Tracy Moran

I enjoyed chatting with Christopher Sands @uscanada-sands.bsky.social about US-Canada relations for the year ahead. He's optimistic. Find out why here.

Small Country Big Story: El Salvador and the appeal of the "world's coolest dictator" As Latin America gears up for a huge cycle of elections, Nayib Bukele's strongman approach to crime is winning admirers across the region.

What's the appeal of “the world’s coolest dictator”?
Alex Kliment explains the Bukele model @gzeromedia.com
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Will King Charles give the throne speech in Canada? King Charles is rumored to have been invited to Canada to deliver the speech from the throne, likely in late May, although whether he attends may depend on sensitivities in the office of UK Prime Mini...

Will King Charles give the throne speech in Ottawa next month? He may already have been invited, but the monarch may face a debate at home with the UK PM's office. @stephenmaher.bsky.social for @gzeromedia.com www.gzeromedia.com/will-king-ch...

Is India the Unexpected Victor of Trump's Trade Wars? India emerges as a potential winner in Trump's trade wars, leveraging its rivalry with China to strengthen ties with the US. Will Modi's strategic moves lead to a groundbreaking trade deal by 2025? An...

If there’s a winner from President Donald Trump’s trade wars, India is a good candidate. Its longtime rivalry with China gives Prime Minister Narendra Modi ample motive to build new bridges with the United States. www.gzeromedia.com/news/watchin...
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Saigon’s Last Day: The fall, the flight, and the aftermath of the Vietnam War April 30 marks 50 years since North Vietnamese troops overran the capital of US-aligned South Vietnam, ending what is known locally as the Resistance War against America.

Saigon, April 29, 1975. South Vietnamese forces have been falling back in the face of a communist offensive.

Many are traumatized by decades of war.

“White Christmas” begins playing on radios.

Some Saigonese know it’s a signal – to run.
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Not one car sold in the US market is 100% made in America. Look at our latest Graphic Truth to see where domestic manufacturers source their parts.
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What we learned from a week of AI-generated cartoons OpenAI recently released its GPT-4o image-generation model, which is billed as more responsive to prompts, more capable of accurately rendering text, and better at producing higher-fidelity images tha...

As image generation improves, "developers need to understand that these models are inevitably going to take up a lot of resources, arouse copyright concerns, and be weaponized for political purposes — or memes and misinformation."
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Putin says he supports ceasefire, but with a huge asterisk The Russian leader has conditions of his own for any ceasefire with Ukraine, and he also wants a meeting with Donald Trump.

Putin says he supports ceasefire, but with a huge asterisk. Russia's leader has laid out his terms, functionally a surrender, saying a settlement must address “long term” & “root causes” of his 2022 invasion. @gzeromedia.com
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GZERO Explains: Where do things stand for Mahmoud Khalil? The court battle over whether the US can deport Mahmoud Khalil, the 30-year-old Palestinian-Algerian activist detained in New York last Saturday, began this week in Manhattan. Khalil, an outspoken act...

GZERO Explains: Where do things stand for Mahmoud Khalil? His arrest raises questions about the rights of green card holders under the Trump administration. President Trump says his arrest is the first of many. @gzeromedia.com
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Will Putin's troops heed his call to 'completely destroy' Ukrainian forces in Kursk? Putin Urges Troops: "Completely Destroy" Ukrainian Forces

Putin told troops in the Kursk region on Wednesday to “completely destroy” the Ukrainian forces that have occupied parts of the area for nearly seven months. Meanwhile, US envoy Steve Witkoff was headed to Moscow to discuss a ceasefire. @gzeromedia.com www.gzeromedia.com/news/watchin...

Viewpoint: Far right surges to prominence ahead of German elections Amid a deep economic crisis and renewed migration concerns, the far-right party Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is poised to double its vote share in this weekend’s general elections. We talked to Eu...

Ahead of Germany's Sunday election, @gzeromedia.com asked @eurasiagroup.net's @jantechau.bsky.social whether the AfD has a path to government, what’s likely to happen, and about the road ahead for the next German government. Check out the Q&A here.

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Is it a bird? A plane? Or a super asteroid aiming for Earth? China is mobilizing against an asteroid with disturbingly good odds of hitting the planet. Here’s what you need to know.

Is it a bird? A plane? Or a super asteroid aiming for Earth? In about seven years, the possibility of a large asteroid striking the Earth is higher than your chances of dying in a commercial plane crash. @alexckaufman.bsky.social for @gzeromedia.com www.gzeromedia.com/news/analysi...

Hard Numbers: New records in global defense spending and journalist deaths, Car attack strikes Munich, Danes joke about buying California, Japan may u-turn on nuclear energy 2,460,000,000,000: In 2024, global defense spending rose to a new height of $2.46 trillion, according to the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank. Worth noting: The Kr...

At least 20 people, including kids, were injured in Munich tody when a driver plowed into a trade union demonstration. The attack puts the German city on alert a day before the 61st edition of the Munich Security Conference is set to get underway. @gzeromedia.com www.gzeromedia.com/news/hard-nu...

Is DeepSeek the next US national security threat? Before DeepSeek released its R1 model last month, America’s long-term AI dominance felt like a sure thing.

Is DeepSeek a security threat? It built a great model with a dearth of resources, spotlighting “the limits of the US export control system,” @eurasiagroup.net's Xiaomeng Lu tells @gzeromedia.com. “Tech. has evolved in a way that regulators failed to anticipate.” www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-ai/is-...

