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Tracking Pandemic Spread with Tech: COVID Near You

As the conversation about curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic turns to contact tracing and surveillance tools, GZERO World with Ian Bremmer talks to epidemiologist John Brownstein, a Harvard professor and Chief Innovation Officer at Boston Children's Hospital, about the website he co-founded, covidnearyou.org.

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A photograph posted by U.S. President Donald Trump on his Truth Social account shows him sitting next to CIA Director John Ratcliffe as they watch the U.S. military operation in Venezuela from Trump's Mar a Lago resort, in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 3, 2026.

Venezuela after Maduro: the key questions now.

Venezuelans living in Colombia hold flags as they gather at Plaza de Bolivar to celebrate after U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. has struckVenezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Bogota, Colombia, January 3, 2026.

Hard numbers: Venezuela edition

Quick Take

Quick Take

Puppet Regime

Puppet Regime

Protesters demonstrate against poor economic conditions in Tehran, Iran, on December 29, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Protests in Iran, Saudi-UAE feud escalates in Yemen, Peruvian shamans deliver their top risks

​Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy listens to US President Donald Trump at the Mar-a-Lago club, in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, on December 28, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Zelensky wants longer security guarantee, Foreign stocks outperform Wall Street, Israel recognizes Somaliland, Nepal scraps waste scheme, Bukele ready for another decade

​The Guinea-flagged oil tanker MT Bandra, which is under sanctions, at El Palito terminal, near Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, on December 29, 2025.

Geopolitical uncertainty? Oil markets no longer care

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ask ian

​US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shake hands at the Mar-a-Lago club, in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, on December 28, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Mar-a-Lago diplomacy, Saudi reportedly hits UAE-backed group in Yemen, Another Thai-Cambodian ceasefire under threat

​Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa celebrates the one-year anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime in Umayyad Square in central Damascus, on Dec. 8, 2025.

A year after Assad’s fall, can Syria hold together?

​Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visit a kindergarten in Tokyo on May 21, 2024.

Hard Numbers: Japan’s birth rate sinks to record low, Executions set to double in Iran, Sudan’s soccer team provide rare moment of joy, & More

Economic Trends Shaping 2026: Trade, AI, Small Business

Economic Trends Shaping 2026: Trade, AI, Small Business

Protests against AI rock the North Pole

Protests against AI rock the North Pole

Beyond Gaza and Ukraine: The wars the world is ignoring

Beyond Gaza and Ukraine: The wars the world is ignoring

Revisiting the top geopolitical risks of 2025

Revisiting the top geopolitical risks of 2025

Pro-democracy protesters carry portraits of North Yemen's late president Ibrahim al-Hamdi.

What We’re Watching: Yemeni ministers back rebel group, US surveillance planes fly over Nigeria, Myanmar to hold elections amid civil war

US President Donald Trump speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Gimhae Air Base in Gimhae, South Korea, on October 30, 2025.

Top risks of 2025, reviewed

Israel is still banning foreign media from entering Gaza

Israel is still banning foreign media from entering Gaza

Is the US heading toward military strikes in Venezuela?

Is the US heading toward military strikes in Venezuela?

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

The top geopolitical stories of 2025

​Ukrainian serviceman walks near apartment buildings damaged by Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region, Ukraine December 20, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Ukraine takes out senior Russian general, Thailand and Cambodia set for Xmas talks, Syrian military groups to discuss merger again

Trump to Zelensky: Just keep it light bro

Trump to Zelensky: Just keep it light bro

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Economic Trends Shaping 2026: Trade, AI, Small Business

Economic Trends Shaping 2026: Trade, AI, Small Business

Photo of a young Palestinian boy in Gaza with the GZERO World Podcast logo superimposed on top.

War and Peace in 2025, with Clarissa Ward and Comfort Ero

Ian Explains

Ian Explains

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents check the identity documents of a group of agricultural workers at a grocery store parking lot during an immigration raid in Mecca, California, U.S. December 19, 2025.

A former immigration chief weighs in on Trump’s second act

People gather around offered flowers to honour the victims of a mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, in Sydney, Australia, December 19, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Australia’s plan to buy back guns, Europe’s bet on Ukraine, and China’s playbook in Latin America

Zambia, Collum Coal Mine ZAMBIA, Sinazese, chinese owned Collum Coal Mine, underground mining of hard coal for copper melter and cement factory, loading place ***SAMBIA, Collum Coal Mine eines chinesischem Unternehmens, Untertageabbau von Steinkohle, Ladeplatz Sinasese Zambia

Hard Numbers: Angola to build critical minerals railroad, DOJ delays total Epstein files release, Bank of Japan raises rates, Trump adds two new holidays to the calendar

You vs the News collage

You vs. the News: A Weekly News Quiz - December 19, 2025

​A Boeing 737 Max 8 with Afghans on board lands at Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) on December 16, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Germany clears path for Afghan refugees, China’s population predicted to plummet, Brazil’s Congress seeks to cut Bolsonaro’s sentence, Nigeria appeals DRC’s World Cup eligibility

​President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S. Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025.

