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Global Stage live premiere at 12pm ET WATCH

by ian bremmer

Making sense of global affairs in a leaderless (G-Zero) world with whatever I decide is honest and fair analysis. (P.S. – don’t panic)
Putin looks on over missiles flying between Israel and Iran.
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Putin: The real winner of the US-Iran war?

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​Greenland surrounded by military ships, patrols, and the Greenland, Danish, and NATO flags.
Paige Fusco
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The Greenland crisis will test whether Europe can stand up to Trump

​Donald Trump as a giant hitting Venezuela with a stick.
GZERO design
by ian bremmer

America built the global order. Now it's tearing it down.

A woman prepares to throw trash on a street in downtown Havana, Cuba, February 16, 2026. ​
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by ian bremmer

Venezuela cracked. Will Cuba follow?

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Europe can no longer count on the US

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Sanae Takaichi has the power to change Japan

When Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called snap elections last month, it was a big gamble. Holding a winter election just four months into her tenure with no real policy record to run on?

US President Donald Trump and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.​
by ian bremmer

Is Trump about to strike Iran (again)?

Iran is not in the Western Hemisphere. It’s not a vital US security interest, and most Americans don't especially care about what happens in the Middle East.

What to know about China’s military purges
by ian bremmer

What to know about China’s military purges

Xi Jinping has spent three years gutting his own military leadership. Five of the seven members of the Central Military Commission – China's supreme military authority – have been purged since 2023, all of whom were handpicked by Xi himself back in 2022.

Will Iran’s protests bring down the regime?
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Will Iran’s protests bring down the regime?

For over two weeks now, Iranians have been pouring into the streets in the largest demonstrations the country has seen since the 2022 “Women, Life, Freedom” uprising, and possibly since the 2009 Green Movement.

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and businessman Jared Kushner, along with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and otherEuropean leaders, pose for a group photo at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, December 15, 2025.
by ian bremmer

Europe’s moment of truth

The European Union just pulled off something that, a year ago, seemed politically impossible: it froze $247 billion in Russian central bank assets indefinitely, stripping the Kremlin of one of its most reliable pressure points.

It’s official: Trump wants a weaker European Union
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It’s official: Trump wants a weaker European Union

America’s new National Security Strategy confirms what Europeans have feared for months: Washington now sees a strong, unified European Union as a problem to be solved, not an ally to be supported.

Trump, Putin, and Zelensky surrounded by tanks and negotiators.
by ian bremmer

The Ukraine peace push is failing. Here's why.

Nearly four years into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the push to end the war is intensifying. The past few weeks produced not one but two proposals.

Trump’s risky Venezuela strategy, explained
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Trump’s risky Venezuela strategy, explained

The Trump administration is moving closer to military strikes inside Venezuela.

America’s “buy now, pay later” trap
by ian bremmer

America’s “buy now, pay later” trap

The United States is #winning. But while the short-term picture looks strong, the United States is systematically trading long-term strategic advantages for more immediate tactical gains, with the accumulating costs hiding in plain sight.

The world’s response to America’s Revolution
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The world’s response to America’s Revolution

Last week, I wrote about the political revolution that President Donald Trump has launched in the United States and how it has made America a fundamentally unreliable player on the world stage.