Helen Walters

Akilah, you're an inspiration.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Luis, thank you so much.

Thank you.

I wonder if you can just say a little bit more about that last point, about how do you think that you can apply this type of thinking to other subjects?

So you mentioned math, you mentioned things like that.

How do you do that?

Amazing.

Thank you so much for sharing your work.

Hello, TED Talks daily listeners.

I'm Helen Walters, TED's head of media and curation.

Today, we're bringing you a special episode of our original series, TED Explains the World, with political scientist Ian Bremmer.

Ian and I discuss why the US launched strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites, and what we should look for next at this uncertain moment, including potential responses from Israel, China, and Russia, among others.

On June the 21st, 2025, the US bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, joining a war with Israel and plunging the world into uncertainty.

Today is Sunday, June the 22nd.

I am Helen Walters.

I'm head of media and curation at TED, and I'm joined by geopolitical expert and GZERO founder Ian Bremmer to make sense of the noise.

Ian, we also asked our community to share some of their questions for you.

So let's get right to it.