What lies ahead for global politics in 2025?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
As 2025 unfolds, the world faces significant shifts. From climate crises in West Africa to continuing wars in Gaza and Sudan, Al Jazeera correspondents share their insights on the key events and challenges shaping the year ahead.
In this episode:
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Kimberly Halkett (@KimberlyHalkett), Al Jazeera White House Correspondent
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Dorsa Jabarri (@DorsaJabbari), Al Jazeera Correspondent
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John Holman (@Johnhiolman100), Al Jazeera Mexico and Latin America Correspondent
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Nicolas Haque (@NicolasHaque), Al Jazeera Correspondent
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Tony Cheng (@tlcbkk), Al Jazeera Asia Correspondent
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Maram Humaid (@maramgaza), Al Jazeera 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 Bartolomé, Sonia Bhagat, Spencer Cline, Sarí el-Khalili, Tamara Khandaker, Phillip Lanos, Chloe K. Li, Ashish Malhotra, Khaled Soltan, and Amy Walters. Our editorial intern is Hagir Saleh. Our host is Malika Bilal. Our engagement producers are Adam Abou-Gad and Vienna Maglio. Aya Elmileik is lead of audience engagement.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio. We’ll be back tomorrow.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, what's in store for the year ahead? |
| 0:14.0 | I suspect that 2025 will be a year of transformation. |
| 0:19.0 | From wars to political struggles and economic shifts, |
| 0:23.7 | this new year is poised to reshape the world in unexpected ways. |
| 0:29.9 | I'm Malika Bilal, and this is The Take. |
| 0:48.8 | With a new year underway, we tapped Al Jazeera's correspondence across the world to tell us what they think 2025 will be like for the regions they cover. |
| 0:55.5 | For me, covering Latin America and especially Mexico in 2025, I'm going to have, I think, a real sense of deja vu. It's already started. |
| 0:57.9 | 2024 was difficult, unexpected in terms of the number of conflicts we had to cover here |
| 1:03.6 | on the African continent. I expect that 2025 will have conflicts that will be too large for the world to ignore. |
| 1:13.5 | Unfortunately, in Gaza, we welcome a new year without any change. |
| 1:19.3 | Just things are getting worse and worse around us. |
| 1:24.1 | I am worried about what 2025 is going to look like because I've seen this movie before and I know how it ends. |
| 1:34.4 | The last voice you just heard was White House correspondent Kimberly Halkett. |
| 1:39.3 | As she prepares for what's ahead, she's also thinking about how today, January 6, marks an anniversary |
| 1:46.1 | that casts a long shadow over the United States. |
| 1:49.9 | We remember four years ago when we were certifying the election results for Joe Biden, |
| 1:58.9 | and we had an election that was being contested by Donald Trump. |
| 2:07.9 | That day, in 2021, led to the unprecedented storming of the U.S. Capitol, as then-President |
| 2:15.0 | Donald Trump's supporters tried to stop the certification of Joe Biden. |
| 2:19.8 | While many of those involved are now incarcerated, Trump has said that he's likely to pardon them |
| 2:24.9 | when he returns to office. |
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