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Putin wins another classic Soviet election

Putin wins another classic Soviet election

Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden, shares his perspective on European politics from Stockholm.

To the surprise of absolutely no one, it's been announced that Vladimir Putin has won the presidential election with a record support and a record turnout. It was, by all standards, a Soviet election. With all of the restrictions that you could think of and the real result, well, it wasn't very much to choose between.

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The US vs TikTok (and China)

The US vs TikTok (and China)

Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

Four years since the US declared COVID a national emergency, how did it permanently reshape the world?

Well, a couple of things. First, it meant that US-China relations got worse, not better. The World Health Organization, the one global organization meant to deal with pandemics, got delegitimized. This was not a crisis that led to greater cooperation. It led to greater mistrust and greater polarization, in part because it wasn't a big enough crisis. Thankfully, we had vaccines really fast, and it also turned out that COVID really affected mostly the super elderly and those with serious preexisting conditions. All of that allowed the geopolitical rifts that already exist to get worse. One good thing, aside from the fact that technology really works, is that the Europeans got stronger on the back of this crisis. They now have more coordinated capabilities to respond to health crises than they did before the pandemic hit. And that has been the EU response to a lot of crises recently, Brexit, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, you name it.

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Biden's vigorous SOTU speech aims to prove doubters wrong

Biden's vigorous SOTU speech aims to prove doubters wrong

Jon Lieber, head of Eurasia Group's coverage of political and policy developments in Washington, DC, shares his perspective on US politics.

What's going on with the Biden State of the Union?

So big week in US presidential politics. Super Tuesday basically effectively ended both primaries for the Republicans and the Democrats. We now have two all but official candidates. Joe Biden gave his fourth State of the Union address this week. Big question around Joe Biden, is he up to the task? 75% of Americans say that he is too old to run for a second term, but he is a attempting to prove them wrong like he did last night in Washington with a vigorous speech where he spoke for an hour, which officially kicked off his campaign.

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Why Sweden and Finland joined NATO

Why Sweden and Finland joined NATO

Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden, shares his perspective on European politics from Hanoi, Vietnam.

Was the Swedish and Finnish decision to move into NATO, was that driven by fear of Russia attacking them?

Not really. I don't think either of our countries feel any immediate threat by Russian aggression. But what happened when Russia, Mr. Putin, to be precisely, attacked Ukraine was a fundamental upsetting of the entire European security order. And although Mr. Putin's priority at the moment, he’s very clear on that, is to get rid of Ukraine by invading and occupying all of it, you never know where he's going to stop. And this led Finland and Sweden to do the fundamental reassessment of their security policies. Giving up, in Swedish case, we've been outside of military alliances for the last 200 years or something like that.

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After Super Tuesday, US elections inch closer to Biden vs. Trump redux

After Super Tuesday, US elections inch closer to Biden vs. Trump redux

Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

Any surprises from Super Tuesday

Yeah, I was surprised that Nikki Haley got Vermont. Honestly, I thought that she'd get swept by Trump. Though Vermont is a tiny, tiny little state. It still counts, but she's still out. She's, of course, suspended her campaign and that is not a surprise. And Biden beat undecided and Dean Phillips, who is basically the equivalent of undecided, pretty decisively in all of his states. So, yes, unless something happens health-wise to either of the candidates over the next months, it is Biden, and it is Trump, and that is it. And we've known that for a good long while now. It doesn't feel so super. It's not what everybody wants, but we still have months and months and months in the world's longest and most expensive election in the world. Yet one more reason why the United States is the most powerful and super dysfunctional democracy.

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Why Mitch McConnell is stepping down

Why Mitch McConnell is stepping down

Jon Lieber, head of Eurasia Group's coverage of political and policy developments in Washington, DC, shares his perspective on US politics.

What are the implications of the retirement of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell from his leadership post?

This week Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell announced his intention to step down as leader of the Republicans after serving longer in that post than anybody else in American history. There are really two implications that I can see.

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Sending NATO troops to Ukraine unlikely despite Macron's remarks

Are Western troops likely to end up on the ground in Ukraine? How might Sweden's entry into NATO reshape defense policies and military partnerships in the region? Is Saudi Arabia poised to assist Zelensky in advancing his peace plan? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

Ukraine is still standing two years after Russian invasion

Two years after the military might of Russia was unleashed against Ukraine, life in Kyiv goes on. But, of course, there's a horrible, brutal attrition war going on in the east and the south part of the country, says Carl Bildt.

Why is Julian Assange in the news again?

What's left to sanction with Russia and have existing sanctions been effective? Is Israel preventing humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza? Why is Julian Assange in the news again? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

Alexei Navalny's death: A deep tragedy for Russia

Alexei Navalny's death is a deep tragedy for Russia. He represented the hope of many Russians that there was something beyond this repressive, backward-looking, imperial, nostalgic, aggressive regime that is now dragging Russia down. Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden, shares his perspective on European politics from the Munich Security Conference.

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Jon Lieber on US Politics In 60 Seconds
Jon Lieber, Eurasia Group’s Managing Director for the US
Break down the US political landscape with Jon Lieber
Ian Bremmer on World In 60 Seconds
Ian Bremmer, Eurasia Group President
Tackle the world’s biggest headlines with Ian Bremmer
Carl Bildt on Europe In 60 Seconds
Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden
Carl Bildt provides his perspective from Europe