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Inside the Harvard-Trump showdown
Quick Take

Inside the Harvard-Trump showdown

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: The Trump administration wants to decide who teaches and what gets taught at Harvard. What could possibly go wrong? Ian Bremmer talks with Harvard Kennedy School professor Stephen Walt about what’s at stake on Quick Take.

US-Ukraine policy under Trump would be similar to Biden's
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US-Ukraine policy under Trump would be similar to Biden's

There’s not as much daylight between Biden and Trump as people might think when it comes to US policy towards Ukraine, says Harvard Kennedy School’s Stephen Walt while discussing whether America's foreign policy on Kyiv and NATO would change depending on who emerges president come November.

Biden and Trump's Middle East policies are "almost identical" - Harvard's Stephen Walt
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Biden and Trump's Middle East policies are "almost identical" - Harvard's Stephen Walt

Biden's actions in the Middle East have mirrored Trump's; from failing to fulfill promises like reopening the US Consulate in Jerusalem to continuing Trump's approach with the Abraham Accords, notes political scientist Stephen Walt on GZERO World with Ian Bremmer.

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GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Biden vs Trump foreign policy: Political scientist Stephen Walt weighs in

Listen: On this episode of the GZERO World Podcast, Ian Bremmer and Harvard Kennedy School Professor Stephen Walt discuss foreign policy differences between a second term for Biden or Trump on issues like China, Ukraine, and the Middle East.

What the West is doing wrong in the world's biggest crises
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What the West is doing wrong in the world's biggest crises

To fix our broken international political system, we need a crisis. For instance, a pandemic, climate change, Big Tech having too much power, or a Russia invasion of Ukraine. But it must be a crisis that's so destructive it forces us to respond fast, and together — like World War II. That's the crisis that created the international system we have today, and kept the peace until now. On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer talks to Anne-Marie Slaughter, former US State Department official and now CEO of New America, and political scientist and Harvard professor Stephen Walt about the war and other crises.

Using today's crises to fix tomorrow's problems
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Using today's crises to fix tomorrow's problems

We're moving toward more illiberalism, zero trust in the US-China relationship, and other global crises. Are there any reasons for hope? Not for political scientist and Harvard professor Stephen Walt, who believes we can't tackle all these crises at the same time — otherwise, at some point people will just throw up their hands and say it's just too hard. What's more, he tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World, when a crisis hits, the temptation to turn to strongman rule to fix the problem "goes way up."

What we learned from COVID
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What we learned from COVID

What lessons did we learn from the pandemic that still apply now with the war in Ukraine? COVID was not an immediate threat we needed to respond to in real time, says former US State Department official Anne-Marie Slaughter, so different countries were affected in different ways, and responded their own way at different times, she tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

NATO’s tough choices ahead
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NATO’s tough choices ahead

Is NATO stronger today than it was before Russia invaded Ukraine? Certainly, former US State Department official Anne-Marie Slaughter tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World, but now the tougher issue is how the alliance can say yes to Finland and Sweden but no to Ukraine, despite spending billions of dollars to help the Ukrainians fight the Russians.

Hope as major crises intersect
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Hope as major crises intersect

To fix our broken international political system, we need a crisis. For instance, a pandemic, climate change, or Big Tech having too much power. But it must be a crisis that's so destructive it forces us to respond fast, and together — like World War II. On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer talks to Anne-Marie Slaughter, former US State Department official and now CEO of New America, and political scientist and Harvard professor Stephen Walt about the Ukraine war and other crises.

photo of a young girl with black hair and a flowery t-shirt getting swabbed for a COVID test by someone wearing white gloves
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Podcast: How crisis can help us fix broken systems: from Ukraine to COVID

Listen: To fix our broken international political system, we need a crisis. For instance, a pandemic, climate catastrophe, Big Tech having too much power, or a Russian invasion of Ukraine. But it must be a crisis that's so destructive it forces us to respond fast, and together — like World War II. That's the crisis that created the international system we have today, and kept the peace until now. On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer talks to Anne-Marie Slaughter, former US State Department official and now CEO of New America, and political scientist and Harvard professor Stephen Walt about the war and other crises.