Ian Bremmer is a political scientist and the president and founder of Eurasia Group, a geopolitical risk advisory firm, and GZERO Media, which covers international affairs. His work helps business leaders, policymakers and wider audiences examine how political decisions, institutional change and global competition affect the world around them.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Tulane University and a master’s degree and doctorate in political science from Stanford University. His academic background informs a career connecting research, geopolitical advisory work and public explanation. Eurasia Group lists him as teaching at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and as a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center.
Bremmer’s books explore different dimensions of a changing global order. Every Nation for Itself develops his account of a world lacking effective global leadership. The End of the Free Market examines competition between states and corporations, while Us vs. Them considers the political consequences of globalisation and exclusion. The Power of Crisis addresses health emergencies, climate change and technological disruption, including the possibility that shared threats can create incentives for cooperation.
He is the host of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, a global affairs programme on US public television, and a foreign affairs columnist and editor at large for Time. In 2023–2024, he served as rapporteur of the United Nations High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, which developed recommendations for international AI governance.
For executive audiences, Bremmer’s relevance lies in connecting a geopolitical frame with a particular strategic question. A useful brief might concern political exposure, the changing relationship between technology and state power, or the ability to respond when international coordination weakens. His analysis provides a structured interpretation to test against an organisation’s assumptions, rather than a substitute for its own judgement.
