Helen Walters

Some of these stories are, or some of the things that are going on in the world are harrowing.

What do you do when you're exhausted or when you're emotionally invested in something that you're looking at?

If anyone is going to be argumentative, it's a grad student, for heaven's sakes.

It's what they're there for.

So that is very gratifying to hear.

I'm also grateful for prompting me to now sing the song from Frozen for the rest of the day.

So thank you very much.

And that shows you what a bad Buddhist I am.

Okay, last question, Ian.

And I like this one a lot.

Do you ever turn your phone off?

I love that.

There's no do not disturb mode for you.

And I love that if anyone catches you now with your phone in your hand with the screen on, then we know that you're not paying attention to us.

Okay, Ian, we have now talked for nearly an hour, which shows if you listened all the way to this point in this video, that you have an incredible attention span and you're clearly a very smart person.

Ian, thank you so, so much for being here, for sharing the tips and tricks that you have.

I will look forward to seeing you again soon.

Thank you so much.

Hello everyone, welcome to another episode of TED explains the world with geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer. I'm Helen Walters from TED. Today is October the 6th, 2025 and this week sees the second anniversary of Hamas's horrific attack on Israel and Israel's devastating response.

Last week President Trump of the United States announced a 20-point plan to end the conflict, a deal that was accepted by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, and Hamas has also said that it accepts parts of the ceasefire and hostage release plan and is ready to negotiate the rest. So the question on everyone's minds, might this actually be a turning point towards peace? So Ian, let's bring you in, let's get right to it. What do you think are the chances that this works?