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More Russia-NATO confrontation ahead in Ukraine war
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More Russia-NATO confrontation ahead in Ukraine war

With the US speeding up military aid to Ukraine, can the West coax an end to the war soon? Is China still planning years of zero-COVID strategy? And then will the global food crisis get political? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

What We're Watching: Hungarian holdout, hope in Shanghai, US troops return to Somalia
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What We're Watching: Hungarian holdout, hope in Shanghai, US troops return to Somalia

What We're Watching: Russia's consolidation in eastern Ukraine, Shanghai's grueling lockdown
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What We're Watching: Russia's consolidation in eastern Ukraine, Shanghai's grueling lockdown

China vs COVID in 2022
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China vs COVID in 2022

Omicron has arrived. It's more contagious, but less severe. Some parts of the world are even looking forward to the pandemic becoming endemic. Not China. Xi Jinping's zero-COVID strategy has worked wonders until now, but it's unlikely to survive omicron, explains Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

COVID at the Beijing Winter Olympics
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COVID at the Beijing Winter Olympics

China's zero-COVID strategy will be put to its biggest test to date with the Beijing Winter Olympics approach. Yanzhong Huang, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, says Chinese officials think they are taking the safest approach, but that may not be enough against the more transmissible omicron variant.

Omicron & the undoing of China's COVID strategy
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Omicron & the undoing of China's COVID strategy

In China, Xi Jinping's zero-COVID approach faces its toughest test to date with omicron. Why? Because China lacks mRNA jabs, and so few Chinese people have gotten COVID that overall protection is very low.

China’s pandemic playbook will fail with Omicron — Laura Yasaitis
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China’s pandemic playbook will fail with Omicron — Laura Yasaitis

China's zero-COVID strategy was a major success story in 2020-21. But it won't work with the new omicron variant, according to Eurasia Group healthcare consultant Laura Yasaitis.

What We’re Watching: No Yalta in 2022, Kazakh turmoil worsens, China needs mRNA jabs
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What We’re Watching: No Yalta in 2022, Kazakh turmoil worsens, China needs mRNA jabs

2022 Top Risks: US & China domestic dysfunction (not US-China)
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2022 Top Risks: US & China domestic dysfunction (not US-China)

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Happy New Year, everyone. Ian Bremmer here. And, starting off the year, a Quick Take, of course, with our Top Risks of 2022. It's a report that we've been doing every year, started the firm back in 1998. So what's changed? What's different this year?

China’s coming COVID crisis?
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China’s coming COVID crisis?

In 2020, China’s “zero COVID” policy was a big success, and it held together in 2021. But in 2022, omicron has other ideas – and this is everybody’s problem.