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Ukraine’s war and the non-Western world

A new poll provides more evidence that Western and non-Western countries just don’t agree on how best to respond to the war in Ukraine.

Ian Bremmer: The West is united on Russian energy, the rest of the world is not
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Ian Bremmer: The West is united on Russian energy, the rest of the world is not

With talk at this year’s Munich Security Conference from most of the world’s most powerful countries about decoupling from Russian energy, it can be easy to forget that most of the world’s population has other priorities. “What we're seeing is that a majority of the world's economic strength and certainly military strength really wants to put Russia back in a box, but a majority of the world's population does not,” said Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer during a Global Stage livestream conversation.

Russia cutting Nord Stream 1 gas to undermine European leaders
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Russia cutting Nord Stream 1 gas to undermine European leaders

Is Russia waging a gas war with Europe? Is the world prepared to combat the growing global monkeypox outbreak? How is the UK race going to become the next prime minister? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

The tentacles of a global energy crisis
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The tentacles of a global energy crisis

The global energy market has been volatile for months, but things got particularly dicey this week after Russia slashed natural gas supplies to Europe via the undersea Nord Stream pipeline. Moscow cut gas supplies to Germany by a whopping 60%, to Slovakia by 30%, and to Italy by 15%.

The Graphic Truth: Thirsty for Russian energy
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The Graphic Truth: Thirsty for Russian energy

Much of the world has long relied on Russian energy to power their economies. That makes it very hard for them to punish the Kremlin for invading Ukraine by ditching Russia's plentiful oil, natural gas, and coal in the near term. So, who's most dependent on Russian fossil fuels? We look at a select group of OECD economies.