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A mosque stands in an area affected by a deadly flash flood following heavy rains in Aceh Tamiang regency, Aceh province, Indonesia, December 4, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Indonesia investigates firms over devastating floods, Tunisia arrests opposition leader, Fighting continues as DRC and Rwanda sign another peace deal

​Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in London, United Kingdom, on Nov. 26, 2025.

Why won’t the right unite in Western Europe?

Trump, Putin, and Zelensky surrounded by tanks and negotiators.

The Ukraine peace push is failing. Here's why.

Woman on her desk typing on the keyboard at her work

The AI economy takes shape

​Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children hold makeshift gallows as part of a protest against attempts to change government policy that grants?ultra-Orthodox?Jews exemptions from military conscription, in Jerusalem, March 20, 2024.

What We’re Watching: Haredi conscription issue threatens Israel’s government again, Xi hosts Macron, Putin visit Modi

Police officers pass a burnt police armoured personnel carrier after gunmen kidnapped several people from an orphanage in a mountainous community that has been under deadly attacks by armed gangs since the start of this year, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, in Kenscoff, Haiti August 4, 2025.

Then & Now: Can Haiti's government hold an election?

What’s Good Wednesdays™, December 3, 2025

​Fishing boats moored at Taganga Beach in Santa Marta, Colombia, on October 20, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Family of Colombian casualty files complaint against US, EU seeks workaround for Ukraine funds, Search for Malaysian airlines flight restarts, & More

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

Walmart's $350 billion commitment to American jobs

Quick Take

Quick Take

Luis Fernando Cerimedo, advisor of Presidential candidate Nasry Asfura of the National Party of Honduras (PN), speaks during a press conference after the general election, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 1, 2025.

Hard Numbers: No daylight in Honduran presidential race, Japan’s lead banker sends bonds falling worldwide, Bird flu spreads like wildfire, Republicans seek to avoid Tennessee catastrophe

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting with Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader at the National Palace, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic November 26, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Pushback on Venezuela strike, Tax protests in Bulgaria, China-Japan coastguard dispute

​Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky inspects a guard of honor by the Irish Army in Dublin, Ireland, on December 2, 2025.

What’s next for Zelensky?

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ask ian

Ed Policy and Brad Smith seated at a table with microphones

Tools and Weapons – In Conversation with Ed Policy

​The Gen Z group led by Miraj Dhungana escalates their ongoing demonstrations in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Nov. 26, 2025.

The kids are not alright

Two military jets fly in formation during the industrial air show.

What We’re Watching: Trump orders shutdown of Venezuela airspace, Honduras election on a knife edge, Migrant skepticism spreads

​People stay at a school, which is functioned as the temporary shelter at flooded area, on November 30, 2025 in Sumatra, Sumatra. The authorities in Indonesia were searching on Sunday for hundreds of people they said were missing after days of unusually heavy rains across Southeast Asia that have killed hundreds and displaced millions.

Hard Numbers: Mother Nature batters South and Southeast Asia, Netanyahu asks for a pardon, Aussies get in kayaks to protest coal, Trump commutes sentence of fraudster, Leo makes first foreign trip as pope

Puppet Regime

Puppet Regime

Turkeys reject Trump's pardon

Turkeys reject Trump's pardon

Graphic Truth: Turkey is cheaper, but inflation still gobbles

Graphic Truth: Turkey is cheaper, but inflation still gobbles

US ​President Donald Trump pardons a turkey in Washington, D.C., USA, on Nov. 25, 2025.

Five stories to be thankful for

​Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes US envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, on April 25, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Another glitch in Russia-Ukraine talks, UK Labour Party to raise taxes to record levels, Tensions spike in Syria’s third-largest city

​Palestinians walk in the rain at a makeshift camp in Gaza City, on Nov. 25, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Trump admin makes temp Gaza property plan, Taiwan to boost defenses, Tragic fire in Hong Kong, Brazil’s Lula leads in poll, Saudi opens door to liquor cabinet

Bolsonaro reacts as Trump scraps Brazil tariffs

Bolsonaro reacts as Trump scraps Brazil tariffs

Marine Le Pen, French member of parliament and parliamentary leader of the far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party and Jordan Bardella, president of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party and member of the European Parliament, gesture during an RN political rally in Bordeaux, France, September 14, 2025.

Hard Numbers: France’s Bardella would win an election today, Trump’s support among Latinos falls, Fox hunts for a seat in the Bahamas, and Hitler returns

Army Chief Asim Munir holds a microphone at the Tilla Field Firing Ranges in Mangla, Pakistan, on May 1, 2025.

Pakistan slides deeper into autocracy

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll attend a meeting, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, November 20, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Russia and Ukraine negotiations continue, Trump and Xi make a springtime date, Sudan’s rebels declare unilateral ceasefire

Is Trump’s trade strategy backfiring abroad?