Trump is at risk of falling into the Biden trap on the economy

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi

What We’re Watching: India eyes Taliban opportunity, China seeks mediator role in Thai-Cambodian conflict, US to hand Taiwan its largest-ever military package

French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and businessman Jared Kushner, along with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and otherEuropean leaders, pose for a group photo at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, December 15, 2025.

Europe’s moment of truth

Most quotable moments of 2025 | GZERO World with ian bremmer

Top 10 Quotes from GZERO World with Ian Bremmer in 2025

Person entering credit card details on a phone

Consumers are spending–just not evenly

Mercosur free trade agreement, in Strasbourg, France, December 17, 2025.

What We’re Watching: EU-Mercosur trade deal faces now-or-2028 vote, Trump plans to surround Venezuela, US wants Pakistan to offer Gaza peacekeeping forces

People gather outside the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport to decry President Trump's travel ban on 19 countries which went into effect this morning.​

Hard Numbers: Trump adds to travel-ban list, China lowers tariffs on EU pork, Alaskan rivers turning orange and red, Panama Canal deal hits impasse

​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.

Viewpoint: Trump wants a Europe more like US

Image of a picnic table with Dijon mustard, chips, salad, hotdog, and corn

Walmart's $350 billion commitment to American jobs

The Top Risks of 2026 | Ian bremmer & Eurasia Group | A GZERO Media Live Event | Monday, January 5 | 12 pm | gzeromedia.com/toprisks

Join us live on Jan. 5 for the Top Risks of 2026 with Ian Bremmer

Ed Policy and Brad Smith seated at a table with microphones

Tools and Weapons – In Conversation with Ed Policy

A family votes during the second round of Hungary's general election in Budapest, April 23, 2006. Hungarians went to the polls on Sunday with the Socialist-led government of Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany looking set to make history by becoming the first to retain power since the return of democracy in 1990.

Six elections to watch in 2026

Slovenia's Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset applaud during a Council of Europe diplomatic conference in The Hague, Netherlands, December 16, 2025.

What We’re Watching: US and Europe more hopeful of Ukraine peace deal, Sign of peace in the DRC, European aid struggles to reach Darfur

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., USA, on Dec. 5, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Canada’s Carney faces spelling backlash, US unemployment hits four-year high, Iran shows off its missiles, Japan-China spat means pandas are coming home

Trump, loyalty, and the limits of accountability

Trump, loyalty, and the limits of accountability

Putin's big holiday party mistake

Putin's big holiday party mistake

Wikipedia's cofounder says the site crossed a line on Gaza

Wikipedia's cofounder says the site crossed a line on Gaza

Europe takes control of Ukraine’s future

Europe takes control of Ukraine’s future

​Chief Superintendent of the police force's National Security Department Steve Li Kwai-wah speaks at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts building after the verdict in the national security collusion trial of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, in Hong Kong, China, on December 15, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai faces life imprisonment, Half of Israelis oppose Netanyahu pardon, Flash floods in Morocco, Romania protests corruption

People pay respects at Bondi Pavilion to victims of a shooting during a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Gunmen kill 15 at Hanukkah event in Australia, Chile shifts to the right, South Africa considers concession for Musk’s Starlink

An ally under suspicion

An ally under suspicion

In Wikipedia We Trust?

In Wikipedia We Trust?

Economic Trends Shaping 2026: Trade, AI, Small Business

Economic Trends Shaping 2026: Trade, AI, Small Business

Wikipedia Cofounder

Why we still trust Wikipedia, with cofounder Jimmy Wales

Understanding AI in 2025 with Global Stage

Understanding AI in 2025 with Global Stage

Can we still trust Wikipedia?

Can we still trust Wikipedia?

​Then-US President George W. Bush with then-People's Republic of China President Jiang Zemin following their meeting at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, on October 25, 2002.

How chads and China shaped our world

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on AI next to Sriram Krishnan, Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence on December 11, 2025.

