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Illustration, a detail from a cover of Puck magazine in 1909, shows several congressmen engaged in a brawl on the floor of the House of Representatives.
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The end of polarization in America?

How does this all end? Does it? It’s a question a lot of Americans have been asking themselves in the week since an assassin’s bullet missed Donald Trump’s skull by less than a quarter of an inch.

Is the US exporting its toxic politics to Canada?
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Is the US exporting its toxic politics to Canada?

David Cohen, the US ambassador to Canada, doesn't think the indictment of former President Donald Trump will affect his job. But that doesn't mean that US politics in general are not having ripple effects on its northern neighbor, he tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World. Canadian Ambassador to the US Kirsten Hillman agrees that, as Ian puts it, Canada sneezes when the US catches a cold.

US ends federal mask mandate; COVID protection is personal responsibility
US Politics In 60 Seconds

US ends federal mask mandate; COVID protection is personal responsibility

What are the implications of the end of the federal mask mandate? Jon Lieber, head of Eurasia Group's coverage of political and policy developments in Washington, shares his perspective.

The two biggest threats for democracy in the 21st century
GZERO World Clips

The two biggest threats for democracy in the 21st century

For political scientist Yascha Mounk, the pandemic unleashed an ideological competition between democracies and autocracies, giving people some options. But for democracy to remain strong in the 21st century, Mounk tells Ian Bremmer that "it's not enough to wax poetic about our beautiful values or to rely on the idea that somehow, our system has always proven strong in the past, so it's going to do so again." We need to double down on ensuring that the system delivers so citizens can keep saying that they'd rather be like the US or Germany than like Russia or China.

Authoritarians gone wild
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Authoritarians gone wild

Political scientist Yascha Mounk says we're in a new era of naked power politics. That means Vladimir Putin doesn’t care what you think about his blind ambition. And he really doesn’t have to because authoritarians like him are on the rise.

Donald Trump's relevance to US politics doesn't disappear on Jan 20, 2021
The Red Pen

Donald Trump's relevance to US politics doesn't disappear on Jan 20, 2021

On January 20th, Joe Biden will become the 46th President of the United States. How long will Donald Trump still be a thing in US politics, and does he have another shot at the White House? John Harris writes in Politico that "a Trump comeback in 2024 is not going to happen," but Ian Bremmer and the US analysts at Eurasia Group aren't so sure that Trump will lose relevance once Joe Biden is inaugurated as president. Watch as Ian explains on 2020's final installment of The Red Pen.

America is still a democracy post-Trump, but is it a healthy one?
The Red Pen

America is still a democracy post-Trump, but is it a healthy one?

Ian Bremmer and Eurasia Group's Jon Lieber, Jeffrey Wright, and Clayton Allen are taking the Red Pen to an op-ed by Eric Posner, an author and law professor at the University of Chicago. It's titled "America Passed the Trump Stress Test" and was published recently by Project Syndicate.

Professor Posner's argument is basically this: sure, President Trump has violated norms and challenged legitimate election results, but in the end, no real harm done to American institutions, or America's democracy itself. Now it's certainly true that Trump's behavior hasn't led to meaningful policy change, but Posner is blowing the whole thing off as a, "Nothing to see here, no big deal," moment. And we think it's a bit more serious than that.