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US President Donald Trump and ​Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman at the Saudi-US Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 13, 2025.
Analysis

The Saudi crown prince returns to Washington

For the first time in seven years, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman is returning to Washington, DC, this week. It is now the great power-chess game between the US and China, rather than oil, that is making the Washington and Riyadh join forces.

Biden tightens China’s access to chips one last time
GZERO AI

Biden tightens China’s access to chips one last time

Throughout Joe Biden’s presidency, the Commerce Department has gradually tightened its chokehold on China’s access to semiconductors needed to access, train, and build artificial intelligence. It just announced its “strongest controls ever," prompting China to respond in kind with restrictions of its own that send a signal to President-elect Donald Trump.

What does a US-China reset mean for Canada?
US & Canada

What does a US-China reset mean for Canada?

A breakthrough in US-China relations is signaling a possible detente. The Biden administration is still committed to trade and security restrictions on China, but it’s hoping to open space for more trade on consumer goods while “de-risking” the relationship between the countries. For its part, Canada, as always, is following in the wake of the big powers.

China’s tech crackdown & the Jack Ma problem
GZERO World Clips

China’s tech crackdown & the Jack Ma problem

Is the Communist Party losing support in China? On GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, Shaun Rein, founder and managing director of the China Market Research Group, explains why wealthy Chinese citizens fear that the country is moving towards socialism and is no longer pro-business as it was in the past.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff walk to a helicopter on their way to Cape Coast in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday March 28, 2023.
AI

What We’re Watching: Zambia warns against anti-LGBTQ protests, AI scares tech leaders

Zambia warns against anti-LGBTQ protests ahead of Harris’s arrival; Is artificial intelligence getting too smart, too fast?

Xi Jinping opens his arms on a background of a globe tinted with yellow and turquoise colors
by ian bremmer

Washington watches as Beijing bargains

The US should see both risks and opportunities in China’s more ambitious global diplomatic role.

A central processing unit (CPU) semiconductor chip is displayed among flags of China and U.S., February 17, 2023.
AI

What We're Watching: US-China tech race, Ukraine-Russia confusion, Greek train politics, world's most populous "country"

Who's winning the US-China tech race?; Fatal attack in Russia: whodunit?; Greek train tragedy gets political; The UN "recognizes" a fictional country

How democracies nurture the growth of artificial intelligence
Digital Governance

How democracies nurture the growth of artificial intelligence

China wants order to beat the US in the race to dominate artificial intelligence. But open-ended research? No way — and that's a problem for Beijing. "If you are in a society where there are certain things that you can't ask, you don't know what you can't ask, and the penalty for asking those things you don't know that you can't ask is very high ... it will start to limit the capabilities of researchers to explore," Azeem Azhar, founder of the Exponential View newsletter, says in a Global Stage livestream conversation hosted by GZERO in partnership with Microsoft.

Line chart showing net FDI flows from the US and China to Africa since 2003.
News

The Graphic Truth — US vs. China: Who invests more in Africa?

Here we look at net FDI flows from the US and China to Africa since 2003.

Will China determine the fate of the world?
GZERO World Clips

Will China determine the fate of the world?

Who's the most powerful person on the planet right now? Xi Jinping, who just got a third term as boss of China's ruling Communist Party. On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer speaks to Antoine van Agtmael, the investor who coined the term "emerging markets" and knows a thing or two about China. He believes China is now the second largest economy in the world and soon to surpass the largest, the United States.