Tag: geopolitical tensions

• Foreign Policy Live: Will the U.S. Attack Venezuela?

  December 19, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/xAOvMSB Tensions continue to rise off the coast of Venezuela as U.S. President Donald Trump orders a blockade on sanctioned ships to and from the country. James Story served… more ›

• Opinion | The West Is Lost

  December 15, 2025

  Loss has become a pervasive condition of life in Europe and America. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/opinion/west-europe-america-lost.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rU8.fmj5.leL4plCy7p0w&smid=url-share more ›

• Amanpour: China’s Case as the World’s Superpower 

  October 4, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/SdLoQGq For years, Washington and Beijing have gone head-to-head for economic, military and technological superiority. At the United Nations General Assembly, China sent a clear message that it was… more ›

• Microsoft Asked FBI for Help With Israel-Gaza Protests

  August 27, 2025

  Twenty activists urging company to sever ties with Israeli military were arrested last week. Executive Brad Smith said he welcomed discussion but not disruption. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-26/microsoft-asked-fbi-for-help-with-israel-gaza-protests?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1NjIyMDc1MCwiZXhwIjoxNzU2ODI1NTUwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUMUxMOEpHUFFRR1UwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJGOENBMUZGREZGMEI0M0E1ODRENTk5MEQ3NDAwNDkzMCJ9.ZxRrVJ29dvRDmuie-Z8dWFKR1_o_HzD4hLa-kAzRlVc&leadSource=uverify%20wall more ›

• Did the Sun Ever Set on the Age of Empire? (with Niall Ferguson and Nathan Gardels)

  July 15, 2025

  On America’s 250th birthday, historian Niall Ferguson suggests that the US has reached an age when most republics fizzle out. Donald Trump’s rise is merely a symptom of this late-stage… more ›

• The China-Global South Podcast: Choosing Sides or Playing Both? Latin America Navigates U.S.–China Rivalry

  June 10, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/SKjFWG4 Latin America is the key focal point for the United States in its global competition with China. President Donald Trump has made it clear that he deems China's… more ›

• Sinica Podcast: The EU-China Relationship in the Age of Trumpian Disruption, with Finbarr Bermingham of the SCMP

  May 5, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/BAKmdfl This week on Sinica, I chat with SCMP Senior Europe Correspondent Finbarr Bermingham, who joins from Brussels where he's been covering the EU-China relationship in fantastic depth and… more ›

• Reuters Econ World: Europe’s energy security

  May 1, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/id3aTUy A blackout in Spain and Portugal exposes the region’s weak point. Europe’s energy security is fragile and facing challenges on a number of fronts. Relying on U.S. liquefied… more ›

• GZERO World with Ian Bremmer: A Baltic warning: What Ukraine war means for Europe—and the Russian perspective

  March 1, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/uzV1aMI On the GZERO World Podcast, we're bringing you two starkly different views on Ukraine's future and European security. First, Ian Bremmer speaks with Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže… more ›

• In Russia, dozens of dissenters are held as psychiatric patients

  February 20, 2025

    LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Dozens of Russians are being subjected to compulsory psychiatric treatment because of their political views, according to lawyers and human rights groups – a… more ›