Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer is a political scientist who helps business leaders, policymakers, and the general public make sense of the world around them. He is the Founder and President of Eurasia Group, the world's leading global political risk research and consulting firm, and GZERO Media, a company providing intelligent and engaging coverage of international affairs. Bremmer is a sought-after adviser on international risk management who reads the global political and economic landscape. He is a prolific writer and author of eleven books and the Foreign Affairs Columnist and Editor at Large for Time magazine. Bremmer currently teaches at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and previously was a professor at New York University.
Ian Bremmer Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and President
Academic History
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Ph.D., Political Science
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M.A., Political Science
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B.A., International Relations
Bremmer established Eurasia Group with just $25,000 in 1998.
Today, the company has offices in New York, Washington DC, San Francisco, London, Tokyo, Singapore, São Paulo, and Brasilia, as well as a network of experts and resources in 90 countries.
He is Eurasia Group's most active public voice, leading the firm's executives, money managers, diplomats and heads of state.
EXPERTISE
Bremmer is credited with bringing the craft of political risk to financial markets, creating Wall Street's first global political risk index, and for establishing political risk as an academic discipline.
He works as an independent voice on critical issues around the globe, offering insights through speeches, written commentary and even satirical puppets.
“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.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Founder and President, GZERO Media
Foreign Affairs Columnist and Editor-at-Large, TIME Magazine
Founding Chairman, Global Agenda Council on Geopolitical Risk
Board of Trustee, Intelligence Squared
Leadership Council, Concordia
RECOGNITIONS
2007 Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum
Harold J. Newman Distinguished Fellow in Geopolitics
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Bremmer regularly expresses his views on political issues in public speeches, television appearances, and top publications.
He actively discusses the intersection between politics and markets in the media.
He is the Host of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, a global affairs program that airs weekly on US public television.
He is a regular columnist for the Financial Times A-List and appears regularly on CNBC, Fox Business, Bloomberg, the BBC, CNN, and MSNBC, among others.