Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmer
Ian Bremmeris an American political scientist specializing in U.S. foreign policy, states in transition, and global political risk. He is the president and founder of Eurasia Group, a political risk research and consulting firm with offices in New York, Washington, London, Tokyo, São Paulo, and San Francisco. As of December 2014, he is foreign affairs columnist and editor-at-large at Time. In 2013, he was named Global Research Professor at New York University. Eurasia Group provides analysis and expertise about how...
energy seen since supplies worst year
Without question, this is the worst political-risk year we've seen for energy supplies since 1973.
ability gives greater marginal market power producers tight
Today's exceptionally tight market gives marginal producers unprecedented power and greater geopolitical importance. They have the ability to press. They have leverage.
belief creates culture education optimistic upside
The upside is the culture of entrepreneurship that comes from education and the belief in opportunities. It creates a very optimistic outlook.
iranians precisely ramp shown thus
The Iranians can ramp this up or back as they're pressed. And thus far, they have shown every inclination to do precisely that.
wall thinking identity
I think graffiti is part of Berlin culture. You think about what the Berlin wall meant and how visible that was in everyone's life. How it was a part of their very identity.
ideas together culture
Berlin is a very edgy place, a very cosmopolitan place. It's a place where completely different ideas and cultures come together and clash in a very warm way. In a very warm-hearted way.
girl college age
I was fifteen in college at Tulane. I lied about my age in college so that I could be normal socially. So that girls would go out with me and stuff like that. I just said I was normal age.
college challenges fifteen
Academics were not a challenge when I was fifteen in college. The challenge was figuring out how to fit in socially.
strong agendas world
Strong states and blocs of strong states are the only source of power and legitimacy capable of driving an international agenda in today's world.
imf littles etc
International institutions like the Security Council, the General Assembly, the G20, the BRICs, the IMF, etc., continue to be little more than an extension of the (increasingly conflicting) values and interests of member states.
war two world
The two world wars boosted American power and devastated potential rivals to an extent that could not have lasted more than a few decades.
government people battle
In environments where corporations become too interventionist and capture regulation themselves, the government must be able to battle back so that the people have a chance.
order horizon
I don't see a coherent global order anywhere on the horizon.
country spring iran
There is always the risk that a conflagration in the Middle East becomes larger and more dangerous. In this scenario, we discover that the Arab Spring was merely the prelude to a deeper and much farther-reaching upheaval in the region that has greater impact on countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia.