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What's Next: Essays on Geopolitics That Matter
From the world’s leading experts on geopolitical risk, a guide to the major global issues and policies sure to dominate headlines in the next few years.In the last four years, the world has suffered a financial market meltdown and subsequent global recession. The eurozone crisis looms, the Middle East is in turmoil, and a shifting power balance between emerging markets and developed economies is reordering the global economy as a whole. Political and economic challenges intertwine now more than ever before, as the demands of local politics and global business grow increasingly complex and begin to conflict in new ways. Facing these new challenges, what will the future hold?Ian Bremmer and Douglas Rediker, together with experts, analysts, and many of their colleagues from the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Geopolitical Risk, analyze these global issues and provide a template to understand how they will change our world in the next few years. Focusing on the most volatile, powerful, or misunderstood developments, the authors examine, among other The risks to the International Monetary Fund Russia’s future The roles of emerging markets The political roots of the eurozone crisis Important trends and tensions in Asia-Pacific The rise of regionalism in the wake of fracturing international governanceMost importantly, the contributors provide guidance on how to understand some of the key dynamics in the rapidly evolving global game.
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112 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 6, 2012
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Ian Bremmer
33 books372 followersIan Bremmer (born November 12, 1969) is an American political scientist specializing in US foreign policy, states in transition, and global political risk. He is the president and founder of Eurasia Group, a leading global political risk research and consulting firm, and a professor at Columbia University. Eurasia Group provides financial, corporate, and government clients with information and insight on how political developments move markets. Bremmer is of Armenian and German descent.
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October 10, 2017
Ian Bremmer has a knack for explaining difficult & nuanced subjects of political science and foreign policy in a clear and entertaining way.
January 8, 2023
It was dry but the predictions made were very interesting 10 years later, it was worth the reading time for me.
May 30, 2016
A bit dry
Ok collection of essays that may now be dated in certain parts. Some essays can a bit dry in parts.
Ok collection of essays that may now be dated in certain parts. Some essays can a bit dry in parts.
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