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Ian Bremmer

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Ian Bremmer, Founder and President of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media, is a member of the Executive Committee of the UN High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence.

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  1. Up Against Trump’s Tariff Wall
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    Up Against Trump’s Tariff Wall

    Apr 8, 2025 Ian Bremmer explains why US trade policy is tantamount to an unprecedented economic “own goal.”

  2. Trump’s Tariffs Are Not a Negotiating Tactic
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    Trump’s Tariffs Are Not a Negotiating Tactic

    Mar 10, 2025 Ian Bremmer emphasizes a fundamental difference between the US trade agenda now and during the president’s first term.

  3. Trump Will Not Kill the Global Energy Transition
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    Trump Will Not Kill the Global Energy Transition

    Feb 11, 2025 Ian Bremmer assuages fears that the global energy transition will be thrown into reverse by the new US administration.

  4. Trump Will Put the US and China Back on a Collision Course
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    Trump Will Put the US and China Back on a Collision Course

    Jan 7, 2025 Ian Bremmer thinks Xi Jinping's government will be less accommodative of the “Tariff Man's” demands this time around.

  5. The Global Power Vacuum Comes to Syria
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    The Global Power Vacuum Comes to Syria

    Dec 6, 2024 Ian Bremmer explains how external dynamics led to renewed fighting in the country's 13-year-long civil war.

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    Will Qatari Gold Sink Netanyahu?

    Konstanty Gebert

    Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's decision to fire the country's internal security chief has raised suspicions, given that the move comes just after the launch of an investigation into a new scandal involving his own aides. Israelis are right to worry that they could now be heading for a constitutional crisis.

     explains the latest scandal to hit Israel's increasingly illiberal, norm-breaking government.
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    The US and Russia Are Negotiating in Bad Faith

    Nina L. Khrushcheva thinks the Kremlin is laying the groundwork for a highly favorable deal on the Ukraine war.
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    Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Demands More Than Competitiveness

    Marietje Schaake & Max von Thun warn that the European Union’s deregulatory push could undermine its autonomy and fundamental values.
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    How Should Africa Respond to Foreign-Aid Cuts?

    Ifeanyi M. Nsofor touts the potential of foreign remittances to sustain public services as external support shrinks.
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    How Should China Respond to Trump’s Tariffs?

    Huang Yiping urges Chinese policymakers to fill the leadership vacuum created by America’s protectionist turn.
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    Who Will Drive the Post-American Global Economy?

    Jim O'Neill considers what other large economies can do to offset the effects of the Trump administration's trade warfare.
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    Health Is Wealth in a Geriatric World

    Hippolyte Fofack

    The Global South is increasingly at risk of growing old before becoming rich, which implies huge social and economic costs. To avert this outcome, the Hevolution Foundation, a nonprofit backed by the Saudi royal family, has begun to support research focused on lengthening healthspans – the period of life spent in good health.

     explains why increasing “healthspans” to match lifespans is a moral and economic imperative.
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    Europe’s Democrats Must Forge a Will to Fight

    Wojciech Przybylski & Goran Buldioski think European leaders' most urgent security task is to nurture citizens' resolve to defend their countries.
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    Governments Are Not Startups

    Mariana Mazzucato & Rainer Kattel explain why ongoing efforts to run the state like a business are doomed to fail.

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