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Inside the Harvard-Trump showdown
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Inside the Harvard-Trump showdown

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: The Trump administration wants to decide who teaches and what gets taught at Harvard. What could possibly go wrong? Ian Bremmer talks with Harvard Kennedy School professor Stephen Walt about what’s at stake on Quick Take.

Gaza protests highlight the need to build cooperation vs. confrontation, says Eboo Patel
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Gaza protests highlight the need to build cooperation vs. confrontation, says Eboo Patel

Eboo Patel, founder of Interfaith America, urges college students to shift from confrontational to cooperative protests, emphasizing the need to focus on an anti-war message rather than being distracted by demands like disbanding campus police.

Covering Columbia's campus protests as a student and GZERO reporter
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Covering Columbia's campus protests as a student and GZERO reporter

GZERO writer and Barnard senior Riley Callanan shares her experience reporting on the pro-Palestine student protests that engulfed Columbia University ahead of graduation.

Campus protests over Gaza: Now what?
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Campus protests over Gaza: Now what?

On GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, Eboo Patel, founder of Interfaith America, discusses the challenge of violent protests on college campuses and advocates cooperation over confrontation, emphasizing the importance of civil discourse and highlighting successful examples of debate without chaos or violence.

students protesting the Gaza war on a college campus and GZERO World with ian bremmer - the podcast
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Why campus protests worsen divisions, and how to mediate: Advice from Eboo Patel

Listen: On this episode of the GZERO World Podcast with Ian Bremmer, Eboo Patel, founder of Interfaith America, advocates for cooperation over division on college campuses in response to protests, highlighting the need for civil discourse and pointing out that despite some instances of violence, most campuses engage in constructive dialogue.

Ian Explains: Will the Gaza campus protests work?
Ian Explains

Ian Explains: Will the Gaza campus protests work?

College campuses nationwide have become protest hubs, echoing past movements demanding change. The core demand: divestment from Israel. Whether it's cutting ties with Israeli donors or businesses, students are risking penalties to be heard. Have the student protests worked? Ian Bremmer explains on GZERO World.

Police arrest Emory economics professor Caroline Fohlin during a rally in which Pro-Palestinian protestors set up an encampment at the Emory Campus in Atlanta, on Thursday, April 25, 2024.
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Southern campus unrest: 2024 election foreshadowing?

Pro-Palestinian student demonstrations and encampments have popped up at dozens of US universities in recent weeks. Columbia University – where protests began – and other elite schools in the Northeast have grabbed plenty of headlines, but where they are facing the harshest pushback – and could ultimately help Republicans win back the White House – is in the South.

Two students occupying Hamilton Hall on Columbia's Campus
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With summer looming, where will student protesters turn next?

Columbia University is under a near-total lockdown after protesters barricaded themselves in a building and took over a second lawn on campus last night.

Columbia & Yale protests: What campus protesters want
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Columbia & Yale protests: What campus protesters want

Why hasn't the United Nations insisted on military observers in Gaza? What specific demands are being voiced by campus protesters at institutions such as Columbia and Yale? How will US aid package approval shake the dynamic of the Russia-Ukraine war? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

Pro-Palestine protesters hold placards expressing their opinion as they participate in a sit-in demonstration at New York University.
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Campuses in crisis vs. Capitol Hill calm

Across the US, college students are protesting, sleeping outside, and even getting arrested for trying to force their schools to divest from companies with ties to Israel. Meanwhile, it's been pretty quiet on Capitol Hill, where the Senate passed a huge aid package Tuesday that includes billions in wartime assistance for Israel.