GZERO World with Ian Bremmer
Episodes
Why campus protests worsen divisions, and how to mediate: Advice from Eboo Patel
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the GZERO World Podcast with Ian Bremmer, Eboo Patel, founder of Interfaith America, advocates for cooperation over division on col...
The US Supreme Court, less trusted than ever, votes on major cases in June: Emily Bazelon explains what to expect
04 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a big year for the US Supreme Court. In June, SCOTUS will begin issuing decisions on a number of politically charged cases, including abortion ...
The next era of global superpower competition: a conversation with the New York Times' David Sanger
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2019, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin met at a summit and described their “friendship without limits.” But ho...
Are the US and China frenemies now? Perspective from Nicholas Burns, US Ambassador to China
13 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
US Ambassador to China Nick Burns joins Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World Podcast to look at the complex and contentious state of the US-China relationsh...
Author Thomas Friedman on how the Gaza war could end
06 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the GZERO World Podcast, while the Gaza war rages on with no end in sight, Ian Bremmer and three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yo...
Biden vs Trump foreign policy: Political scientist Stephen Walt weighs in
23 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of GZERO World Podcast, Ian Bremmer and Harvard Kennedy School Professor Stephen Walt discuss foreign policy differences between a sec...
The global economy: good news and bad news from economist Dambisa Moyo
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the GZERO World Podcast, Ian Bremmer sits down with economist, author, and member of the UK parliament’s House of Lords Dam...
Why the world isn't fair: Yuval Noah Harari on AI, Ukraine, and Gaza
09 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the GZERO World Podcast, bestselling author and historian Yuval Noah Harari delves into the transformative power of storytell...
Europe's energy future: Perspective from Norway's PM Jonas Støre
02 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of the GZERO World Podcast, Ian Bremmer discusses the critical themes of energy security and geopolitical stability in Europe am...
Two years of war in Ukraine: Power players at the Munich Security Conference weigh in
24 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. While Ukrainians remain steadfast in their fight, political battles an...
Border disorder: Why Capitol Hill lawmakers disagree on the US immigration crisis
10 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the GZERO World Podcast, we're tackling America’s border crisis. And by the way, things have gotten so bad in recent years that both Republican...
AI and the future of work: Experts Azeem Azhar and Adam Grant weigh in
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does this new era of generative artificial intelligence mean for the future of work? On the GZERO World Podcast, Ian Bremmer sits down with tech ...
Al Gore's take on American democracy, climate action, and "artificial insanity"
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of GZERO World podcast, Ian Bremmer sits down with former US Vice President Al Gore on the sidelines of Davos in Switzerland. Gor...
Are identity politics a trap? A conversation with author and political scientist Yascha Mounk
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Political scientist and author Yascha Mounk joins Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World Podcast to discuss his latest book, “The Identity Trap: A Story of ...
America vs itself: Political scientist Francis Fukuyama on the state of democracy
13 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of the GZERO World podcast, Ian Bremmer speaks with Stanford’s Francis Fukuyama about the state of democracy worldwide and here in t...
Trouble ahead: The top global risks of 2024
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a special edition of the GZERO podcast, we're diving into our expectations for the topsy-turvy year ahead. The war in Ukraine is heading into a sta...
Talking AI: Sociologist Zeynep Tufekci explains what's missing in the conversation
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of the GZERO World podcast, Ian Bremmer speaks with sociologist and all-around-brilliant person, Zeynep Tufekci. Tufekci has been pres...
Will Israel's war spread north? The view from Lebanon with Kim Ghattas
19 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
How likely is it that the Israel-Hamas war spreads into a wider conflict in the Middle East? On the GZERO World Podcast, Ian Bremmer sits down with au...
Unpacking the complicated US-Japan relationship with Ambassador Rahm Emanuel
09 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Bremmer is in Tokyo, Japan, to check in on America’s “pivot to Asia.” How’s that going? Given that neither Ukraine nor Israel is located i...
Tracking the rapid rise of human-enhancing biotech with Siddhartha Mukherjee
02 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the past decade, we’ve seen an explosion in medical and biotechnologies like gene editing with CRISPR, synthetic organs, cloning, and AI-powered ...
Can governments protect us from dangerous software bugs?
21 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We've probably all felt the slight annoyance at prompts we receive to update our devices. But these updates deliver vital patches to our software, pro...
The path to a two-state solution for Israel & Palestine: Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak's perspective
18 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is a two-state solution still possible for Israel and Palestine? Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister of Israel, joins Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World Pod...
Would the proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty hurt more than it helps?
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the world of cybercrime continues to expand, it follows suit that more international legal standards should follow. But while many governments arou...
Foreign influence, cyberspace, and geopolitics
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to advancing technology like artificial intelligence and deep fakes, governments can increasingly use the online world to spread misinformation...
