Ian Bremmer

Ian Bremmer is the founder and president of Eurasia Group, the leading global political risk research and consulting firm. The company provides financial, corporate, and government clients with information and insight on how political developments move markets.

Bremmer created Wall Street's first global political risk index, and has authored several books, including "Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World", which details risks and opportunities in a world without global leadership. He also wrote the national bestseller, "The End of the Free Market: Who Wins the War Between States and Corporations?", and "The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall", which was selected by The Economist as one of the best books of 2006. Bremmer is a contributor for the Financial Times A-List and Reuters.com, and writes "The Call" blog on ForeignPolicy.com. Bremmer has a PhD in political science from Stanford University (1994), and he presently teaches at Columbia University. His analysis focuses on global macro political trends and emerging markets, which he defines as "those countries where politics matter at least as much as economics for market outcomes."