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​NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, on April 2, 2026.
Analysis

Who will win the new space race?

Rather than Washington against Moscow, the new space race pits US private firms against their public Chinese counterparts.

​A model of the new Air Force One is seen as US President Donald Trump meets with Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani at the White House in Washington, D.C., USA, on July 9, 2019.
Hard Numbers

HARD NUMBERS: Qatar gifts Trump a jet, Soviet spacecraft comes down to Earth, RSF drone hits Sudanese prison, Past Panamanian president heads for Colombia, Pope calls for “no more war”

April 29, 1975: Vietnamese refugees line up on the deck of USS Hancock for processing following evacuation from Saigon.
Analysis

Saigon’s Last Day: The fall, the flight, and the aftermath of the Vietnam War

April 30 marks 50 years since North Vietnamese troops overran the capital of US-aligned South Vietnam, ending what is known locally as the Resistance War against America.

Ian Bremmer on the forces behind the geopolitical recession
Quick Take

Ian Bremmer on the forces behind the geopolitical recession

Are we living through a geopolitical recession? In this Quick Take, Ian Bremmer explains what this means for global order, why power dynamics are shifting away from established norms, and the implications for a world without clear leadership.

Putin needs Xi to win the war in Ukraine
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Putin needs Xi to win the war in Ukraine

David Sanger, Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times journalist and author of "New Cold Wars," discusses the evolving relationship between China and Russia, highlighting its asymmetry and significance in today's geopolitical landscape.

"Patriots" on Broadway: The story of Putin's rise to power
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"Patriots" on Broadway: The story of Putin's rise to power

“Putin was my mistake. Getting rid of him is my responsibility.” It’s clear by the time the character Boris Berezovsky utters that chilling line in the new Broadway play “Patriots” that any attempt to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rise would be futile, perhaps even fatal. The show opened for a limited run in New York on April 22.

Soldiers of the seven newest NATO members parade during a ceremony marking the expansion of NATO's membership from 19 countries to 26 at the alliance headquarters in Brussels April 2, 2004. NATO foreign ministers participated in an event marking the formal accession of the seven newest members, Bulgaria, Estonia Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slonevia.
Analysis

NATO turns 75. Will it make it to 80?

Seventy-five years ago today, 12 leaders from the US, Canada, and Western Europe signed the North Atlantic Treaty, creating the world’s most powerful military alliance: NATO

Brandon Flowers of The Killers performs at the Virgin Festival in Baltimore, Maryland
News

Russia kills the mood at The Killers concert

Somebody told me you had a boyfriend ... but, apparently, not that Georgia is a former Soviet state!

Armenia, Azerbaijan & the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis that needs attention
Quick Take

Armenia, Azerbaijan & the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis that needs attention

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: I want to talk about an issue that is not getting the attention that it should, and that is the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. It is one of many impacts from the Russian war in Ukraine. Not new. There's been a war for decades over this little territory, an autonomous Armenian populated territory inside Azerbaijan, former two Soviet republics.

Ian Explains: how NATO got its groove back
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Ian Explains: how NATO got its groove back

NATO was stale. Then Putin instigated a war in Ukraine, Ian Bremmer explains on GZERO World.