GZero World with Ian Bremmer

We're digging into the politics of data, artificial intelligence, automation, and how all three could make American tech companies look a lot like their Chinese counterparts. Ian sits down with Amy Webb, CEO of the Future Today Institute, talks about how tech titans and their machines could warp humanity. 

The United States is the world's undisputed superpower. But how much longer can that last? Enter: China. Ian Bremmer talks to the man who once commanded the world's most powerful military, former Defense Secretary Ash Carter. 

Buckle up, we're going interstellar. A visitor from another star and earth-like planets. Joining Ian Bremmer to sort all of this out is a very special guest: Avi Loeb. He's head of astronomy at Harvard and he's made a compelling case about an "alien probe."

This week we get into the politics of trust. Where it's been lost. Where it's been gained. And why the answers to those questions point to the reshaping of our world. Then Ian talks to journalist and cofounder of The Intercept,  Glenn Greenwald.

Ian gets real about life after global warming and then sits down with David Wallace-Wells, a man who’s come up with a roadmap to deal with climate change.

The world's biggest democracy heads to the polls. It's also expanding the world's largest biometric ID system to track 1.3 billion people. A man who recently ran the Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan, explains why. #RaghuramRajan

By now you know what's in the Mueller report and the spin-masters have told you what to think. But the most important takeaway isn't only about Trump. It's also about Putin. Ian discusses the Mueller Report with the man who oversaw investigations into suspected Russian organized crime, former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara. 

Greece's Dark Decade with Kyriakos Mitsotakis

After the ISIS caliphate fell in Iraq, a question hung over much of the country. What comes next? On today's show Ian talks to Ben Taub, a New Yorker magazine reporter who was recently was on-the-ground in Mosul, Iraq. 

In bailing out Greece did the European Union destroy the village in order to save it? Today on the show, Ian dives deep into the Greek debt crisis to bring you a tale of such adversity to be worthy of Homer, himself. Then he'll speak to the man who will likely be Greece's next prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

By the end of this episode, you're going to feel 10% less crazy about the world. Ian makes his case and then sits down with a man who's worked everywhere from Moscow to Mumbai, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Tom Pickering.

Mexico's new president is having a moment. Since his election last year, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, or AMLO for short, has enjoyed sky-high approval ratings. But can he deliver on his lofty promises? And how will he handle his neighbor to the north? Ian will dig into it and then talk to Mexico's former Foreign Minister, Jorge Castañeda.

The war in Afghanistan has gone on so long that people born after 9/11 can now enlist. So how do we get out? Ian digs into it and then talks to someone who knows the country better than most: Retired General Stanley McChrystal, who once commanded all NATO forces in Afghanistan.

The development of 5G, or 5th generation mobile networks, is such a big deal that it's been compared to the invention of electricity. There's only one problem: China's cornering the market. Ian explains and then digs in deeper with Keyu Jin, China expert at the London School of Economics.

The global order is fraying...and it's not entirely Trump's doing. In this week's episode Ian charts the unraveling of key global alliances and sits down with Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations.