Image: on laoctava.comRicardo Pascoe PierceOn February 7, 2010, President Hugo Chávez was walking through the historic center of Caracas and noticed a building of a certain elegance. He asked what it was: a building with private jewelry stores. Chávez...
Image: on literalmagazine.comAngel Jaramillo Torres*The New Holy Alliance and the danger of a world conflagrationFor some historians, the real First World War occurred in 1756-1763.[1] Its theaters were multiple. The war in the United States pitted France and Britain...
Image: smshoot on iStockWars, polarization, and uncertainty reign in the immediate future.None of the forecasts at the beginning of the year* alerted us to the outcomes we experienced. The widely anticipated recession didn't happen; the U.S. economy is growing...
Photo: Aлесь Yсцінаў on PexelsRicardo Pascoe PierceAlthough the world's attention is focused on the conflict between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza, the war that will have serious global consequences in the future is still being waged...
https://youtu.be/K5tcwIicICg?si=WZaAxWoYzvcWtyFTIan Bremmer, a political scientist and president of Eurasia Group, joins us to discuss the historical and political context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In this conversation, Bremmer and our editor-in-chief, Robert Chapman-Smith, explore the current dynamics between Israel and...
https://youtu.be/t6JL2vdUow8?si=961LctD1ReFU8MV0How 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...