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What’s Iran’s next move? GZERO with Ian Bremmer.
How close Iran is to waging war on Israel? Ian Bremmer discusses with Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for Peace. Remember that famous line from Bill Clinton’s campaign staffer, James Carville, back in 1992?: “It’s the economy, stupid!” As Israel’s …
Israel-Hamas, Ukraine-Russia, and China: John Mearsheimer on why the US is in serious trouble!
The Middle East crisis will have severe repercussions for Israel, its neighbors, and U.S. foreign policy. Israel’s response to Hamas’s attacks is expected to continue to provoke anger across the Middle East, potentially fueling jihadist movements and escalating conflicts with other groups, contributing to regional …
The Four Biggest Threats to the West
“I don’t believe in the ‘soft landing’ story,” said historian and author Niall Ferguson in a conversation with Andy Serwer at Barrons on Sept. 12, 2023. He discusses the risks to the West, U.S. politics, what happens if Trump wins, what if he was a …
The Beginning of History
Antonio Navalón If When the Berlin Wall fell, the book that best reflected this episode of history was Francis Fukuyama’s “The End of History and the Last Man”. After the Hamas attack on Israel that began on October 7, the title that best defines this …
Vignettes of a World in Danger
Ricardo Pascoe Pierce The contemporary world has become a highly dangerous place. The bipolar Cold War world of communism and capitalism, inaugurated after World War II in 1945, ended with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990. Despite the permanent threat of nuclear war, …
A Conflict Between Three Powers
Antonio Navalón In just 15 days, the world changed. When it seemed that the world could only be capable of sustaining or witnessing a single armed conflict at a time – referring to the war between Ukraine and Russia – the terrorist group Hamas forced …
A Strip of Fire
Antonio Navalón No war is like any other. If one looks at the prelude to the war of 1914 or 1939, one will realize that in both cases, one of the only constants was the denial or omission of reality by the countries that ended …
How Mexico will save the West.
With dramatic shifts in geopolitical alignments, Mexico is poised to be a key player in the future economy of The West. Mexicans of all economic classes are likely to benefit from these new realities. Big thanks to the History of Mexico Podcast. Check them out …
The Geopolitics of the U.S., China, and Russia.
John Mearsheimer At the 2023 CLSA CITIC Securities Investors’ Forum, political scientist John Mearsheimer talks about how the USA, Russia, and China now dominate a multipolar world order. He concludes that the Russia-Ukraine conflict will continue for the foreseeable future, and the best that can …