Ian Explains: The dark side of AI
Hollywood has long warned us about a future where humans and machines become indistinguishable, and we might be closer than we think. OpenAI's Dall-E-2 can create images from text prompts, like...
View ArticleIan Explains: The problem of our diminishing water supply
Water is a vital resource the world can't live without, yet it's something we often overlook. Did you know that there is only one ocean on Earth? It's true. It might have a different name depending on...
View ArticleIan Explains: Banking turmoil and the panic pandemic
There’s talk of another surge. We're talking, of course, about…banking. Much of what’s driving today’s banking drama—resulting in the most significant government intervention since the Great...
View ArticleIan Explains: Putin's partners and allies
Does Vladimir Putin have any friends left? Despite Russia's international isolation after invading Ukraine, there are still countries supporting Moscow, Ian Bremmer explains on GZERO World.There are...
View ArticleIan Explains: Trump's Republican competition
It’s hard to believe, but the 2024 race for US president is already kicking off. With months to go before the first primary ballots are cast, the candidates are already jockeying for position, Ian...
View ArticleIan Explains: Will US infrastructure finally be fixed?
At 6:05pm on a sweltering August evening in 2007, rush hour traffic was crawling across Minneapolis’ I-35 bridge. Then, the bridge began to shake. Thirteen people died and 140 more were injured when...
View ArticleIan Explains: Why is global debt so high?
As of 2023, global debt as ballooned to an eye-watering $300 trillion. That’s an average of $37,500 for every person on the planet. Why is global debt so high? Decades of low interest rates and cheap...
View ArticleIan Explains: The US Supreme Court's history of political influence
Has the Supreme Court become too politicized? American confidence in the Supreme Court is at an all-time low. Just 25% of US adults have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the court, a...
View ArticleIan Explains: What the war in Ukraine looks like inside Russia
Why do so many Russians continue to support the war in Ukraine? And what does public support even mean in a country with no viable political opposition, no independent media, and an autocratic...
View ArticleIan Explains: Is India a US ally? It's complicated
Whose side is India on? Well, it's complicated. Based on the plushest of red carpets that President Biden rolled out for the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his White House visit in June,...
View ArticleIan Explains: Why America is bad at keeping secrets
Here’s a secret: the US government’s system for classifying documents doesn’t work very well, and it hasn’t for decades. If you follow the news, you’ve likely seen stories a-plenty about former...
View ArticleIan Explains: Why Russia has a permanent seat on the UN Security Council
Why does Russia have a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council?On August 1, the United States will take over the Security Council presidency and it has a lot of major issues on the...
View ArticleIan Explains: Why is Russia trying to starve the world?
Why is Russia trying to starve the world? Nearly a year-and-a-half into its invasion of Ukraine—after the massacre of civilians in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, after the indiscriminate shelling of...
View ArticleIan Explains: Why antisemitism is increasing around the world
Antisemitism is as old as civilization. An ancient Greek historian in the second century BCE railed against the “ridiculous practices” of the Jews and the “absurdity of their law.” And Shakespeare’s...
View ArticleIan Explains: Why big tech will rule the world
Who runs the world? It used to be an easy question to answer, but the next global super power isn’t who you think it is—not the US, not China. In fact, it’s not a country at all ... It’s technology.On...
View ArticleIan Explains: The UN General Assembly meets amidst converging crises
There’s no shortage of global crises facing the United Nations as heads of state and top diplomats converge on New York City next week for the annual UN General Assembly. But this year, things seem...
View ArticleIan Explains: Is the world better today thanks to human progress?
Human progress doesn’t have a finish line. Our body clocks stop ticking at some point, but that’s not the same as reaching a destination, or achieving a goal. So how do we—as a community, as a...
View ArticleIan Explains: What is the World Trade Organization?
You probably don’t spend a ton of time thinking about the World Trade Organization (WTO), but it has a huge role in almost every aspect of your daily life—from your morning Brazil-roasted coffee to...
View ArticleIan Explains: Can we save the planet without hurting the economy?
“How much are we willing to sacrifice to stop climate change?”That’s how the conversation is usually framed, that fighting climate change requires some sort of trade-off: save the planet vs. maintain...
View ArticleIan Explains: Why India-Canada relations are tense over a mysterious murder
On June 18th in a Vancouver suburb, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh leader and Canadian citizen, pulled his grey pickup truck out of a parking space at his local temple. In security video viewed by The...
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