The Fate of the World in 2019 (with Ian Bremmer)

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🗓️ 10 January 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Ian Bremmer is the president and founder of Eurasia Group, a political risk analysis and consulting firm. He’s a foreign affairs columnist and editor-at-large at Time, and a global research professor at NYU. He’s written nine books, most recently Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism. Bremmer speaks with Preet about Eurasia's annual report anticipating the top risks facing the globe in 2019. Plus, Preet’s thoughts on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s plan to resign and the redaction fail in Manafort's defense memo. Mentioned on this episode of Stay Tuned: - Eurasia Group Top Risks 2019 report - The United States and Mexico assistance program to reduce migration from Central America - Former Stay Tuned guest Hasan Minhaj’s Patriot Act banned from Saudi Arabia - Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from Syria - National Security Adviser John Bolton’s alternative Syria plan - The future of The Trans-Pacific Partnership - Defining globalism And to visit the CAFE shop, head to shop.cafe.com This interview was taped on 1/8/19. Do you have a question for Preet? Tweet it to @PreetBharara with the hashtag #askpreet, email [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 and leave a voicemail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:01.9	American influence globally has been deteriorating for a long time. Trump's presidency makes more
1:08.5	leaders more quickly hedge away from the United States as an example that they would want
1:14.0	to follow as a leader that they would want to engage with as an ally that they would
1:18.0	feel committed to. That's Ian Bremer. He's the president and founder of Eurasia Group,
1:25.3	a political risk analysis firm. They put out an annual report on the top risks facing
1:29.8	the world and this year's is a doozy. Ian is also written nine books, including most
1:35.2	recently, us versus them, the failure of globalism about the global growth of populism. I speak
1:41.9	with him about all sorts of things. The risks facing us in 2019, the rise of authoritarians,
1:47.9	and whether Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey or former FBI director Jim Comey is more responsible
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