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People wait in a long queue to buy liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders for domestic use outside a gas agency amid the reported nationwide shortage of LPG, in Kolkata on Monday.
Analysis

Could the war in Iran reshape the future of energy?

The Iran war is causing the biggest energy shock in decades, with still no end in sight.

China is the first "electrostate" in the history of the world
GZERO Live

China is the first "electrostate" in the history of the world

How will energy shape global power in 2026 and beyond? In GZERO’s 2026 Top Risks livestream, Gerald Butts, Senior Advisor at Eurasia Group, breaks down the growing US-China competition for energy dominance.

Trump’s new national security strategy targets Europe
Quick Take

Trump’s new national security strategy targets Europe

In this Quick Take, Ian Bremmer unpacks the Trump administration’s new national security strategy, particularly its heightened focus on Europe.

Supporters of the recall movement gather in Taipei, Taiwan July 19, 2025.
Analysis

Total Recall: Taiwan attempts a do-over of last year’s elections

This Saturday, Taiwan will try to do something that no democracy has ever done – a mass recall of lawmakers who serve in the national legislature.

The Ripple Effect: Investing in Life Sciences | Episode 1: Why life sciences are critical to national security | GZERO Blue Circle x Novartis
The Ripple Effect: Investing in Life Sciences

Why life sciences are critical to national security

What if the next virus isn’t natural, but deliberately engineered and used as a weapon? As geopolitical tensions rise and biological threats become more complex, health security and life sciences are emerging as critical pillars of national defense. In the premiere episode of “The Ripple Effect: Investing in Life Sciences”, leading experts explore the dual-use nature of biotechnology and the urgent need for international oversight, genetic attribution standards, and robust viral surveillance.

​U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13, 2025.
What We're Watching

In wake of the Signal scandal: Deflected blame and Transatlantic tensions

Donald Trump has decided not to fire National Security Advisor Mike Waltz for sharing information in a Signal group chat ahead of a US strike on Yemen.

What Trump team's war plans leak revealed
Quick Take

What Trump team's war plans leak revealed

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: A key insight revealed by the Yemen military strike group chat: The entire Trump cabinet is saying we shouldn’t be helping the Europeans, and if we have to then they should be paying for it. It's not collective security, it’s purely transactional security.

Why cutting USAID will hurt American foreign policy
Quick Take

Why cutting USAID will hurt American foreign policy

Ian's Quick Take: The US Agency for International Development is in the process of being shut down. Nearly all Washington staff have been put on leave, they're closing missions abroad, the State Department moving to evacuate all staff around the world. Why should we care? Does this matter?

​A person holds a placard on the day justices hear oral arguments in a bid by TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, to block a law intended to force the sale of the short-video app by Jan. 19 or face a ban on national security grounds, outside the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2025.
What We're Watching

TikTok ban likely to be upheld

On Friday, the Supreme Court appeared poised to uphold the TikTok ban, largely dismissing the app’s argument that it should be able to exist in the US under the First Amendment’s free speech protections and favoring the government's concerns that it poses a national security threat.

​People are passing by an AT&T Inc store in Manhattan, New York City in the US with the company's logo and inscription visible. AT&T Inc. the American Telephone and Telegraph Company is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, USA. As of March 2024 there was a data breach with leaks of personal data of 73 million customers in the dark web according to the media. NYC, United States of America on May 2023
What We're Watching

Chinese telecom hack sparks national security fears

A group of hackers with backing from the Chinese government broke past the security of multiple US telecom firms, including AT&T and Verizon, and potentially accessed data used by law enforcement officials.