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How do Iranians feel about their future?
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How do Iranians feel about their future?

For many Iranians, the war did not bring the change they hoped for. Yeganeh Torbati explains why disappointment, fear, and a sense of betrayal now define life in Iran.

Iran war ceasefire holds … for now | Quick Take
Quick Take

Iran war ceasefire holds … for now | Quick Take

Two months into the Iran war, the shooting has stopped … for now. In Quick Take, Ian Bremmer explains that the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran is holding, with both sides avoiding direct confrontation while continuing to apply pressure in other ways. The US blockade remains in place, and Iran is still disrupting key shipping routes, underscoring just how tenuous the situation really is.

Is regime change in Iran even possible?
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Is regime change in Iran even possible?

The war in Iran is entering a more dangerous phase.

Top Risks 2026 | GZERO World with ian bremmer the podcast
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

The biggest geopolitical risks of 2026 revealed

With the global order under increasing strain, 2026 is shaping up to be a tipping point for geopolitics. From political upheaval in the United States to widening conflicts abroad, the risks facing governments, markets, and societies are converging faster—and more forcefully—than at any time in recent memory. To break it all down, journalist Julia Chatterley moderated a wide-ranging conversation with Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media, and a panel of Eurasia Group experts, to examine the findings of their newly-released Top Risks of 2026 report.

The state of global conflict in 2025
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

The state of global conflict in 2025

On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer takes a hard look at the biggest global crises and conflicts that defined our world in 2025 with CNN’s Clarissa Ward and International Crisis Group’s Comfort Ero.

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GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

War and Peace in 2025, with Clarissa Ward and Comfort Ero

Global conflict was at a record high in 2025, will 2026 be more peaceful? Ian Bremmer talks with CNN’s Clarissa Ward and Comfort Ero of the International Crisis Group on the GZERO World Podcast.

Preventing conflicts before they start, with María Fernanda Espinosa
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Preventing conflicts before they start, with María Fernanda Espinosa

As calls for UN reform grow louder, Executive Director of GWL Voices and former General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa warns that global peace efforts remain too reactive and that true reform begins with prevention.

Ian Bremmer: “We’re Living in a Post-American Order”
State of the World

Ian Bremmer: “We’re Living in a Post-American Order”

At the 2025 GZERO Summit Japan in Tokyo, Ian Bremmer delivered his annual "State of the World" address, a stark assessment of our “post-American order.”

The unseen wounds of war
UN General Assembly

The unseen wounds of war

We’re living in a time of record-high conflict, a level of violence not seen since World War II. The past four years have been marred by deadly battles in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, Myanmar, and beyond, with approximately 14% of the planet’s population now impacted by war.

Citizens’ assemblies helped Ireland move from conflict to consensus
UN General Assembly

Citizens’ assemblies helped Ireland move from conflict to consensus

Citizens’ assemblies helped Northern Ireland transform a violent past into today’s deliberative politics. Ambassador Fergal Mythen traces the arc from the New Ireland Forum (1983–84) through national roadshows and town halls to today’s independent citizens’ assemblies, processes that fed into parliament, broadened public understanding, and built “losers’ consent.”