Davos, meet humility: grappling with Russia & egregious violations of international law
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 world is facing. In total, 2700 leaders from 130 count...
21 Jan 202327min
Nobody wins in nuclear Armageddon: Rafael Grossi's plan to keep us safe in time of war
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 World podcast, Rafael Grossi, Director General of the ...
14 Jan 202327min
China's economic head start & a world accelerating into recession
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 will create strong economic headwinds in the year t...
7 Jan 202333min
View from "fully blockaded" Nagorno-Karabakh during Armenia's conflict with Azerbaijan
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 has once again heated up with Armenia accusing Azer...
23 Des 202220min
Not infallible: Russia, China, and US democracy with Tom Nichols & Anne-Marie Slaughter
From the largest European land invasion since World War II in Ukraine to the essential “coronation” of the world’s most powerful person in Beijing, to one of the biggest political comebacks for Democr...
17 Des 202245min
After Mahsa Amini: Iran’s fight for freedom, with Masih Alinejad
Iran is being rocked by its most significant protests since the Green Movement of 2009. Since September, hundreds of thousands of young and mostly female demonstrators have filled the streets of nearl...
10 Des 202233min
What US midterms tell us about the state of US democracy
Remember when the US midterms were boring? As the dust settles on the most surprising US midterm elections in decades, ‘what’ happened is becoming clearer, but ‘why’ it happened is a harder question t...
19 Nov 202224min
European unity vs Putin, energy shortages, & economic pain
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 the region, bringing a plethora of economic, political, ...
12 Nov 202225min