Iran's role in the Gaza war: is escalation inevitable?
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With all eyes on Israel’s escalating war with Hamas, what’s Iran’s next move? Iran gets around. In Southern Lebanon, Iran-backed Hezbollah fi...
Cyber mercenaries and the global surveillance-for-hire market
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The use of mercenaries is nothing new in kinetic warfare, but they are becoming a growing threat in cyberspace as well. The weapon of choice for cyber...
Death and diplomacy: A look at India-Canada tensions with Samir Saran
28 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The GZERO World Podcast takes a look at an international murder mystery that dominated headlines in September: Canada's allegation that India was invo...
How cyber diplomacy is protecting the world from online threats
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Just as bank robbers have moved from physical banks to the online world, those fighting crime are also increasingly engaged in the digital realm. Ent...
What's the US role in the Israel-Hamas war? Views from Sen. Chris Murphy & Rep. Mike Waltz
21 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two weeks into Israel's bloody war with Hamas, the death toll continues to mount, and amidst the rubble of bombed-out buildings, one thing seems clear...
The war between Israel and Hamas and its unfathomable human toll
14 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Israel is at war, caught in the worst surprise attack in half a century. Hamas’ shock terrorist attacks cut deep into Israeli territory. That psycho...
Challenging the climate change narrative with Bjorn Lomborg
07 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the GZERO World Podcast, Ian Bremmer sits down with Danish author Bjorn Lomborg, a controversial figure in the world of climate change. Lomborg is ...
Calling for the "reglobalization" of trade: WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
30 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Bremmer sits down with World Trade Organization Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first person from Africa to lead the org...
The case for global optimism with Steven Pinker
23 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
War in Ukraine. Global poverty on the rise. Hunger, too. Not to mention a persistent pandemic. It doesn't feel like a particularly good time to be ali...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres explains why peace in Ukraine is his top priority
16 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The challenges facing the world today, from conflict in Ukraine to climate catastrophes across the globe, cannot be solved by one country alone. The n...
Getting to know generative AI with Gary Marcus
09 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is ChatGPT all it’s cracked up to be? Will truth survive the evolution of artificial intelligence? On the GZERO World with Ian Bremmer podcast, c...
Artificial intelligence new rules: Ian Bremmer and Mustafa Suleyman explain the AI power paradox
26 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dive into the world of artificial intelligence in our new GZERO World podcast episode. Ian Bremmer, founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media, teams up...
Antisemitism's tragic persistence
19 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Delve into a thought-provoking conversation that confronts the unsettling resurgence of antisemitism, tracing its historical roots and contemporary ma...
China's great economic slowdown
12 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
China is undoubtedly the biggest economic success story of our lifetime. Between 1978 and 2017, China averaged almost 10% year-over-year GDP growth...
Is Ukraine's counteroffensive failing, or is the tide about to turn?
05 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A year and a half after Russia’s invasion, we’re looking at the state of war in Ukraine on the GZERO World Podcast. Why hasn’t Ukraine’s long-...
UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Russia, human rights, & the Security Council presidency
29 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On August 1, the United States will take over the presidency of the United Nations security council. The GZERO World Podcast heads to the Security ...
The past, present and future of political media
22 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Trust in journalism is rapidly eroding. At the same time, partisanship is skyrocketing. Ahead of the 2024 US election, the GZERO World Podcast take...
How to fix the US government's classified information problem with Jane Harman
15 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maintaining secrecy can be invigorating, whether you're a child with hidden treasures or a CIA agent safeguarding classified information. However, the...
Modi's India on the world stage
08 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is India a US ally? Based on the pomp and circumstance surrounding Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Washington in June, the answ...
The future of space: congested and contested
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Space might be a big place but the United Nations regards it as ‘congested, contested and competitive’.This latest episode of Next Giant Leap, ...
Russia's view of the Ukraine war: a Kremlin ally's perspective
01 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After months of grueling warfare, heavy casualties, costly equipment losses, and with little to show for it, what are Russia’s goals heading into th...
The satellite revolution in Low Earth Orbit
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the last twenty-five years, the number of active satellites orbiting the Earth has increased from about 500 to 8,000. “In the first quarter of ...
What's next in 2023?
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"We are coming out of a period of uncertainty," says David Bailin, Chief Investment Officer at Citi Global Wealth. "We've all been thinking it would ...
Artemis and the lunar economy
22 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There is a big difference between NASA’s current Artemis program and its Apollo program of five decades ago. This time, there is a long-term plan fo...
Mission to the Moon, with Artemis II astronaut Jeremy Hansen
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In November 2024, astronaut Jeremy Hansen will take one giant leap for both space exploration and his country, Canada. He will be the first non-Amer...
Introducing "Next Giant Leap," a look at the business of space
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The new Space Age is here, and it’s driving innovation and economic growth on Earth. Next Giant Leap is a four-part series of special edition podca...
