Ian Bremmer is president of Eurasia Group and author of Superpower: Three Choices for America’s Role in the World. He tweets as @ianbremmer.
Articles by Ian Bremmer
Understanding Kamala Harris’ foreign policy
Though often aligned with President Biden, her unique worldview, especially on Israel-Palestine relations, promises distinct leadership on the international stage
Published on Sep 11, 2024 09:38 PM IST
How China views the Trump vs Harris fight
The biggest worry is if China’s leaders decide that the limited engagement strategy of the past year hasn’t produced good results, and that the next hostile US president will always be one election away.
Published on Sep 02, 2024 09:13 PM IST
A Biden-sized problem for the US Democrats
The decision on Biden’s future rests with the president himself, and it’s impossible to know for sure what he’ll do
Published on Jul 13, 2024 09:14 PM IST
Road ahead for PM Modi, India in a China +1 world
India still faces enormous long-term challenges. But Modi’s personal appeal at home and the inroads he has helped open for India abroad make this country’s development one of the most important stories of the next decade.
Published on Jun 21, 2024 08:44 PM IST
The West steps up for Kyiv. Will it be enough?
The US aid package provides a lifeline that can keep the Ukrainians in the fight through the end of 2024
Published on May 25, 2024 10:10 PM IST
A second Trump term and US foreign policy
Allies and rivals both have reason to worry. But a re-energisation of isolationism as the US’s preferred stand doesn't really depend on the election's outcome
Published on Mar 26, 2024 08:00 AM IST
EU restates its mandate with Ukraine aid deal
By using hardball negotiating tactics to maintain the Union’s unity, the EU has proven again that, when push comes to shove, it can still do big things.
Published on Feb 15, 2024 09:50 PM IST
America against itself, as the presidential election nears
The US is already the world’s most divided and dysfunctional advanced industrial democracy. The 2024 election will exacerbate this problem no matter who wins.
Published on Jan 12, 2024 09:56 PM IST
In the West, support for Ukraine is waning
For now, Putin is forced to play a long game, where he believes he can outlast the West. That confidence is in shorter supply in the US and even inside Ukraine
Published on Dec 09, 2023 10:12 PM IST
Lost in the chaos, news you can trust
False information is proliferating everywhere, fuelling anxiety, fear, and hatred. We need to be more discriminating consumers of news
Published on Nov 13, 2023 09:00 AM IST
What is causing the United States to become less stable?
With all the divisiveness and dysfunction in today’s US, it’s now time to use this tool to take a long, hard look at what’s happening inside the world’s superpower
Updated on Oct 14, 2021 12:49 PM IST
In Brazil, a battle of populists — from the Right and the Left
As for the Amazon fires, deforestation accounted for one-third of the destruction of the world’s tropical forests in 2019. Trump, a climate sceptic, was willing to ignore the implications of this destruction, but the Joe Biden administration has joined with European leaders to combine offers of financial help for Brazil with pressure on Bolsonaro to reverse course on the Amazon policy
Published on Jun 06, 2021 07:46 PM IST
A fractured response to coronavirus | Opinion
World leaders fended off the 2008 slowdown together. But this time, it has been different
Published on Mar 10, 2020 10:15 PM IST
An era of adverse climate, geopolitics and economy
The world is in a situation that it hasn’t been in before — globalisation, geopolitics and economics all turning negative at the same time, while the world’s physical environment becomes increasingly inhospitable.
