Ian Bremmer is a prominent political scientist and the founder and president of Eurasia Group, a political risk advisory firm, and GZERO Media, which covers international affairs. His insights assist business leaders, policymakers, and the public in understanding global issues. Bremmer has significantly influenced the field of political risk, creating Wall Street’s first global political risk index and establishing political risk as an academic discipline. His definition of emerging markets, where politics is as crucial as economics for market outcomes, has become a standard in the industry. He coined the term “G-Zero” to describe a global power vacuum where no nation is prepared to lead the international agenda, a concept widely recognised by policymakers.

Bremmer is a prolific author, with 11 books to his name, including the New York Times bestseller, Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism, and his latest work, The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats — and Our Responses — Will Change the World. He serves as rapporteur for the UN High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence and is a foreign affairs columnist and editor at large for TIME magazine. He hosts GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, a weekly global affairs programme on US public television, and frequently appears on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC.

Bremmer holds a master’s degree and a doctorate in political science from Stanford University, where he became the youngest national fellow at the Hoover Institution. He earned his bachelor’s degree in international relations from Tulane University. Currently, he teaches at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and has previously been a professor at New York University.