The biggest geopolitical risks of 2026 revealed

GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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News, News Commentary, Global Economy, Gzero World, Geopolitics, Trump, Foreign Policy, Politics, International Relations, Government, Ian Bremmer

4.7 • 830 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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With the global order under increasing strain, 2026 is shaping up to be a tipping point for geopolitics. From political upheaval in the United States to widening conflicts abroad, the risks facing governments, markets, and societies are converging faster—and more forcefully—than at any time in recent memory. To break it all down, journalist Julia Chatterley moderated a wide-ranging conversation with Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media, and a panel of Eurasia Group experts, to examine the findings of their newly-released Top Risks of 2026 report.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the GZero World podcast. I'm Ian Bremmer, and in this special edition of our program,
0:08.2	we're bringing you a look at the top geopolitical risks of 26, the 20th edition of our annual report.
0:15.2	Every year, Eurasia Group releases a forecast of the global risk landscape from the future of U.S. power and political stability
0:21.8	to wars in Ukraine and the Middle East to intensifying competition between the United States and China
0:27.3	and the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. The risks facing the global system are converging
0:33.2	in new and unsettling ways. We're also seeing a much more assertive American posture closer to home,
0:39.8	underscored by dramatic developments in Venezuela and a renewed effort by Washington
0:44.1	to shape political outcomes across the Western Hemisphere.
0:47.6	In a conversation moderated by journalist Julia Chatterley,
0:51.6	I was joined by Eurasia Group Chair and my co-author on the report,
0:56.1	Cliff Cupschen and a panel of Eurasia Group experts to break it all down.
1:26.4	Music Hello, everyone. Happy New Year and welcome to an exclusive GZero Media Live stream. I'm Julia Chatterley.
1:34.5	2026 is a tipping point. Those are the first words of a highly anticipated annual report released just this morning by GZero's parent company Eurasia Group. It details top geopolitical
1:41.1	risks the world is facing as this new year begins.
1:45.1	Now, for 20 years, the team at Eurasia Group has produced this top risks report.
1:50.6	And this edition, as always, brings surprises and warnings for the year,
1:54.8	but also a very clear sense, I think, of how much the political landscape is evolving.
2:02.6	Some of the risks, and you'll recognize them, war in Ukraine now entering its fourth year, the impact of artificial intelligence on society
2:08.6	and US-China competition, they continue as we enter 2026, but there are also nuance on the horizon
2:16.6	too. And just this weekend, as many of you will have
2:19.5	seen, a major development as a US military operation captured Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro,
2:26.3	a move that will have ripple effects throughout Latin America and the world.
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