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President Trump has launched a revolution. Will it succeed?
Ian Explains

President Trump has launched a revolution. Will it succeed?

Donald Trump calls himself a revolutionary. Ian Bremmer actually agrees with him, especially when it comes to executive power.

How Trump fails, nuclearization, geopolitics on AI, and more: Your questions, answered
by ian bremmer

How Trump fails, nuclearization, geopolitics on AI, and more: Your questions, answered

Welcome to another edition of my mailbag, where I attempt to make sense of our increasingly chaotic world, one reader question at a time.

Trump’s America: A kleptocracy but not a police state
Quick Take

Trump’s America: A kleptocracy but not a police state

Is America turning into a kleptocracy or a dictatorship under President Trump, or just stuck somewhere in between? On Quick Take, Ian Bremmer breaks down why US politics is more pay-to-play than ever, but why there’s still plenty standing in the way of any would-be strongman.

Bukele's Bitcoin gamble in El Salvador
Quick Take

Bukele's Bitcoin gamble in El Salvador

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, 39 years old with 90% approval ratings, seems to have no checks and balances right now. His plan is for Bitcoin to be the legal tender of El Salvador going forward. What does that mean for the US? And for Bitcoin geopolitically?