Skip to content
Search
Human content, AI powered search.

Latest Stories

baltic states

Could Russia invade the Baltics next?
GZERO World Clips

Could Russia invade the Baltics next?

Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže doesn't think a Russian invasion of the Baltics is imminent but warns that NATO must remain vigilant.

The fight to decide Ukraine's fate
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

The fight to decide Ukraine's fate

On GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže discusses Ukraine's fate and Baltic security in the face of Russian aggression. Former Russian colonel Dmitri Trenin offers a starkly different perspective from Moscow, arguing that negotiations over Ukraine should be decided primarily by the US and Russia—not Ukraine or Europe.

Russian President Vladimir Putin looks off into the distance with a serious expression. Text art reads "GZERO World with Ian Bremmer – the podcast."
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

A Baltic warning: What Ukraine war means for Europe—and the Russian perspective

Listen: On the GZERO World Podcast with Ian Bremmer, two starkly different views on Ukraine's future: first from the Baltics, then from Moscow.

Russia’s next target? Why the Baltics are wary of Putin
Ian Explains

Russia’s next target? Why the Baltics are wary of Putin

Deep underwater in the Baltic Sea, Russia is showing just how far it's willing to go to assert its regional influence. On Ian Explains, Ian Bremmer looks at Putin's shadow war beyond the battlefields in Ukraine.

Leaders of Poland, Nordic & Baltic countries affirm strong support for Ukraine
GZERO Europe

Leaders of Poland, Nordic & Baltic countries affirm strong support for Ukraine

What was the purpose of the big leaders meeting in Sweden today? What is the nature of the political transition ongoing in the European Union? Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden and co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations, shares his perspective on European politics from Northern Italy.

​People cast their votes during general election in Utena, Lithuania October 13, 2024.
What We're Watching

Lithuanians want change but shun populists

Lithuanians voted in the first round of general elections on Sunday, where they look likely to empower a center-left coalition and reject far-right populists.

​French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis stand together during NATO's 75th anniversary summit in Washington, U.S., July 10, 2024.
Analysis

Does NATO need to be “Trump-proofed”?

Although Donald Trump isn’t present at the NATO summit this week, his name is everywhere at the event, where the world’s most powerful military alliance is preparing for the (very real) possibility that he could be back in the White House next year.

As Russia gains ground in Ukraine, Baltic states worry the war will spread west
GZERO World Clips

As Russia gains ground in Ukraine, Baltic states worry the war will spread west

Former US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder says military and political leaders in the Baltic are worried the war will spill past Ukraine’s border amid rapid Russian advances on the battlefield.

image of a Ukrainian soldier on the battlefront with GZERO World with ian bremmer - the podcast
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Is Ukraine running out of time? Former US ambassador Ivo Daalder sizes up the Russia-Ukraine war

Listen: Could the last six months be the most pivotal months of the entire Russia-Ukraine war? Over two years into the conflict, Russia is closer to victory in Ukraine than ever before, according to former US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder. He joins Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World Podcast from Tallinn, Estonia, mere miles from the Russian border.

Model of natural gas pipeline and Finland flag, July 18, 2022.
Europe

Another Baltic pipeline whodunnit!

NATO on Wednesday pledged a “determined” response if recent damage to a critical pipeline linking two of its members is found to have been deliberate.