Trump tries to halt state AI laws | Iranian dissident arrested again | US sanctions Maduro’s “narco nephews” | UNESCO recognizes tradition of yodeling

​December 9, 2025, Rome, Italy: Italian politicians from parties +Europa, Democratic Party, Azione, Europa Now gather to welcome Ukraines President Zelensky with a banner made up of 27 EU flags and the Ukrainian flag.

EU set to use Russian assets for Ukraine loan | Trump wants to make friends and get minerals | Backlash to Seattle’s World Cup Pride plan

You vs the News collage

You vs. the News: A Weekly News Quiz - December 12, 2025

​Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins points as she thanks her staff and supporters on the night of the general election, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025.

Republicans lose on Trump’s home turf again

Women work in the plastic container assembly area inside the El Oso shoe polish factory, located in Mexico City, Mexico, in its new facilities, after officers from the Secretariat of Citizen Security and staff from the Benito Juarez mayor's office arbitrarily and violently remove their supplies, raw materials, machinery, and work tools on January 17 of this year following a coordinated operation stemming from a private dispute. On August 27, 2025.

Mexico imposes tariffs on China | Myanmar’s government strikes hospital | Trump to offer farmers relief, US Fed cuts rates again

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, December 8, 2025.

Zelensky willing to compromise | Bulgaria’s government falls | US seizes Venezuelan oil tanker

It’s official: Trump wants a weaker European Union

It’s official: Trump wants a weaker European Union

Player saving a goal as the other player kicks the ball while playing soccer

The power of sports

​Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo, Japan, on December 10, 2025.

Japan’s leader has had a tricky start. But the public loves her.

What’s Good Wednesdays™, December 10, 2025

​Buildings lie in ruins amidst the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on December 8, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Gaza needs to clear out tons of rubble, Trump to hold final-round Fed chair interviews, Canada to incentivize highly-skilled immigrants, The Taliban doesn’t like “Peaky Blinders”

ANO party leader Andrej Babis signs a document on the day he is appointed as the country's new prime minister in Prague, Czech Republic, on December 9, 2025.

What We’re Watching: “Czech Trump” back in power, Rwanda-DRC peace deal seemingly in ruins, The US has a new type(face)

Image of a picnic table with Dijon mustard, chips, salad, hotdog, and corn

Walmart's $350 billion commitment to American jobs

Ed Policy and Brad Smith seated at a table with microphones

Tools and Weapons – In Conversation with Ed Policy

Members of security forces stand guard outside a polliong station, a week late in a special election, after the local governing party kept voting closed on election day, amid accusations of sabotage and fraud, in a presidential race still too close to call as counting continues, in San Antonio de Flores, Honduras, December 7, 2025.

Honduras awaits election results, but will they be believed?

​Israa Mukhtar, a witness of the RSF attack in April 2025 on a medical clinic, sits inside a tent in Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, on June 13, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Brutal attack in Sudan, France set to reverse Macron’s flagship law, Burkina Faso holds Nigerian soldiers, the last Danish Christmas cards

Vilnius International airport, forced to shut down due to the presence of air balloons, on October 25, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Balloon emergency in Eastern Europe, China neglects Trump’s chip offer, Aussie kids banned from socials

Geoffrey Hinton on how humanity can survive AI

Geoffrey Hinton on how humanity can survive AI

Notre Dame, politics, and playing by their own rules

Notre Dame, politics, and playing by their own rules

Trump’s new national security strategy targets Europe

Trump’s new national security strategy targets Europe

Egyptians head to the polls to elect a new parliament during the first round of the Egyptian parliamentary elections in Giza, Egypt, on November 10, 2025.

Egypt’s Undemocratic Election - And Why the West doesn’t care

Election Commission candidates' campaign teams canvassing in permitted areas outside the polling station in Hong Kong on December 7, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Hong Kong citizens don’t want to vote, Japan-China tensions rise, Art stolen in Brazil & More

An injured soldier is transferred to a hospital following a clash between Thai and Cambodian troops over a disputed border area in Sisaket Province,Thailand, December 7, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Thai-Cambodian ceasefire on verge of collapse, Trump makes “Monroe Doctrine” official, Benin foils coup attempt

'Godfather of AI' warns of existential risks

'Godfather of AI' warns of existential risks

Screen grab of the first episode of Anatomy of a Scam

Anatomy of a Scam

Photo of Geoffrey Hinton with the GZERO World with Ian Bremmer podcast logo superimposed on top.

The human cost of AI, with Geoffrey Hinton

Will AI replace human workers?

Will AI replace human workers?

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.

The genocide no one talks about any more

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