Global food (in)security
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"We need to keep that investment flowing to come up with better ways to do this so that everyone is fed within the constraints of what the planet is a...
(Un)packing the Supreme Court with Yale Law's Emily Bazelon
10 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Supreme Court, one of the three branches of government that makes up this country's democratic system of checks and balances, doesn't have a milit...
How AI is changing our economy
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"We're entering into another leg of a continued industrial revolution which is going to be marked by collaboration between humans and machines," says ...
Fix the global debt crisis before it's too late, warns World Bank's David Malpass
27 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In his final interview as World Bank president, David Malpass sits down with Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World podcast to discuss all things debt. No, no...
Rebuilding American infrastructure with Pete Buttigieg
20 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’re bridging America’s divides, and we mean that literally. It’s infrastructure week on GZERO World, and Ian Bremmer is talki...
Can the US and China find common ground?
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"I think we're entering into a period when it will be more attractive to invest outside of the US and to invest in China and Pan-Asia than we've proba...
Conservatives no more? Why Chris Christie is criticizing Trump and DeSantis
13 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The upcoming GOP presidential primary will be many things – expensive, long, chaotic – but one thing we know for sure is that it won't be pretty. ...
Why Netanyahu critic Ehud Barak calls Israel's government "clearly illegitimate"
06 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Israel grapples with political and social turmoil, the debate over judicial reform has become a crucial battleground for the country's future direc...
Energy transition today
04 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"It actually all comes down to one thing and that's money," says Raad Alkadiri, Managing Director of Energy, Climate and Resources at Eurasia Group. "...
NATO’s Russia problem: the increasing danger of military confrontation between nuclear powers
22 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As tensions between Russia and NATO continue to escalate, the world is once again on the brink of a potential nuclear confrontation. On the GZERO Worl...
Broken (supply) chains
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Other than the impacts of the pandemic, which are easing, and from Russia/Ukraine, I'd say that the greatest risk to global supply chains today and m...
Trumped up charges? Preet Bharara on the law & politics of investigating a president's crimes
15 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Where democracy is built upon rule of law, legal challenges faced by public officials are a sober matter. On the GZERO World podcast, Ian Bremmer sits...
How healthy is the US-Canada relationship?
08 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the GZERO World podcast, Ian Bremmer delves into the current status of the US-Canada relationship. In a nutshell: it's going well — definitely a ...
Inflation Nations: What to know about inflation and interest rates
06 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"During the course of this year, the Fed will not be concerned only with inflation as the months go by, increasingly the pendulum will shift, and they...
Larry Summers breaks down the banking crisis
01 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On the GZERO World podcast, Ian Bremmer and former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers discuss the recent bank failures that are disrupting global mar...
What happens when we take water for granted
25 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The lack of access to clean, drinkable water is a critical issue affecting billions of people across the globe. On the GZERO World podcast, Gilbert Ho...
The economic power of women
23 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Women control a third of the world's global wealth today, and they make 70% of household consumption decisions. It is a segment that we all have to b...
The costs of invading Iraq: Sen. Tammy Duckworth & Richard Engel assess war's lasting effects, 20 years later
18 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's been 20 years since the US-led invasion of Iraq began. Can we say the world is any better off? Despite its official end over a decade ago, the wa...
Should I STILL be worried?
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“The equivalent of what we spent in World War II was spent in the course of a year and a half to support the U.S. economy, and that had global impac...
Survival is success: IRC’s David Miliband responds to “double crisis” in Turkey & Syria
04 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the world watches the aftermath of the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, we are confronted with a sobering reality: delivering aid in a regio...
Ukraine’s strength, Russia’s stubbornness - and the uncertainty of war to come
25 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ian Bremmer is on the ground in Germany for the annual Munich Security Conference to ask world leaders how much further the West is willing to go in i...
Nigeria’s presidential election is a critical moment for Africa
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On February 25, Africa’s most populous nation heads to the polls to vote for a new president in what is shaping up to be a hotly contested race. Nig...
Why Scott Galloway is “cautiously optimistic” about AI - but not TikTok or Meta
18 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
AI is both exciting and scary these days. It could solve big challenges but also lead to political chaos and authoritarian surveillance. On the GZERO ...
Mitt Romney on uncharted US waters, Russian malevolence, & China’s economic ambition
04 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Utah Senator Mitt Romney speaks with Ian Bremmer about the biggest foreign policy challenges facing the US, as well as the latest in the Congressional...
Salvaging the world we leave our kids with innovative philanthropy
28 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Global inequality has reached a level we haven’t seen in our lifetimes and recent geopolitical convulsions have only made things worse. The rich hav...
Davos, meet humility: grappling with Russia & egregious violations of international law
21 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the 53rd time, a tiny town called Davos in the Swiss Alps became the epicenter for discussion and debate about some of the biggest issues the worl...
