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The UN at a crossroads, with Secretary-General António Guterres

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

The UN at a crossroads, with Secretary-General António Guterres

This year’s UN General Assembly took place against a backdrop of escalating conflict, fears of runaway AI, and deep divisions over international cooperation. UN Secretary-General António Guterres reflects on the UN’s role at a moment of great global uncertainty.

Rahm Emanuel on Iran, China & Trump's troubled foreign policy

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Rahm Emanuel on Iran, China & Trump's troubled foreign policy

From military strategy to political divides, Rahm Emanuel and Ian Bremmer break down the US troubled path toward the Iran war and domestic fractured politics.

Do nuclear weapons make a country safer?

Do nuclear weapons make a country safer?

Do nuclear weapons make a country stronger or more vulnerable? North Korea and Ukraine took very different paths in the 1990s, to very different results.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

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Out of Africa? US may be planning to pull diplomats

The Trump administration may be planning the most far-reaching overhaul of the US State Department in generations. A leaked draft executive order obtained by The New York Times outlines a sweeping restructuring plan that would prioritize “transnational threat elimination,” downsize the foreign service, and hire personnel who are in “alignment with the president’s foreign policy vision.”

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan poses with Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed following a press conference in Ankara, Turkey, December 11, 2024.

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Turkey mediates key agreement to defuse Ethiopia-Somalia conflict

Ethiopian President Abiy Ahmed and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud announced a critical agreement to end a yearlong dispute over Ethiopia’s access to the Arabian Sea.

Officials attend the opening ceremony for the North Korean Embassy in Tehran, Iran in this undated photo released on August 5, 2017 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang.

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If North Korea and Iran hook up, will China be jealous?

Pyongyang’s Minister of External Economic Relations Yun Jong Ho became the first North Korean official to visit Iran in half a decade on Tuesday.

Pioneering Black American leaders in US foreign policy

Pioneering Black American leaders in US foreign policy

Who exactly are the people representing America to the world? Chances are they’re “pale, male, and Yale”, as the saying goes. However, some Black diplomats — like UN Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield — have broken this racial ceiling and helped reimagine what an American envoy can be. Her predecessors, through the sweep of US history, encountered discrimination and racism both domestically and abroad and left an indelible mark on US foreign policy. To mark the end of Black History Month, GZERO highlights the stories of a select few.

At the Munich Security Conference, Trump isn't the only elephant in the room

Munich Security Conference

At the Munich Security Conference, Trump isn't the only elephant in the room

Trump is just part of a ‘herd’ of elephants in the room at this year’s Munich Security Conference, says the forum’s vice-chairman and CEO Benedikt Franke.