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G7 alignment & US political challenges

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.

Russia losing in the West

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.

EU/NATO summits intensify support for Ukraine

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?

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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.

Biden’s foreign policy approach: “Take the foreign out of foreign policy”

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Biden’s foreign policy approach: “Take the foreign out of foreign policy”

Biden's foreign policy strategy starts with restoring alliances, promoting democracy, and making the world safer, prioritizing issues that connect what the US does abroad to concerns at home, says Jane Harman, who served nine terms as a US Democratic Congresswoman from California. She explains that the Biden administration's approach is "to take the foreign out of foreign policy."