YouTube video by GZERO Media Canada tariff: Is Trump undermining America’s closest allies? | Ian Bremmer's Quick Take

why is trump starting a trade war with its closest ally canada?

i explain for @gzeromedia.com

It's happening. Trump to impose massive tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China. The move throws a bomb into three of the world's biggest trading relationships. But why?

Under Trump's new tariffs, imports from China will face 10% duties, while Canada and Mexico will face 25% (Canadian oil is an exception at 10%).

He also threatened to escalate tariffs further if any of the countries retaliate, as they've promised to do.
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Carney looks like he will win a chance to lose Unless some strange things happen, the next prime minister of Canada is likely to be an ambitious, high-achieving Albertan who made a mark on the world stage after excelling at Harvard and Oxford.

Unless some strange things happen, @stephenmaher.bsky.social writes, the next Canadian PM is likely to be an ambitious, high-achieving Albertan who made a mark on the world stage after excelling at Harvard & Oxford.
The question is, for how long? @gzeromedia.com
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Live from Davos 2025 | The AI Economy: An Engine for Local Growth Watch the live premiere Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 11 am ET / 5 pm CEST: Our Global Stage event will examine the emerging AI economy, the potential for enormous benefits to society, but also the i...

Join @gzeromedia.com at Davos now for a Global Stage discussion examining AI’s growing impact. www.gzeromedia.com/global-stage...

Exclusive: Ian Bremmer’s Top Risks for 2025 Here are brief summaries of the most important risks that will preoccupy world leaders, business decision-makers, and the rest of us in 2025, according to Bremmer and Kupchan. You can read the full re...

What are the world's Top Risks for 2025? Check out
@gzeromedia.com for summaries of the most important risks that will preoccupy world leaders, business decision-makers, and the rest of us in 2025, according to
@eurasiagroup.net & @ianbremmer.com. #TopRisks2025 gzeromedia.com/news/analysi...

GZERO reveals the top 10 geopolitical game changers of 2024 2024 was a year of dramatic reversals. Some came at the ballot box, where long-ruling parties took a beating, anti-establishment figures stormed into power, or strongmen managed to see off what looked...

2024 was a year of dramatic reversals. Some came at the ballot box, some on the battlefield, and some in how we think about politics and geopolitics more broadly. @gzeromedia.bsky.social reveals its top 10 political game changers of 2024 www.gzeromedia.com/news/analysi...

South Korean president declares martial law — then backs off In an unexpected, late-night speech on Tuesday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, banning all political activity, taking control of all media, and suspending parliament. For a...

South Korean president declares martial law — before backing off — in “an act of political desperation,” says @eurasiagroup.bsky.social's Jeremy Chan. It wasn’t about North Korea or social order; it was a message to legislators. @gzeromedia.bsky.social www.gzeromedia.com/news/watchin...

Biden tightens China’s access to chips one last time Throughout Joe Biden’s presidency, the Commerce Department has gradually tightened its chokehold on China’s access to semiconductors needed to access, train, and build artificial intelligence. It just...

Biden tightens China’s access to chips one last time, and Beijing strikes back. China is "trying to send a shot across the bow to get attention from the Trump team," @eurasiagroup.bsky.social's Xiaomeng Lu told @gzeromedia.bsky.social @scottnover.bsky.social www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-ai/bid...

Why are turkeys called turkeys if they aren’t from Turkey? No other animal is named for so many countries that it's not actually from.

Why are turkeys called turkeys? In a year when you may want to avoid talking about trade, colonialism, and immigration at the Thanksgiving table, you can now talk about all of those things by just talking turkey. A must-read by Alex Kliment @gzeromedia.bsky.social www.gzeromedia.com/news/analysi...

Trudeau’s former right-hand man thinks Trump 2.0 ‘will be harder’ When Donald Trump shocked the world by getting elected in 2016, Gerald Butts was the most important adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and played a key role in the tumultuous but ultimately succ...

When Trump shocked the world by getting elected in 2016, @gmbutts.bsky.social was the most important adviser to Justin Trudeau. Butts & @stephenmaher.bsky.social discuss the prospects for Canada with Trump 2.0 here. @gzeromedia.bsky.social www.gzeromedia.com/gzero-north/...

Trump builds a team of hawks Based on his picks so far, immigration will be at the top of Trump’s agenda as he appears poised to follow through with his campaign promises on this issue.

Meet Trump's hawks.@eurasiagroup.bsky.social's Clayton Allen: Rubio will advocate for something closer to "what you would expect traditional Republican orthodoxy on foreign policy to be. He’s certainly a bigger fan ... of NATO" than some @gzeromedia.bsky.social www.gzeromedia.com/news/analysi...

Can North Koreans help Russia push Ukrainians out of Russia? North Korea's state-controlled news agency KCNA announced on Tuesday that the country has ratified a strategic partnership agreement that allows Russia to use North Korean troops to help push Ukrainia...

North Korean soldiers could help Russia push forward with its offensive in Ukraine’s East. But beyond their ability to draw Ukrainian fire away from Russian forces, it’s not clear how effective they will be on the battlefield. Willis Sparks @gzeromedia.bsky.social www.gzeromedia.com/news/watchin...

Trump taps hardliners and loyalists for key positions Thomas D. Homan, Elise Stefanik, and Lee Zeldin have been picked for Trump 2.0, while Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and Michael Waltz are reportedly set to be nominated.

If his expanding slew of cabinet picks tells us anything, President-elect Donald Trump will, as expected, take an ultra-hardline approach to immigration, security matters, and relations with the United Nations. @gzeromedia.bsky.social www.gzeromedia.com/us-election/...