Nobody wins in nuclear Armageddon: Rafael Grossi's plan to keep us safe in time of war
14 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What keeps the world’s top nuclear watchdog up at night? It's not only Vladimir Putin threatening to use a tactical nuke in Ukraine. On the GZERO Wo...
China's economic head start & a world accelerating into recession
07 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What's in store for the global economy in 2023? Well, it's not going to be pretty. A raging war in Europe, sky-high inflation, and an unstable China w...
View from "fully blockaded" Nagorno-Karabakh during Armenia's conflict with Azerbaijan
23 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The people of the small Armenian enclave known as Nagorno-Karabakh have no way to get out. Recently, the long-simmering conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh h...
Not infallible: Russia, China, and US democracy with Tom Nichols & Anne-Marie Slaughter
17 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From the largest European land invasion since World War II in Ukraine to the essential “coronation” of the world’s most powerful person in Beij...
After Mahsa Amini: Iran’s fight for freedom, with Masih Alinejad
10 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Iran is being rocked by its most significant protests since the Green Movement of 2009. Since September, hundreds of thousands of young and mostly fem...
What US midterms tell us about the state of US democracy
19 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Remember when the US midterms were boring? As the dust settles on the most surprising US midterm elections in decades, ‘what’ happened is becoming...
European unity vs Putin, energy shortages, & economic pain
12 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Europe is bracing for a tough winter ahead. An escalating Russia/Ukraine war has mobilized much of Europe to Kyiv’s cause, but it’s also rocked th...
America at risk: assessing Russia, China, and domestic threats
05 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to China’s vision for a new global order, there’s plenty keeping President Joe Biden’s national security off...
What if China’s power keeps growing?
29 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As China's leader Xi Jinping begins an unprecedented third term in office, it's fair to ask: how much will China's future affect the whole world? On t...
Can the US get its act together? Susan Glasser & Peter Baker on "the world’s greatest geopolitical crisis"
22 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Whatever the US midterm elections are about this time around, one thing is clear: the results will have global ripple effects on US relations with Rus...
Winter is coming. Global recession, too?
15 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Inflation is on the rise, at a rate we haven't seen in through in decades. Is a global recession inevitable? Ian Bremmer speaks to Kristina Georgieva,...
"United" Kingdom? Tony Blair on Truss, Charles, Brexit, and division in UK & beyond
01 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the span of just 48 hours in early September, the United Kingdom got a new prime minister, Liz Truss, and a new monarch, King Charles III. Both f...
How we avoid irreversible damage & "total disaster": The UN chief's warning for a world experiencing multiple crises
17 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The UN's blueprint for making the world a better place is on life support. The pandemic wiped out years of progress on the Sustainable Development Goa...
Biden's climate bill sets US up to lead on clean energy, says Sec. Jennifer Granholm
10 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Biden administration has pushed through the single largest climate spending package in US history. US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm joins Ian...
How the US underestimated the Taliban - and who's paying for it one year later
27 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The anniversary of the end of America’s war in Afghanistan is a reminder of what many see as a staggering US defeat. It was also a victory for a lon...
How the US will fight cyber wars
20 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
en Easterly is optimistic about the state of America’s cyber defenses, she tells Ian Bremmer on the GZERO World podcast. As director of the US Cyber...
US/China power struggle, the global political balance, and your finances
11 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“China's ability to grow in unprecedented fashion came because they had really cheap labor, and wealthy countries around the world were very happy t...
Making sense of global inflation, looming recession, and economists who disagree
06 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Did US inflation come from supply, or did it come from demand? On the GZERO World podcast, Ian Bremmer speaks with economist and University of Chicago...
How to get social media companies to protect users (instead of hurting them)
30 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Frances Haugen blew the whistle against Facebook because she believed her employer wasn't doing enough to stop its outrage-driven algorithm from sprea...
How closing the gender gap drives economic growth
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Women make about 75% of all household consumption decisions, and control close to 100 trillion in wealth,” says Ida Liu, Global Head of Citi Pri...
Crown Prince MBS’s power & Saudi Arabia’s contradictions
23 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
US President Joe Biden didn't get much out of his recent controversial trip to Saudi Arabia, says Princeton University Bernard Haykel, who frames it...
As Japan reels: examining Shinzo Abe’s legacy & Japan’s future with his friend and adviser
16 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Japan is reeling from the shocking assassination of Shinzo Abe, Japan's former and longest-serving prime minister. On the GZERO World podcast, Ian Bre...
Future-proofing: How we fix broken supply chains
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Envision supply chains like a strand of Christmas lights. If one light goes out, then the whole strand will stop working,” said Eurasia Group’s...
An active US Supreme Court overturns "settled law" on abortion. What's next?
02 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Americans now live in a much more divided country — as has been on full display after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and removed the co...