Skip to content
Search

Latest Stories

Ian Explains

On Ian Explains, host Ian Bremmer makes complex issues about global politics understandable. Ian Explains is a weekly segment on GZERO WORLD with Ian Bremmer, GZERO's weekly program about global news and current affairs.

Presented by

sponsor_image

Have the student protests worked? College campuses nationwide have become protest hubs, echoing past movements demanding change. From Columbia to UCLA, students are pitching tents, occupying buildings, and clashing with police over Israel's actions in Gaza. The core demand: divestment from Israel. Whether it's cutting ties with Israeli donors or businesses, students are risking penalties to be heard, Ian Bremmer explains on GZERO World.

This activism mirrors the 1968 protests at Columbia, which targeted US involvement in Vietnam. Then, as now, divestment was a central demand, albeit from different sources. Some progress has been made; Brown and Northwestern students have reached agreements with administrators. Worldwide, youth are voicing discontent over Gaza.

Keep reading...Show less

More from Ian Explains

GZERO Series

US Supreme Court cases that could change the presidency

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer
Europe has finally had it with Putin

Puppet Regime

Puppet Regime
Iran ceasefire frays

Quick Take

Quick Take
The battle for the Senate

ask ian

ask ian
Why Trump can't find the exit ramp in Iran

Ian Explains

Ian Explains
The Hormuz crisis hits higher pitch

GZERO Reports

GZERO Reports
Is UK PM Keir Starmer finished?

GZERO Europe

GZERO Europe
Trump doesn't care about the midterms because Trump doesn't care about Congress

The Debrief

The Debrief