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Hi, I'm Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policies Editor-in-Chchief. This is FP Live.

Welcome. We are starting to learn the contours of Trump's second presidency at a rapid

clip as he announces key administration positions. On foreign policy, you have Marco Rubio for

Secretary of State and Mike Waltts for National Security Advisor.

Those were somewhat along expected lines, you could say, but then we've also had Elise Stefanik for UN ambassador,

and the former Fox News host, Pete Hexeth, for Defense Secretary, as surprises.

This was a change election, signaling the rejection of things as they were. Now, all of these appointments have gotten me wondering.

Each of them has one common trait, loyalty, fealty even, to Trump. And the question then is how much personnel matters in a second Trump White House.

And what Trump actually wants to do with all this power he's accumulating?

Well, whatever he does do, we know it's going to be turbulent.

And so there's a huge amount of geopolitical risk that countries and

companies are trying to factor into their work. Well, my guest today is the world's foremost

geopolitical risk expert. Ian Bremmer is the president and founder of Eurasia Group, as well as G0

Media. As you've probably noticed, this is an extra episode this week.

The news is moving quickly. We should probably get used to it. As always, write us. We're

at live at foreign policy.com. Let's dive in. Ian, welcome back.

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