From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to Stay Tuned.

I'm Pete Barara.

We've got Omicron, which is much more transmissible, and it is much less lethal.

And the Chinese are still focusing on zero COVID and cases as opposed to hospitalizations and death.

Their ability to respond with the same damn policy that worked in 2020 so well is going to really hurt them in 2022.

That's Ian Bremmer.

He's the founder and president of Eurasia Group, a political risk research and consulting firm.

He also leads G0 media, which provides coverage of international affairs across a range of media platforms.

Ian has the distinction of being the most frequent guess we've had on Stay Tuned.

But it's been two years since he joined me to analyze his firm's annual top risks report that sizes up the most acute, political, and economic challenges facing the globe in the year ahead.

We discussed the rough road ahead for China to contain the pandemic in 2022, the showdown between Russia and Ukraine, and why the US should brace for impact ahead of November's midterm elections.

That's coming up.

Stay tuned.

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Now let's get to your questions.

This question comes in a tweet from Twitter user at Balto Sox.

Who says happy new year, Pete, how can the work of the January 6th committee continue or be protected if Democrats lose the house can DOJ name a special prosecutor?

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