Ian Bremmer is a political scientist specializing in U.S. foreign policy and states in transition. Bremmer is most widely known for advances in global political risk; referred to as the “guru” in the field by The Economist and The Wall Street Journal and, more directly, bringing political science as a discipline to the financial markets. He created Wall Street’s first global political risk index, now the GPRI (Global Political Risk Index). He is also the foreign affairs columnist and editor-at-large for Time Magazine.

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