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​Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a visit to the Lomonosov Moscow State University, in Moscow, Russia, on Jan. 24, 2025.
What We're Watching

Putin looks back to the future

What future does Vladimir Putin imagine for Russia? That’s been a crucial question for those in Europe and the United States who want to know what he might want in exchange for peace with Ukraine. A leaked Russian government report offers a few possible answers.

Protestors gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of the oral arguments in two cases that challenge President Joe Biden's $400 billion student loan forgiveness plan.
Economy

What We’re Watching: SCOTUS mulling student debt relief, Blinken visiting Central Asia, Biden's partial TikTok ban, Petro’s post-honeymoon phase

US Supreme Court weighs student loan forgiveness; Blinken’s trip to Central Asia; Will China respond to Biden’s government TikTok ban?; First cabinet reshuffle in Petro’s Colombia

Mikhail Gorbachev outlived his legacy
Quick Take

Mikhail Gorbachev outlived his legacy

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Following Mikhail Gorbachev's death today at 91, a look at the former Soviet leader’s vision for his nation and how Vladimir Putin has spent decades in power dismantling it.

Ethnic Russians in Ukraine: A look back
Quick Take

Ethnic Russians in Ukraine: A look back

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: I started my PhD work back in 1989. And as you can imagine, the most interesting thing in the world was that the Wall came down and the Soviet empire was collapsing, and the nationalities of the former Soviet Union were starting to explode. I did my research on Russians in Ukraine. That was actually the title of my dissertation in 1994. "The Politics of Ethnicity: Russians in the New Ukraine." Can you believe that?

Most world leaders hope for Biden victory; Amy Coney Barrett sworn in
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Most world leaders hope for Biden victory; Amy Coney Barrett sworn in

Ian Bremmer discusses the World In (more than) 60 Seconds:

One week before the US election. What do other world leaders want to happen? Amy Coney Barrett has been confirmed. What does that mean for America going forward? Is there a bigger story at play with all that is going on in the former Soviet republics?