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Revisiting the top geopolitical risks of 2025
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Revisiting the top geopolitical risks of 2025

Before turning to Top Risks 2026, Ian Bremmer looks back at how this year’s Top Risks 2025 actually performed.

Is Trump’s trade strategy backfiring abroad?
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Is Trump’s trade strategy backfiring abroad?

In this “ask ian,” Ian Bremmer tackles a growing question: How is the Trump administration performing as the year wraps up?

What the Trump-Xi meeting means for US-China relations
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What the Trump-Xi meeting means for US-China relations

In this Quick Take, Ian Bremmer weighs in on the Trump-Xi meeting in South Korea, calling it “a truce, not a breakthrough.”

The world’s response to America’s Revolution
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The world’s response to America’s Revolution

Last week, I wrote about the political revolution that President Donald Trump has launched in the United States and how it has made America a fundamentally unreliable player on the world stage.

Trump-Xi meeting in South Korea
US & Canada

Trump-Xi meeting in South Korea

Tensions between the US and China are back in the spotlight as Trump and Xi prepare to meet in South Korea.

Trump’s East Wing demolition, Binance pardon, and tariffs on Canada
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Trump’s East Wing demolition, Binance pardon, and tariffs on Canada

While President Trump’s demolition of the White House East Wing dominates the headlines, Ian Bremmer says bigger stories are being overlooked.

Trump, Xi, and the new US–China standoff
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Trump, Xi, and the new US–China standoff

In Ask Ian, Ian Bremmer notes that US–China relations are once again on edge. After Washington expanded export controls on Chinese tech firms, Beijing struck back with new limits on critical minerals. President Trump responded by threatening 100% tariffs, then quickly walked them back.

Trump’s UN speech: Sovereignty, security, and ending wars
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Trump’s UN speech: Sovereignty, security, and ending wars

In this episode of "Ask Ian," Ian Bremmer analyzes President Trump's speech at the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly.

​U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, after an announcement of a trade deal between the U.S. and EU, in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, July 27, 2025.
Hard Numbers

HARD NUMBERS: Trump pitches Europe on joint tariffs, Mexico nabs uniformed diesel smugglers, Hong Kong lawmakers veto same-sex bill, Apple holds prices steady

100: In his ongoing, and so-far fruitless, efforts to convince Vladimir Putin to stop the war in Ukraine, Donald Trump reportedly asked the EU to apply 100% tariffs on India and China, the Kremlin’s most important trade partners.

Graphic Truth: What’s behind the US inflation numbers?
Graphic Truth

Graphic Truth: What’s behind the US inflation numbers?