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What if Japan & South Korea sided with China on US tariffs?
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What if Japan & South Korea sided with China on US tariffs?

If China, Japan, and South Korea formed a united front, what kind of leverage would they have in negotiating against US tariffs? I think they are heading in that trajectory. The question is, will it be enough to keep Syria stable and away from descending into civil war? Why does Trump want to take Greenland? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

President Donald Trump speaks from the Oval Office flanked by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on the day he signed executive orders for reciprocal tariffs, Feb. 13, 2025.
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Opinion: Searching for signals on ‘Liberation Day’

Details of a group chat between senior administration officials that leaked last week – the so-called Houthi PC small group – provide allies, adversaries, and watchers with revealing insights into the administration’s foreign policy blueprint. Lindsay Newman explores the takeaways.

What we learned from a week of AI-generated cartoons
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What we learned from a week of AI-generated cartoons

OpenAI recently released its GPT-4o image-generation model, which is billed as more responsive to prompts, more capable of accurately rendering text, and better at producing higher-fidelity images than previous AI image generators. Within hours, ChatGPT users flooded social media with cartoons they made using the model in the style of the Japanese film house Studio Ghibli. The ordeal became an internet spectacle, but as the memes flowed, they also raised important technological, copyright, and even political questions, which Scott Nover explores this week in GZERO AI.

2024 US election: What to look out for
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2024 US election: What to look out for

A long, exhausting US presidential election cycle comes to a close tomorrow. When will we know the results? What should we be looking out for on Tuesday and beyond? Jon Lieber explains.

Ian Bremmer on the 2024 US election ahead
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Ian Bremmer on the 2024 US election ahead

Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: With election week upon us, Americans—and those watching closely—are stressed and anxious. Ian Bremmer explains how the decline of America's political institutions is driving public anxiety and mistrust and has birthed a particularly divisive electoral cycle.

​On Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump supporters and far-right forces flooded Washington, DC, to protest Trump's election loss. Hundreds breached the US Capitol.
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Americans are on edge as voters head to the polls

As Election Day unfolds across the United States, law enforcement agencies warn that well-organized groups supporting Donald Trump may disrupt Tuesday’s vote and could carry out acts of violence.

Ian Bremmer & Van Jones on instability & the US election
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Ian Bremmer & Van Jones on instability & the US election

In a live conversation on Substack on Friday, Nov 1, Ian Bremmer and Van Jones talked all things US election and what could happen if either Harris or Trump get elected, including how the election results will impact the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Supporters of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump wait in line to attend a campaign rally in Macon, Georgia U.S., November 3, 2024.
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Exclusive poll: Majority of Americans believe Trump can end conflict in the Middle East

Polls show that US voters are almost evenly divided over who to elect as the 47th president — but here at GZERO, we wanted to know what Americans think about the candidates when it comes to foreign policy. So we have partnered with Echelon Insights for some exclusive polling and insights.

The US election: Down to the wire
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The US election: Down to the wire

Welcome to the final 48 hours of the 2024 US presidential election!

Bloc by Bloc: Five demographic trends to watch on Election Day
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Bloc by Bloc: Five demographic trends to watch on Election Day

Well, here we are. After a punishingly long, mind-bogglingly expensive, and unusually unnerving US presidential campaign, Election Day is upon us.

​Workers of the Judiciary in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 15, 2024, protest outside the National Palace in the capital against judicial reform in Mexico. They reject the bill promoted by the former president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, which proposes the election by popular vote of judges, magistrates, and ministers of the Supreme Court starting in 2025.
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Mexican Congress defangs the judiciary as majority of Supreme Court resigns

Eight out of Mexico’s 11 Supreme Court justices announced late Wednesday that they would resign their positions in opposition to a judicial overhaul that requires them to stand for election, while at the same time Congress passed new legislation that will prohibit legal challenges to constitutional changes.