Ian Bremmer

Ian Bremmer is a political scientist who helps business leaders, policymakers, and the general public make sense of the world around them. Bremmer is president and founder of Eurasia Group, the world's leading global research and advisory firm, and GZERO Media, a digital media company providing intelligent and engaging news coverage of international affairs. He is an independent voice on critical issues around the globe, offering clear-headed insights through speeches, written commentary, and even satirical puppets (really!).

Bremmer is credited with bringing the craft of political risk to financial markets and for establishing it as an academic discipline. His definition of emerging markets— “those countries where politics matters at least as much as economics for market outcomes”—has become an industry standard. “G-Zero,” his term for a global power vacuum in which no country is willing and able to set the international agenda, is widely used by policymakers and thought leaders.

A prolific writer, Bremmer is the author of eleven books, including The New York Times bestsellers “Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism,” which examines the rise of populism across the world, and his latest book, “The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats—and Our Response—Will Change the World,” which considers looming global crises (health emergencies, climate change, and technological revolution) and their potential to create global prosperity and opportunity.

Bremmer is a foreign affairs columnist and editor at large for Time magazine and the host of "GZERO World with Ian Bremmer," a global affairs program that airs weekly on US public television. Uniquely positioned to bring unbiased analysis on complex geopolitical issues, Bremmer is a frequent guest on leading broadcast television, digital news, and podcasts— from CNN and MSNBC to FOX and Newsmax— as well as key international media. In 2023-2024, Bremmer served as rapporteur of the UN High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, whose 2024 report marked the first global initiative to address AI-related risks and sharing its transformative potential globally.

Bremmer holds a master's degree and a doctorate in political science from Stanford University and a bachelor's degree in international relations from Tulane University. He currently teaches at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and previously was a professor at New York University. He is also a Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.