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China plays the long game, Cuba faces mounting US pressure
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China plays the long game, Cuba faces mounting US pressure

In the first edition of “ask ian” Live, Ian Bremmer takes questions directly from the GZERO community on two geopolitical flashpoints: China’s strategic patience and the US campaign to squeeze Cuba economically.

Taiwan and the Trump-Xi summit
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Taiwan and the Trump-Xi summit

In this “ask ian,” Ian Bremmer explores why Taiwan is becoming a key issue ahead of the upcoming Trump–Xi meeting.

What China wants from Trump's Beijing visit
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What China wants from Trump's Beijing visit

Wall Street Journal Beijing bureau chief Jonathan Cheng says China has already won the tariff standoff, and the upcoming Trump-Xi Summit is a chance to project something bigger: that Beijing, not Washington, is the world's reliable partner.

Kim Jong Un's winning nuclear bet
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Kim Jong Un's winning nuclear bet

The Kim dynasty has outlasted every threat for 80 years. Wall Street Journal's Jonathan Cheng explains how, and why the Iran war just made Kim Jong Un seem untouchable.

Kim Jong Un smiles alongside one of his generals
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

North Korea's nuclear gamble pays off, with the WSJ's Jonathan Cheng

Trump gets a "big, fat" concession from Xi
Puppet Regime

Trump gets a "big, fat" concession from Xi

A big fat hug is not nothing #PUPPETREGIME

How the Iran war made China stronger
by ian bremmer

How the Iran war made China stronger

The conventional wisdom was that a destabilizing war in the oil-producing heart of the Middle East would badly hurt China. Evidence suggests otherwise.

Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates, on March 11, 2026.​
What We're Watching

Tehran tests Washington’s naval blockade, Spain’s leader visits China again, Ukrainian robots take back land

One day after US President Donald Trump announced that he had started a blockade of ships coming in and out of Iranian ports via the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran is already testing those US commitments.

Assessing the Iran War's "structural damage" with Harvard economist Gita Gopinath
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Assessing the Iran War's "structural damage" with Harvard economist Gita Gopinath

On the GZERO World Podcast, Ian Bremmer sits down with Harvard economist and former IMF Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath to unpack how the conflict is rippling through the global economy. As oil and gas prices surge, inflation is climbing, adding new costs for households and businesses and putting pressure on growth worldwide.

​A photo of a syringe filled with images from the drug supply chain.
Analysis

How China is supplying America’s “biohacking” craze

Unregulated chemicals are entering the United States from China and being injected into Americans’ bloodstreams. No, not fentanyl. We’re talking about peptides, which are short chains of amino acids that regulate hormones and spur changes in the body.