Is Trump’s trade strategy backfiring abroad?

Toppling Maduro would be "the easy part" says former Ambassador

Toppling Maduro would be "the easy part" says former Ambassador

Ed Policy and Brad Smith seated at a table with microphones

Tools and Weapons – In Conversation with Ed Policy

Europe divided as US pushes Ukraine-Russia peace deal

Europe divided as US pushes Ukraine-Russia peace deal

​People walk past a damaged building during the funeral of Hezbollah's top military official, Haytham Ali Tabtabai, and of other people who were killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday, despite a U.S.-brokered truce a year ago, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon November 24, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Israel assassinates Hezbollah commander, DOGE gets DOGE’d, Ethiopian volcano erupts, Not much to show for COP30

​Servicemen of the 148th Separate Artillery Zhytomyr Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fire a Caesar self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops at a position on the front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region, Ukraine November 23, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Russia-Ukraine peace deal, Rough weekend for Brazil, Mass school abductions in Nigeria

​Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answers a question during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2025.

Japan-China spat over Taiwan escalates

Screen grab of the first episode of Anatomy of a Scam

Anatomy of a Scam

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

A Chavista holds a sign saying Yankee Go Home

Gaming out a US-Venezuela war with ambassador James Story

Trump, Zelensky, and Putin discuss Ukraine peace deal

Trump, Zelensky, and Putin discuss Ukraine peace deal

Ian stands in line for a bagel, the internet melts down

Ian stands in line for a bagel, the internet melts down

Ian Explains

Ian Explains

​German Chancellor and chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel addresses a news conference in Berlin, Germany September 19, 2016.

20 years after Merkel, men still hold most top offices

​Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll in Kyiv, Ukraine, on November 20, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Kyiv gets a nugget US peace plan, Election day in Guinea-Bissau, Two men from Queens meet at the White House

You vs. the News: A Weekly News Quiz

​Argentine President Javier Milei at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, USA, on November 6, 2025.

Hard Numbers: US banks’ Argentina bailout plan falls through, Trump threatens Dem lawmakers, India is latest heist site, Saudi investment fund is stretched, & More

​A psychologist comforts a resident in front of an apartment building that was hit yesterday by a Russian missile, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Ternopil, Ukraine, November 20, 2025.

What We’re Watching: US and Russia’s peace framework, West Africa on edge, Iran asks Saudi Arabia to put in a good word with Trump

Hermann Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribentrop, and Wilhelm Keitel at the Nuremberg Trials, 1945-46.

Hard Numbers: 80 years since the Nuremberg trials, Gazan ceasefire holds despite strikes, US and India inch closer to detente, Epstein files out before Christmas

​European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers the State of the European Union address to the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, France, September 10, 2025.

Three issues dividing the EU right now

Local to global: The power of small business | Episode 3: Tap and go: The future of urban mobility | Presented by GZERO Blue Circle in partnership with Mastercard | GZERO x Mastercard logos

Tap and go: The future of urban mobility

Trump’s risky Venezuela strategy, explained

Trump’s risky Venezuela strategy, explained

Graphic Truth: Europe tries to fill US void in Ukraine funding

Graphic Truth: Europe tries to fill US void in Ukraine funding

Woman on her desk typing on the keyboard at her work

The AI economy takes shape

​United States President Donald J Trump awaits the arrival Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, on November 18, 2025. Featuring: Donald J Trump Where: Washington, District of Columbia, United States When: 18 Nov 2025

A Trump Doctrine of heavy footsteps and many levers

GZERO Europe

GZERO Europe

​A photo taken on September 14, 2024, shows seafood at Jimiya fishing port in Qingdao, China, on September 14, 2024. On September 20, 2024, China and Japan reach a consensus on the issue of the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, and China states that it will gradually resume the import of Japanese aquatic products that meet the regulations.

Hard Numbers: China-Japan tensions extend to seafood, Italy expands definition of rape, Klimt painting becomes second-most expensive ever sold, & More

At least 25 people, including three children, were killed in a Russian drone and missile assault on Ternopil, in western Ukraine, overnight on Wednesday (19November2025), according to Ukrainian rescue services.

What We’re Watching: US apparently drafts covert plan to end Ukraine war, World’s most valuable firm set for earnings call, Sectarian violence trials begin in Syria

Putin wants Trump to DO IT

Putin wants Trump to DO IT

The Debrief

The Debrief

Tools and Weapons – In Conversation with Ted Sarandos

Tools and Weapons – In Conversation with Ted Sarandos

​UN Security Council members vote on a draft resolution to Authorize an International Stabilization Force in Gaza authored by the US at UN Headquarters in New York, NY on November 17, 2025.

