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Dec 2023
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The world in 2024

Financial Times
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Who will win the US presidential election? Will China continue its rapprochement with the west? What are the prospects for an end to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza? Gideon discusses these and other questions with the FT’s Martin Wolf, Karin von Hippel, director-general of the Royal United Services Institute, and Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group. Clip: CNN


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Americans won’t be terrified into rejecting Trump

Time is of the essence in defending Ukraine

America’s cultural supremacy and geopolitical weakness

Peace is impossible without resolving the leadership vacuum in Israel and Gaza

The US retains the economic advantage in its rivalry with China


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