Hello from Munich, Germany, and welcome to a special edition of the G0 World podcast,

where you'll find extended versions of the interviews from my show on public television.

I'm Ian Bremmer, and this week I've got something a bit different for you.

I'm sharing a few of the best conversations I had at the 56th annual Munich Security Conference,

where 35 heads of state were among the more than 500 political leaders in attendance

to discuss the most pressing concerns about our collective security.

I kicked off by getting the big picture take from Anne-Marie Slaughter.

She's CEO of New America, and Anne-Marie Slaughter. She's CEO of New America.

And Anne-Marie explained what the Munich Security Conference is all about.

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The Munich Security Conference is a very special event in the world of foreign policy.

It's a place where you can find a younger think tank person sitting down with a minister

of foreign affairs or asking her first question to a president or a head of state.

We need those kinds of places in a very fractured GZero world.

A dominating topic this year, the outbreak of coronavirus and the first confirmed death

outside Asia. It was the subject of several of our conversations. Up first, former Secretary

of State John Kerry. Francis reported the first Secretary of State, John Kerry.

Francis reported the first death of a coronavirus case. Should Europeans be concerned?

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