Every year, the geopolitical risk consultancy Eurasia Group releases an annual forecast of the political risks that are most likely to play out over the next 12 months. According to the group’s founder Ian Bremmer, 2024 is a year of grave concern—“the Voldemort of years … the year that must not be named.”
But name it we must. In addition to wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, Bremmer’s group has cited artificial intelligence, an axis of rogue leaders, climate change, and global inflation as top risks for the year ahead.
How can the world prepare for these challenges? Bremmer explored answers with FP’s Ravi Agrawal in a live discussion. Subscribers are encouraged to send in questions in advance.
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Ian Bremmer
President, Eurasia Group and GZERO Media
Ian Bremmer is the president of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media. He is also the host of the television show GZERO World With Ian Bremmer. Bremmer is the author of 11 books, including New York Times bestseller Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism, which examines the rise of populism across the world. His latest book is The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats—and Our Response—Will Change the World.
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Ravi Agrawal
Editor in chief, Foreign Policy
Ravi Agrawal is the editor in chief of Foreign Policy, the host of FP Live, and a regular world affairs analyst on TV and radio. Before joining FP in 2018, Agrawal worked at CNN for more than a decade in full-time roles spanning three continents, including as the network’s New Delhi bureau chief and correspondent. He is the author of India Connected: How the Smartphone Is Transforming the World’s Largest Democracy.