial intelligence supremacy is accelerating, and the stakes couldn't be higher. The US and China are competing to develop increasingly powerful AI systems that could transform economies, militaries, and the global balance of power. But as the technology advances, so do the risks. Could the race to build superintelligent machines outpace humanity's ability to control them?
On the GZERO World podcast, Ian Bremmer speaks with Ben Buchanan, former White House AI advisor and co-author of The Bitter Struggle: Superintelligence, Superpowers, and the Fate of the World, about the competition shaping the future of AI.

Buchanan explains why Washington has sought to restrict China's access to advanced chips, how AI could give authoritarian governments new tools for surveillance and repression, and why the technology's development poses unique challenges for democracies.They also discuss the growing threat of AI-powered cyberattacks, the difficulty of regulating technology largely controlled by private companies, and Buchanan's argument that the US should build a technological lead over China and then use that advantage to prioritize safety. Ultimately, the question isn't just whether America can win the AI race. It's whether it can do so without undermining the democratic principles it's trying to defend.

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Female leaders are still rare around the world
Graphic Truth

Female leaders are still rare around the world

Of the 193 UN member states, only 86 have had a female head of state or government since 1946, according to the Council on Foreign Relations’ Women’s Power Index.

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A volunteer walks past a COP31 logo at the venue ahead of the United Nations climate change conference, known as COP31, in Antalya, Turkey, November 8, 2026.
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COP31: Climate ambitions meet economic anxiety

The UN’s annual climate summit, this year known as COP31, kicked off in Turkey on Monday, as the world gets hotter – and political temperatures rise.

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Mississippi blue(s)
Hard Numbers

Mississippi blue(s)

The last time the Deep South state started a Black senator was in 1875, during Reconstruction.

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About GZERO


WHAT.

GZERO Media is a company dedicated to providing the public with intelligent and engaging coverage of global affairs. It was created in 2017 as a subsidiary of Eurasia Group, the world's leading political risk analysis firm.

WHY.

Interest in global affairs is soaring these days, and yet traditional sources of insight are either too politicized, too polarizing, or too boring.


We believe there's a better way to help people understand the forces that are reshaping their world. By delivering deep insight with a light touch. By taking a global view. By pushing beyond predictable opinions and formats to inform, engage, challenge, and entertain.

HOW.

Our approach is at once journalistic, analytical, and creative. We not only explain the most important stories in the world today — we tease out the critical connections between them, so you can be smart about what comes next.

Whether you get the daily dish on global affairs from our GZERO Daily newsletter, see global leaders in a different light on GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, or get your fix of laughter and outrage from our political satire show PUPPET REGIME, we hope that you come away with a broader and deeper understanding of the world.

WHAT'S BEHIND OUR NAME?

For decades, a small number of leading countries regularly came together – in formats like the Group of Seven (G7) or the wider Group of 20 (G20) – to seek collective solutions to the world's most pressing challenges. What's more, the United States used its power, for better or worse, as a kind of "G1" to underwrite global norms of global commerce, finance, and security.

Today, that order is slipping away. No single power or group of powers is willing or able to set a global agenda. It's a world of many pretenders, but no leaders. Welcome to the GZERO.

President Donald Trump seated surrounded by foreign leaders including Germany's Angela Merkel, Japan's Shinzo Abe and France's Emmanuel Macron

President Donald Trump seated surrounded by foreign leaders including Germany's Angela Merkel, Japan's Shinzo Abe and France's Emmanuel Macron

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Ian Bremmer, President and Founder of GZERO Media

Ian Bremmer

Ian Bremmer is President and Founder of GZERO Media. He hosts the weekly digital and broadcast show, GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, where he explains the key global stories of the moment, sits down for an in-depth conversation with the newsmakers and thought leaders shaping our world, and takes your questions.

Ian is also the President and Founder of GZERO Media's parent company, Eurasia Group, the leading global political risk research and consulting firm. Ian is a New York Times bestselling author of eleven books including "Us vs Them: The Failure of Globalism," "Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World," "The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations?" and "Superpower: Three Choices for America's Role in the World." His latest book, "The Power of Crisis," draws lessons from global challenges of the past 100 years—including the pandemic—to show how we can respond to three great crises unfolding over the next decade.

Ian earned a master's degree and a doctorate in political science from Stanford University, where he went on to become the youngest-ever national fellow at the Hoover Institution. Although he might not admit it, Ian's secretly jealous of his puppet's interviews with the world's most powerful leaders.