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US President Donald Trump announces tariffs on US trading partners at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on April 2, 2025.
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The top geopolitical stories of 2025

From civil conflicts to trade wars to the rise of new technologies, GZERO runs through the stories that have shaped this year in geopolitics.

​US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Finland's President Alexander Stubb, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the White House in Washington, D.C., USA, on August 18, 2025.
Analysis

Viewpoint: Trump wants a Europe more like US

With the release of its National Security Strategy, the Trump administration has telegraphed how the US intends to engage with allies, and what it expects from them.

Members of the Uyghurs diaspora gather in front of Alberta Legislature during the protest 'Stand in Support of East Turkistan' to commemorate the 1990 Barin Uprising, on April 6, 2024, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The East Turkestan independence movement seeks the region's independence for the Uyghur people from China. They advocate renaming the region from Xinjiang to East Turkestan, its historical name.
Analysis

The genocide no one talks about any more

Remember Xinjiang? There was a time, not long ago, when China’s crackdown on the Uyghurs, a Muslim minority group living in Xinjiang province in Northwestern China, was a hot topic. But these days the attention has faded.

US Secretary of State Rubio rubs the bridge of his nose while sitting alongside US President Donald Trump during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on August 26, 2025.
Analysis

Washington’s double game in Venezuela: Warships, oil tankers, and uncertain outcomes

The Trump administration is divided over its approach to Venezuela, according to Venezuelan journalist Tony Frangie Mawad.

Trump’s Middle East playbook: Business first, diplomacy later
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Trump’s Middle East playbook: Business first, diplomacy later

President Trump’s first international trip of his second term took him to the Middle East, just like his first. This time, the focus was on major business deals and diplomatic moves. In a new Quick Take, Ian Bremmer looks at Trump's trip to the Middle East.

Trump's weekend of geopolitical success
Quick Take

Trump's weekend of geopolitical success

In a new Quick Take, Ian Bremmer talks about President Donald Trump's success over the weekend and his upcoming trip to the Gulf this week.

A map of Vietnam highlighted in red with major cities labeled — Hanoi, Haiphong, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City — alongside the text "VIETNAM 50 years later." Image for GZERO Media’s special coverage of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.
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Vietnam War, 50 years on

Fifty years ago today, North Vietnamese troops seized Saigon, and ended the Vietnam war with a communist victory.

President Donald Trump raises a fist during a ceremony where he signs two executive orders that will lead to reciprocal tariffs against other countries that charge tariffs on US goods.
Analysis

Is Donald Trump’s foreign policy … working?

Barely three months in, President Trump has bashed America’s closest European allies, spooked NATO into worrying about its survival, taken a chainsaw to US foreign aid programs, pulled the rug out from under Ukraine, threatened to expand US territory for the first time since the 19th century, and started a global trade war that’s pushed protectionism to its highest levels since the Great Depression. That’s a lot for 100 days, and it seems chaotic, but there are a few basic aspects of Trump’s worldview and commitment to “America First” that are consistent and worth understanding.

Trump’s 4D checkers, China’s opportunity, climate hopes, and more: Your questions, answered
by ian bremmer

Trump’s 4D checkers, China’s opportunity, climate hopes, and more: Your questions, answered

Welcome to another edition of my mailbag, where I attempt to make sense of our increasingly chaotic world, one reader question at a time.

Can the US win by undoing globalization?
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Can the US win by undoing globalization?

The United States has become the principal driver of geopolitical uncertainty on the global stage. In this Quick Take, Ian Bremmer looks at how reversing globalization will impact the world and the US itself.