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People walking along the Dubai Creek Harbour
What We're Watching

Potential rebuilding fund for Iran, China's effort to keep its money at home, Trump and Modi's reset

Iran could reportedly receive up to $300 billion in a reconstruction fund for its battered economy as part of its interim peace deal with the US, but US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the US would not be the one paying for it.

World leaders pose for a family photo at the G7 summit in Évian, France, on June 16, 2026.
Analysis

What’s the role of the G7 in a G-Zero world?

Leaders of the G7 are meeting this week in Évian-les-Bains, France, for their 52nd official summit. The fragmented political world is testing the group’s ability to be effective.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, on the first day of the G7 summit at the Borgo Egnazia resort, in Savelletri, Italy, June 13, 2024.
What We're Watching

G7 meeting: Ukraine and Meloni take center stage

Leaders from the G7 countries met Thursday in Italy’s Puglia region, where the future of Ukraine aid was high on the agenda

G7 alignment & US political challenges
Quick Take

G7 alignment & US political challenges

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: The G7 is enormously aligned, most particularly on Russia. I have never seen this level of outpouring of support. Every individual member of the G7 engaged personally with Ukrainian President Zelensky, the level of international aid coordination, diplomatic engagement, military support across the board continues to be at exceptionally high levels, not what Putin would've expected.

G-7, NATO summits show Russia may “win” in Ukraine but will lose against a united West
by ian bremmer

G-7, NATO summits show Russia may “win” in Ukraine but will lose against a united West

Russia is gaining ground in their war in Ukraine, but not in their war with NATO and the West.

What We’re Watching: Contentious SCOTUS decisions, Russia's Snake Island retreat, Israel’s new PM, G7's topless fantasies
US & Canada

What We’re Watching: Contentious SCOTUS decisions, Russia's Snake Island retreat, Israel’s new PM, G7's topless fantasies

Russia losing in the West
Quick Take

Russia losing in the West

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: It is summit week, particularly summit week as it involves the United States and core allies starting right now with the G7, began on Sunday in Germany, and then moving on to the Madrid Summit in Spain. Certainly the most important NATO summit that we've had in decades, but more broadly, this is the United States and advanced industrial democracies coming together in response to a major global crisis on the European continent.

What We're Watching: G7 summit, SCOTUS gun-rights ruling, Ramaphosa's bad optics
News

What We're Watching: G7 summit, SCOTUS gun-rights ruling, Ramaphosa's bad optics

EU/NATO summits intensify support for Ukraine
GZERO Europe

EU/NATO summits intensify support for Ukraine

Is European support for Ukraine holding up? Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden, shares his perspective.

Does alcohol help bring the world together?
GZERO World Clips

Does alcohol help bring the world together?

On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer takes a look at the yin and the yang of alcohol's role in high-level diplomacy and society at large. Alcohol can bring people together just as easily as it can tear them apart. From a 1995 Clinton/Yeltsin Summit where a drunk Yeltsin almost derailed Bosnian peace talks, to Obama's Beer Summit and the recent G7 Summit, booze plays a part in how world leaders interact.