Ian Bremmer

Bremmer is a foreign affairs columnist and editor-at-large at TIME. He is the president of Eurasia Group, a political-risk consultancy, and GZERO Media, a company dedicated to providing intelligent and engaging coverage of international affairs. He teaches applied geopolitics at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and his most recent book is Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism.

Protestors chant anti-government slogans in Suwaida, Syria on June 9, 2020.

Amid a Crippling Economy and U.S. Sanctions, the Syrian Regime May Be On the Brink of Collapse

Syria's Bashar Assad has been counted out before. There were times during h...

Syria's Bashar Assad has been counted out before. There were times during his country's civil war, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people and pushed more than 12 million more from their homes, when...

A resident (R) wearing a facemask as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus offers Friday prayers along with other Muslims at a mosque in Rawalpindi on March 13, 2020.

What Happens Next as Pakistan Lurches from Crisis to Crisis

I recently wrote about the countries that have delivered the world’s best c...

I recently wrote about the countries that have delivered the world’s best coronavirus responses… and Pakistan wasn’t anywhere on the list. But that doesn’t mean Pakistan’s battle with coronavirus isn’t instructive for other countries. As...

Soldiers from the military's chemical units take part in a drill to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Xindian district in Taiwan on March 14, 2020.

The Best Global Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic

It’s June, and the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic has now shifted to...

It’s June, and the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic has now shifted to the Americas, according to the World Health Organization. As the world transitions into the next stage of the global pandemic, now is...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel deliberates with US president Donald Trump at the G7 summit on June 9, 2018 in Charlevoix, Canada.

Why President Trump’s Effort to Expand the G-7 Is Doomed to Fail

President Trump's plans to host a summit of leaders of the G-7 group of ind...

President Trump's plans to host a summit of leaders of the G-7 group of industrialized nations this month was put to rest when German Chancellor Angela Merkel waved him off. Coronavirus concerns made it impossible...

A health professional lights a candle during a symbolic protest and tribute for health workers who have died of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on May 12

What Will Happen as the Coronavirus Pandemic Epicenter Moves to Latin America

This week, Latin America outstripped both the United States and Europe to o...

This week, Latin America outstripped both the United States and Europe to officially register more daily new cases of coronavirus, earning the Americas the dubious distinction of becoming the world’s newest epicenter of the global...

People wait on a long line to receive a food bank donation at the Barclays Center on May 15, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough in New York City.

Welcome to the First Global Economic Depression of Our Lifetimes

Another week, another grisly job reports for the US. The data is still stre...

Another week, another grisly job reports for the US. The data is still streaming in, but it’s time to start calling this what it is—a global economic depression. Why It Matters: Technically, there’s no official...

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gestures during a press briefing on evolution of new coronavirus epidemic on Jan. 29 in Geneva

Why We Need the World Health Organization, Despite Its Flaws

COVID-19 has a way of making both individuals and governments feel vulnerab...

COVID-19 has a way of making both individuals and governments feel vulnerable, and it's only human to look for someone to blame when things go badly wrong. That's why it sometimes seems as if willingness...