GZERO WORLD WITH IAN BREMMER: Iraq 20 Years Later

By Jennifer Robinson / Web Producer

Published March 20, 2023 at 5:02 PM PDT

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Host Ian Bremmer

Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Watch now with the PBS App

The world has changed a lot in the two decades since Saddam Hussein's statue was toppled in Baghdad, and so has America's standing in it. What lessons can we learn from the US invasion of Iraq to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past? On this episode, Ian Bremmer is joined by Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL); Richard Engel, Chief Foreign Correspondent, NBC News.

Looking back at the complicated legacy of the Iraq War on the 20th anniversary of the US-led invasion. The world has changed a lot since Saddam Hussein’s statue was toppled in Baghdad, and so has America’s standing in it. But what lessons can we learn from Iraq to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past?

GZERO WORLD WITH IAN BREMMER is a public affairs series built for our disorienting time, when the world order that has united much of the globe since the end of World War II is fraying. Host and renowned political scientist Ian Bremmer sits down each week with world leaders, noted experts, and newsmakers from all sides of the political spectrum for a compelling discussion of recent events in global politics.

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GZERO WORLD WITH IAN BREMMER: Iraq 20 Years Later

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