Ian Bremmer on the Top Risks for 2024

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Every year, the geopolitical risk consultancy Eurasia Group releases an annual forecast of the political risks that are most likely to play out over the next 12 months. According to the group’s founder Ian Bremmer, 2024 is a year of grave concern—“the Voldemort of years … the year that must not be named.” 

But name it we must. In addition to wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, Bremmer’s group has cited artificial intelligence, an axis of rogue leaders, climate change, and global inflation as top risks for the year ahead. 

How can the world prepare for these challenges? Bremmer explored answers with FP’s Ravi Agrawal in a live discussion. Subscribers are encouraged to send in questions in advance.

Video clips from this event

  • Ian Bremmer on how the Biden White House is thinking about the drone attack on U.S. troops in Jordan by Iranian proxies, and how it might respond.

  • Bremmer explains what’s at stake for U.S. domestic politics if Donald Trump returns for a second term as president.

  • Watch Bremmer’s take on how the instability of the current geopolitical environment could impact a second Trump presidency.

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A woman in a headscarf walks past anti-U.S. graffiti showing the Statue of Liberty with its arm cut off on a wall outside the building formerly hosting the embassy of the United States in Tehran.

Ian Bremmer: Attack on U.S. Troops a ‘Red Line’ for Biden

The political risk expert on the chances of a wider war in the Middle East.

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