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Sorkin: A financial crisis is coming and CEOs are scared to speak out
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Sorkin: A financial crisis is coming and CEOs are scared to speak out

New York Times financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin explains why CEOs are staying silent about their market concerns—even as economic risks mount.

Did Ukraine blow up the Nord Stream pipelines?
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Did Ukraine blow up the Nord Stream pipelines?

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Have you seen the latest news on Nord Stream 1, 2? A New York Times piece has come out with direct sourcing from US senior officials, including intelligence officials, claiming that there is evidence that a Ukrainian organization was behind the explosion. That was my view over the last few months; if anyone was likely behind it would probably be Ukraine.

Red-tone illustration of logos of the New York Times, Twitter, Fox News, and the symbols of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party beside an image of the Wuhan Institute of Virology
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Lessons from the COVID lab-leak fiasco

We still don’t know how the pandemic got started. So … what more is there to say about this?

The biggest threats to US national security, foreign and domestic
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The biggest threats to US national security, foreign and domestic

Less than a month ago, the Biden administration finally dropped its long-anticipated National Security Strategy. The No. 1 external enemy is not Russia but rather China. It also emphasizes the homegrown threat of Americans willing to engage in political violence if their candidate loses at the ballot box. On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer speaks to New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger about the key national security threats facing the United States right now.

Iran's morality police: not disbanded
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Iran's morality police: not disbanded

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: I wanted to focus a little bit on Iran. We've had over two months of demonstrations across the entire country, grassroots, mostly young people, led by women in opposition to the morality police and the incredibly oppressive treatment that women in particular have in that country, not least of which, the forced wearing of the hijab under penalty of arrest.

China and US economic interdependence hasn't lessened
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China and US economic interdependence hasn't lessened

China owns more than $1 trillion US debt, but how much leverage do they actually have? North Korea tested new long-range cruise missiles. What message is Pyongyang trying to send? What was revealed in the New York Times' investigation of the US drone strike in Afghanistan? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week.

Don’t "give up" on all 73 million Americans who voted for Trump
The Red Pen

Don’t "give up" on all 73 million Americans who voted for Trump

In an op-ed in the New York Times, author Wajahat Ali says he's giving up on reaching out to Trump supporters and thinks Ian Bremmer and others shouldn't bother trying. On this edition of The Red Pen, where we pick apart the argument in a major opinion piece, Ian and Eurasia Group's Jon Lieber explain what Ali got wrong - and right - and why it's important to see the 73 million Americans who voted for Trump with nuance.

Covering a Pandemic: COVID-19 and the Media
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Covering a Pandemic: COVID-19 and the Media

New York Times media columnist Ben Smith explores the media's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, misinformation campaigns on social media and President Trump's treatment of journalists.

Netflix Creates Its Own Ratings: Media in 60 Seconds
In 60 Seconds

Netflix Creates Its Own Ratings: Media in 60 Seconds

There's so much online content regulators can't keep up.