What We’re Watching: UN backs US plan for Gaza, Trump to sell fighter jets to Saudi, Zelensky seeks funds with money well running dry

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

Walmart's $350 billion commitment to American jobs

​Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney and Minister of Finance Francois-Philippe Champagne applaud after a confidence vote on the federal budget passes in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada November 17, 2025.

Canada’s government survives budget vote

​Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Oct. 31, 2025.

Hard Numbers: China-Japan spat could hurt tourism, Pro-Russian pair accused of attacking Polish railway, Neo-Nazi pleads guilty to poison plot in NYC, South Africa blocks arrivals of Palestinians

Sorkin: A financial crisis is coming and CEOs are scared to speak out

Sorkin: A financial crisis is coming and CEOs are scared to speak out

Could Trump have handled the Epstein issue any worse?

Could Trump have handled the Epstein issue any worse?

​Members of the religious group Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ) wave their hands during the first of a three-day anti-corruption protest at the Quirino Grandstand, Manila, Philippines, November 16, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Anti-graft protests resurface in the Philippines, Polish railway hit, Trump flips on Epstein files vote

​People celebrate the court's verdict after Bangladesh's fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is found guilty and sentenced to death in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 17, 2025. The International Crimes Tribunal on November 17 sentences fugitive former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death for crimes against humanity in a murder case of the July uprising.

Hard Numbers: Bangladesh’s ex-PM sentenced to death, Foreign student enrollment in US plummets, Australian schools shut over asbestos, & more

US President Donald Trump and ​Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman at the Saudi-US Investment Forum, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 13, 2025.

The Saudi crown prince returns to Washington

Screen grab of the first episode of Anatomy of a Scam

Anatomy of a Scam

Will "AI euphoria" crash the markets?

Will "AI euphoria" crash the markets?

Andrew Ross Sorkin and Ian Bremmer sit down

Andrew Ross Sorkin says the next financial crisis is coming

Is the AI bubble about to burst?

Is the AI bubble about to burst?

​U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after signing the funding bill to end the U.S. government shutdown, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 12, 2025.

What We’re Watching: Epstein files on the US House floor, Ukraine hits Russia where it hurts, RSF consolidated its grip on Darfur

You vs. the News: A Weekly News Quiz - November 14, 2025

​Supporters of Jose Antonio Kast, presidential candidate of the far-right Republican Party, at one of Kast's last closing campaign rallies in Santiago, Chile, on November 11, 2025.

After a season of upheavals, Chile goes back to the polls

​India's Home Minister Amit Shah and India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh present a garland to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters celebrate the Bihar state assembly election results, at the party headquarters in New Delhi, India, November 14, 2025.

Hard Numbers: India’s Modi has excellent election day, US agrees to cut Swiss tariffs, 12-year manhunt for Assad ally ends, & More

​Argentina's inflation rate year over year.

Graphic Truth: Inflation plunges in Argentina

​South Sudan President Salva Kiir prepares to welcome Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni at the Juba International Airport, ahead of meetings aimed at averting a new civil war after South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar was placed under house arrest, in Juba, South Sudan April 3, 2025.

What We’re Watching: More political chaos in South Sudan, Tehran runs dry

​A robot waiter, serving drinks at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair, in Paris, on May 24, 2024.

Viewpoint: When Chinese robots replace service jobs

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the National Diet in Tokyo, Japan, on November 12, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Japan’s PM organizes 3 a.m. meeting, Exam day for South Korea’s students, US government shutdown ends, & More

GZERO Reports

GZERO Reports

​ZOHRAN MAMDANI, Rama Duwaji, MIRA NAIR, MAMOOD MAMDANI during an election night event at The Brooklyn Paramount Theater in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025.

Calm down about Zohran Mamdani

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street in London, United Kingdom, on November 12, 2025.

What We’re Watching: UK’s Starmer on the ropes, Mexico’s Sheinbaum beefs up security in wild West, Hamas fighters trapped in their own tunnels

​A fruit and vegetable stall is lit by small lamps during a blackout in a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on November 6, 2025, after massive Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure in October.

Lights out in Ukraine, prices up in Europe

What’s Good Wednesdays™, November 12, 2025

​An Israeli activist records illegal settlers driving past a village in Masafer Yatta in the West Bank, on October 28, 2025.

Hard Numbers: Israel arrests violent settlers, US House ends extended recess, Botswana eyes majority stake in diamond giant, & More

A man and a woman discussing with a paper in their hand

Profits hold while hiring slows

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

Walmart's $350 billion commitment to American jobs

Democrats divided over government shutdown deal

Democrats divided over government shutdown deal

GZERO Series

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer
Puppet Regime

Puppet Regime

Puppet Regime
Quick Take

Quick Take

Quick Take
ask ian

ask ian

ask ian
Ian Explains

Ian Explains

Ian Explains
GZERO Reports

GZERO Reports

GZERO Reports
GZERO Europe

GZERO Europe

GZERO Europe
The Debrief

The Debrief

The Debrief