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KAJ performing Bara Bada Bastu for Sweden at the First Semi-Final in St. Jakobshalle
What We're Watching

At Eurovision 2025: Glitter, geopolitics, and a sauna diss track

Europe’s glitter-soaked, pyrotechnic-powered, music competition fever dream – otherwise known as the Eurovision Song Contest – takes place Saturday in Basel, Switzerland at 9pm CEST (3pm ET). It’s part talent show, part geopolitical popularity contest, and fully unhinged fun.

Could Russia invade the Baltics next?
GZERO World Clips

Could Russia invade the Baltics next?

Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže doesn't think a Russian invasion of the Baltics is imminent but warns that NATO must remain vigilant.

The fight to decide Ukraine's fate
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

The fight to decide Ukraine's fate

On GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže discusses Ukraine's fate and Baltic security in the face of Russian aggression. Former Russian colonel Dmitri Trenin offers a starkly different perspective from Moscow, arguing that negotiations over Ukraine should be decided primarily by the US and Russia—not Ukraine or Europe.

Russia’s next target? Why the Baltics are wary of Putin
Ian Explains

Russia’s next target? Why the Baltics are wary of Putin

Deep underwater in the Baltic Sea, Russia is showing just how far it's willing to go to assert its regional influence. On Ian Explains, Ian Bremmer looks at Putin's shadow war beyond the battlefields in Ukraine.

Swedish troops of the NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia arrive in Riga port, Latvia January 18, 2025.
What We're Watching

Sweden deploys troops to Latvia

Sweden has sent 550 troops to Latvia, its first major deployment since joining NATO in March, which ended its decades-long neutrality.

Leo Varadkar, Ana Brnabić, Edgars Rinkēvičs, ​Xavier Bettel
News

Current world leaders who are openly LGBTQ+

As of June 2023, it's still rare for a head of government to be openly LGBTQ+. Here are the four leaders currently in office or elected to the top job.

Putin's next move won't be a Baltic invasion that could unify NATO
The Red Pen

Putin's next move won't be a Baltic invasion that could unify NATO

Russian President Vladimir Putin needs a way to boost his popularity at home, but is he likely to launch a military campaign targeting the Baltic states, as Russian studies expert Leon Aron argues in a recent Politico op-ed? Ian Bremmer and Eurasia Group analyst Zachary Witlin take out the Red Pen to break down why a Baltic invasion is unlikely to be on Putin's agenda.