The World in 60 Seconds: Russia Hearts Trump and More
From the floor of the Democratic National Convention... it's the World in 60 Seconds!
US: Does Russia want Trump to win?
You bet! I mean you got a transactional guy, doesn’t really care about American alliances, gonna divide and conquer. Russia loves that idea. I’m fairly certain that they are actually not just rooting, but actually involved.
Baltics: Will NATO protect them from Russia?
Well, I mean if there were a tank invasion, sure. There’s not gonna be a tank invasion, it’s gonna be much more insidious than that. The question will be, will we see support for local Russians, will we see a “little green men” scenario? That would be harder to deal with, but let’s face it, it’s hard for NATO to protect the United States from Russia, in terms of the DNC hack. Baltics have an issue.
Turkey: Does the refugee crisis still give them bargaining power with the EU?
Less than it did a couple weeks ago. With them talking about going back to the death penalty, which would be a complete no-go for the EU process, also with the purges against the newspapers, against television stations, against teachers, everyone else, it’s getting harder.
UK: Will Corbyn stay on as leader of Labour?
On balance, yes. I think I’d say at least 60-40 he actually does win the vote in the Labour Party. But that also means there’s a better chance the Labour Party will fragment.
ASEAN: Will they be the next global powerhouse?
Not particularly, not globally. But they matter a lot more in terms of infrastructure. They’re going to be a good bet. A good regional bet, not a big global bet.
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Ian Bremmer is president of Eurasia Group, foreign affairs columnist at TIME and Global Research Professor at New York University. You can also follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
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8yCharles R It appears that you are prepare to believe this man who gave different speeches to suit hos audience. Take a bit of warning for the Vote for Brexit, first they did not have a clue what it would mean, they lied tp convince people to vote and people voted for all manner of things but not to get out of the EU. It you think anyone outside of the US thinks the Trump is a person to see as the US President, think again, we see him as full of bull. Yes we have loads of people who are going to get those in charge of the EU to listen to their demands for control back of the UK. WOW they miss the point that Blair took the UK to War without referral to the EU so we had control anyway. Sorry the outcome of Brexit is that it has placed RIGHT wing in charge of a country where center right governments have taken wages below the wages in Greece. Advice, Be careful what you wish for.
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