https://www.youtube.com/watch/HOd05rBptEM Has Putin’s economy hit crisis at the worst moment for Russia? | Q&A
Philip Ingram answers questions from the audience on the war in Ukraine and global security.
You have been watching Frontline, with Kate Gerbeau, Philip Ingram and Louis Sykes, produced by Times Radio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch/Ha-Ch8VeTL0 Sarah Paine: How Putin is Destroying Russia as Great Power
Great powers rarely fall in a single blow. They weaken when one strategic gamble closes more doors than it opens. That is the story here.
Putin’s invasion of Ukraine was intended to restore Russia’s stature. Instead, it has accelerated its loss of great-power autonomy. Sanctions, technological isolation, capital flight, and demographic decline have compounded long-standing structural weaknesses. The war did not create Russia’s fragility — it exposed and intensified it.
The most consequential shift has been eastward.
Before 2022, Moscow could hedge between Europe and China. That flexibility is largely gone. Beijing is now Russia’s primary economic outlet, technological supplier, and diplomatic shield. This is not parity; it is asymmetry. China has options. Russia increasingly does not.
That loss of optionality is the real decline. Great powers retain freedom of manoeuvre. They choose their alignments; they are not compelled into them. By overplaying his hand, Putin narrowed Russia’s strategic space and locked it into a position of dependence.
The concept of “death ground” sharpens the point. When leaders perceive existential stakes, escalation becomes easier than retreat. But operating from that mindset reduces flexibility further. It hardens positions and raises the cost of correction.
Russia still possesses nuclear weapons and a UN Security Council seat — the symbols of great-power status. Yet symbol and substance are diverging. Economic dependence on China, constrained policy space, and mounting internal strain point to a quieter reality: a state that looks powerful, but negotiates from weakness.
Putin set out to restore Russian greatness. His pivotal error may instead mark the moment Russia’s great-power status began to erode in substance, even if it remains intact in form.
00:00 The Historical Context of Russian-Chinese Relations
02:13 Strategic Dependence vs. Vulnerability
03:43 Desperation and the Concept of Death Ground
https://www.youtube.com/watch/F2vgYdSjvAM Russia’s “shadow war” | Global Stage
Beyond the battlefield in Ukraine, Russia is waging an expanded war across Europe. At the Munich Security Conference, Alina Polyakova calls it a “broad shadow war,” warning that attacks on infrastructure and civilian systems are part of a deliberate strategy to weaken the continent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch/saPOm2h6x64 How the US went from global cop to King of the Jungle | Ian Bremmer Explains
Ian Bremmer breaks down how Trump’s second term is reshaping American power — and what it means for the global order.
In the latest “Ian Explains,” Bremmer examines the shift from decades of US-led global leadership to President Trump’s more unilateral “America First” approach. From withdrawing from international agreements to reviving tariffs and allowing key arms control treaties to lapse, the signals suggest Washington is pulling back. But is it?
From forceful action in Venezuela to an explicit doctrine of dominance in the Western Hemisphere, Trump has shown he’s willing to assert American power — just not through the institutions that defined the postwar order. As allies hedge and adversaries like China step into new leadership roles, Bremmer asks whether the United States is retreating from the world, or redefining how it leads it.
GZERO Media, a Eurasia Group company, is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights, and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our weekly show on US public television; our newsletters GZERO Daily, GZERO AI, GZERO North, and GZERO Daily with Ian Bremmer; our parody series Puppet Regime; our digital video series including Ian Bremmer’s Quick Take every week; and the GZERO World Podcast. Our content is free and available at https://ift.tt/c2oupfI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch/UJ3qbnxidVY Trump White House in SHAMBLES after DISASTER Epstein Hearing
Pam Bondi’s Epstein hearing on Capitol Hill was a total DISASTER. Sarah Longwell of @bulwarkmedia joins Alex Wagner to unpack the fallout.
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Being an American right now is a wild ride. Every day brings a new controversy, breathless media narratives and the same loud voices rushing in to score political points. Then another Truth Social post drops and the circus moves on. But all that noise is drowning out the actual story. On her new podcast Runaway Country, veteran journalist Alex Wagner talks to the voices at the center of the headlines: from the fringes of the resistance, to the marrow of MAGA, to the many people who’ve found themselves smack-dab in the crosshairs of a fight they never asked for. Because if you want to understand our unreal times, you’ve got to talk to the very real people who are experiencing it all first-hand. Join Alex as she brings together the stories of everyday Americans trapped in our national car with no brakes, alongside conversations with some of the smartest thinkers in politics. Buckle up, this road could lead anywhere.
Crooked believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us—one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. At a time when it’s increasingly easy to feel cynical or hopeless, former Obama staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor have created a place where people can have sane conversations that inform, entertain, and inspire action. In 2017 they started Crooked with Pod Save America—a no-bullshit conversation about politics. Since then, we continue to add shows, voices, and opportunities for activism, because it’s up to all of us to do our part to build a better world. That’s it. End of mission.
https://www.youtube.com/watch/ZiH8C57LUGs Putin’s ‘horrendous losses’ could cause riots in the streets of Moscow | Hamish de Bretton-Gordon
“Casualties in Afghanistan in the 80s, which were five per cent of what we’re talking about now, which caused riots in the streets… if Putin has to start mobilising in Moscow, it is recognition that they are losing.”
