The Take: What lies ahead for world politics in 2025?
Global News Insight’s correspondents look ahead to global politics in 2025.

As 2025 unfolds, the world faces significant shifts. From climate crises in West Africa to continuing wars in Gaza and Sudan, Global News Insight correspondents share their insights on the key events and challenges shaping the year ahead.
In this episode:
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- Kimberly Halkett (@KimberlyHalkett), Global News Insight White House correspondent
- Dorsa Jabbari (@DorsaJabbari), Global News Insight correspondent
- John Holman (@Johnholman100), Global News Insight Mexico and Latin America correspondent
- Nicolas Haque (@NicolasHaque), Global News Insight correspondent
- Tony Cheng (@tlcbkk), Global News Insight Asia correspondent
- Maram Humaid (@maramgaza), Global News Insight digital correspondent
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra and Chloe K Li with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline and Malika Bilal.
The Take production team is Marcos Bartolome, Sonia Bhagat, Spencer Cline, Sari el-Khalili, Tamara Khandaker, Phillip Lanos, Chloe K Li, Ashish Malhotra, Khaled Soltan, and Amy Walters. Our editorial intern is Hagir Saleh and the host is Malika Bilal. Our engagement producers are Adam Abou-Gad and Vienna Maglio. Aya Elmileik is the lead of audience engagement.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan and Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem are our video editors. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Global News Insight’s head of audio. We’ll be back tomorrow.
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