Updated on Dec 14, 2019 06:07 PM IST
The proliferation of popular protests | Opinion
If there is one thing that unites the world in 2019, it’s anger at governments—that should worry both governments and the people that are raging against them
Updated on Nov 16, 2019 07:54 PM IST
Trump will survive, but the worst is yet to come
The biggest impact of impeachment proceedings will be to push the US closer to a constitutional crisis with the 2020 election at its heart. It will call into question the legitimacy of the American political process itself
Updated on Oct 13, 2019 06:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ian Bremmer
The promise of liberal democracy lives on within different political cultures
Liberal democracy faces its share of challenges, but EGF’s report indicates that people in the countries surveyed tend to differentiate between US government policies and the principles of individual rights and freedoms that American democracy provides
Published on Jun 29, 2019 07:56 PM IST
Leaders must weigh the political risks of new systems they introduce
One system is Aadhaar which has the potential to be transformative, but is not without perils
Updated on May 10, 2019 07:32 PM IST
Europe is facing several challenges beyond Brexit
Russia, China, and Africa will sow new divisions among EU states in coming years—and at a time when European consensus on important questions is already facing extraordinary stress
Updated on Apr 10, 2019 10:27 PM IST
How much ground has democracy lost in recent years?
Democracy, like technology, evolves. No one can say with confidence that any autocrat will govern for life. But for many governments around the world, lasting authoritarian rule is becoming a much more realistic option
Updated on Mar 09, 2019 05:19 PM IST
Venezuelans may finally have brighter days ahead
There’s no guarantee that true change is imminent. Maduro has proven his staying power again and again, mainly because Venezuela’s military has yet to decide that keeping him is costlier and more risky than packing him off into exile.
Updated on Feb 24, 2019 11:38 AM IST
Rocky road ahead for Donald Trump in 2019
The greatest risk for Trump is that Republicans—voters and lawmakers—decide they can no longer afford his leadership
Updated on Jan 20, 2019 10:26 AM IST
China’s assertion is turning Asian geopolitics even more contentious
Chinese leaders are now well aware that this expansion is creating a backlash in Asia, and elsewhere, as policymakers and companies in neighbouring countries see threats embedded in Beijing’s plans.
Updated on Dec 07, 2018 06:39 PM IST
Midterms: How will the new reality in Washington influence Trump’s foreign policy?
Donald Trump’s political talents should not be underestimated, and many presidents, including Obama, have recovered from midterm defeats to win re-election, sometimes easily.
Updated on Nov 11, 2018 01:04 PM IST
The reconstruction of Syria depends on Assad’s firm control of the country
For the moment, Syria’s final remaining rebel stronghold remains quiet. Turkey’s government has brokered a deal that delays the day of judgment when Bashar al-Assad’s army, backed by Russia, will attack Idlib province to kill the last of its holdouts.
Updated on Oct 07, 2018 03:12 PM IST
The US market collapse has remade our world
And there is surely more to come. How do we prepare for a world where, two years from now, the country you care most about may be governed by someone you’ve never heard of and a political party that doesn’t yet exist? The pace of change is head-spinning.
Updated on Sep 15, 2018 04:50 PM IST
Dark days ahead for major Latin American countries
Mounting corruption, credibility crisis and public anger have become common features throughout Latin America
Published on Jul 14, 2018 05:31 PM IST
In the Trump-Kim deal, China is the biggest winner
As US influence recedes with a partial drawdown of troops, China will gain another step toward becoming East Asia’s dominant diplomatic and economic player.
Published on May 12, 2018 03:49 PM IST
The turmoil in the US and Europe — including tech change and inequality — are crossing into the developing world
Where do all those energetic, ambitious young people go? The youth bulge we see in many developing countries can move from economic advantage to political threat as their path out of poverty is blocked. If they never join the active workforce, they will never have access to the education and training needed to earn 21st century jobs, and they know their children will fare no better
Updated on Apr 15, 2018 07:33 AM IST
Angela Merkel is beleaguered but she is far from finished
As she begins her fourth and final term as Germany’s chancellor, her party remains Germany’s strongest, and she is more popular than the party. Germany’s economy will continue to expand. Unfortunately, Europe and the world need more leadership than a frustrated and erratic Donald Trump and a beleaguered Angela Merkel can provide.
Updated on Mar 31, 2018 04:08 PM IST
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