Putin and the Kremlin’s “horrendous losses” on the frontline could be the straw that “breaks the Russian camel’s back”, says former British Army colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon.
You have been watching Frontline, with Kate Gerbeau, Philip Ingram and Louis Sykes, produced by Times Radio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch/lr2dVCzA7t0 Russia fears further deep strikes as Zelensky denies elections claims
Ukraine may look for strategic deep strike targets to avoid getting bogged down in a new Russian spring offensive as Zelensky denies plans to hold elections after February, says Retired Air Vice Marshal Sean Bell on Frontline.,
You have been watching Frontline, with Kate Gerbeau, Philip Ingram and Louis Sykes, produced by Times Radio.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch/tOCszaIgZCk Echoes of Conspiracy from Ruby Ridge to Today
In 1992 the Weaver family, conspiracy-driven white separatists, faced down federal agents in what is now known as the siege at Ruby Ridge. Chris Jennings, author of “End of Days,” explains how this moment set the stage for the conspiracy-laced politics of the Trump era.
Originally aired on February 12, 2026
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Amanpour and Company features wide-ranging, in-depth conversations with global thought leaders and cultural influencers on the issues and trends impacting the world each day, from politics, business and technology to arts, science and sports. Christiane Amanpour leads the conversation on global and domestic news from London with contributions by prominent journalists Walter Isaacson, Michel Martin, and Hari Sreenivasan from the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center in New York City.
https://www.youtube.com/watch/ekHjd_VoZs4 Trump World ROCKED by NEW Epstein Details
Trump is CAUGHT in a risky Epstein trap. Will he take the bait? Sarah Longwell of @bulwarkmedia joins Alex Wagner to break down NEW details from the Epstein Files.
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The latest release of more than three million Epstein files has exposed the vast network of powerful and ultra-rich elites who were part of Jeffrey Epstein’s social and business circle. This week, Alex speaks to journalist Kurt Andersen about the way people at the highest echelons of politics, business, academia, and beyond co-mingle. Then, she’s joined by The Bulwark’s Sarah Longwell to discuss whether or not this issue might finally bring about some political consequences for President Trump and his administration.
0:00 – Trump CAUGHT in Risky Epstein Trap
6:03 – Kurt Andersen Interview
6:59 – Defining The “Epstein Class”
8:14 – The 90s NYC Elite Salon Scene
12:33 – Partisan Affiliation Was Unimportant
14:17 – Cultivating Intimacy With Captains Of Industry
16:03 – Epstein In The 80s And 90s
17:17 – Epstein’s Vast Social Circle
19:20 – Ad Break
24:16 – Sarah Longwell Interview
26:32 – Connecting Epstein To Elite Culture And Trump
27:50 – Epstein Files Illustrate A Secret Elite Pedophile Cabal
30:30 – Fallout From The Epstein Files
35:01 – Pam Bondi Dukes It Out With Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
40:35 – Ad Break
46:25 – If Accountability Is Possible With Epstein Files
51:25 – The Coming Reckoning Between Trump and Republicans
55:05 – Trump Is In Real Trouble
1:00:07 – Fulton County, GA Update
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Being an American right now is a wild ride. Every day brings a new controversy, breathless media narratives and the same loud voices rushing in to score political points. Then another Truth Social post drops and the circus moves on. But all that noise is drowning out the actual story. On her new podcast Runaway Country, veteran journalist Alex Wagner talks to the voices at the center of the headlines: from the fringes of the resistance, to the marrow of MAGA, to the many people who’ve found themselves smack-dab in the crosshairs of a fight they never asked for. Because if you want to understand our unreal times, you’ve got to talk to the very real people who are experiencing it all first-hand. Join Alex as she brings together the stories of everyday Americans trapped in our national car with no brakes, alongside conversations with some of the smartest thinkers in politics. Buckle up, this road could lead anywhere.
Crooked believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us—one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. At a time when it’s increasingly easy to feel cynical or hopeless, former Obama staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor have created a place where people can have sane conversations that inform, entertain, and inspire action. In 2017 they started Crooked with Pod Save America—a no-bullshit conversation about politics. Since then, we continue to add shows, voices, and opportunities for activism, because it’s up to all of us to do our part to build a better world. That’s it. End of mission.
https://www.youtube.com/watch/dkRUzPkbQtc Munich Security Conference: Can Europe defend itself without the US? | Ian Bremmer’s Quick Take
At the Munich Security Conference, the mood is clear: Europe no longer assumes the United States will lead. In this Quick Take, Ian Bremmer reports from Munich, where this year’s theme, “Under Destruction,” reflects growing anxiety that the US itself is destabilizing the transatlantic alliance it once anchored.
While European leaders talk openly about autonomy and de-risking from America economically and technologically, the security reality is starkly different. The United States remains overwhelmingly dominant militarily, and Europe lacks both the unity and fiscal capacity to respond independently.
As Ian puts it:
“Recognition doesn’t mean you can respond to it.”
Europe understands the G-Zero world is here. The question is whether it can act like a geopolitical power, or whether it remains constrained by fragmentation and dependence.
GZERO Media, a Eurasia Group company, is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights, and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our weekly show on US public television; our newsletters GZERO Daily, GZERO AI, GZERO North, and GZERO Daily with Ian Bremmer; our parody series Puppet Regime; our digital video series including Ian Bremmer’s Quick Take every week; and the GZERO World Podcast. Our content is free and available at https://ift.tt/yOUx0H2.
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