Overview
- The episode aired on Thursday, January 22 at 23:15 on ZDF with a simultaneous live stream on the broadcaster’s website.
- Guests were former Chancellery chief Wolfgang Schmidt, CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen, Deutschlandfunk’s Sabine Adler and Die Zeit’s Holger Stark.
- Discussion centered on U.S. plans for Greenland, the Kremlin’s view of the dispute, Russian aims in the Arctic and the state of transatlantic relations.
- Pleitgen outlined Russia’s interests in the North Polar region and reviewed the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term.
- The broadcast is available in the ZDF-Mediathek from Friday, January 23 at 01:00 with access slated through February 22, 2028, and the show continues to be produced without a studio audience.