Ian Bremmer

Why you should listen

Ian Bremmer is the president and founder of political risk research and consulting firm Eurasia Group as well as GZERO Media, a company dedicated to providing intelligent and engaging coverage of international affairs. He teaches at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and works as an independent voice on critical issues around the globe, offering insights through speeches, written commentary and even satirical puppets. He serves as foreign affairs columnist and editor-at-large for TIME, hosts GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, which airs weekly on US national public television, and is a frequent guest on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and many other networks around the world. He also created Wall Street's first global political risk index (GPRI) and established political risk as an academic discipline.

A prolific writer, Bremmer is the author of eleven books including Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism, which examines the rise of populism across the world, and The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats—and Our Response—Will Change the World, which discusses how health emergencies, climate change and the technological revolution will impact global prosperity.