The Fate of the World in 2020 (with Ian Bremmer)

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🗓️ 30 January 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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On this episode of Stay Tuned, “The Fate of the World in 2020,” Preet answers your questions about: What constitutes impeachable conduct The authorities that Chief Justice John Roberts can assert in Trump's impeachment trial Reports that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn’t have the votes to block impeachment witnesses The guest this week is Ian Bremmer, the Founder and President of Eurasia Group, a leading global political risk and research firm. Bremmer is also the president of GZERO Media, which features short videos, podcasts, and explainers to help break down complicated global issues, and is an Editor-at-Large and Foreign Affairs columnist at TIME Magazine. REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS THE Q&A JOHN ROBERTS: "John Roberts Can Call Witnesses to Trump's Trial. Will He?," New York Times, 1/27/20 "Rebuke From Roberts Signals His Limited Role in Trump’s Senate Trial," New York Times, 1/22/20 MITCH MCCONNELL: "McConnell Says GOP Doesn't Have Votes to Block Impeachment Witnesses," Wall Street Journal, 1/29/20 THE INTERVIEW EURASIA GROUP TOP RISKS: “Top Risks for 2020,” Eurasia Group, 1/6/2020 “Top Risks for 2019,” Eurasia Group, 1/7/2019 “The Fate of the World in 2019,” Stay Tuned with Preet, 1/8/2019 DAVOS: Klaus Schwab, The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Currency/Penguin Random House, 2017 “Ian Bremmer reveals what business and political leaders are discussing behind closed doors in Davos,” Eurasia Group and Business Insider, 1/24/2020 “Climate Change Takes Center Stage at Davos,” New York Times, 1/20/2020 “Trump Focuses on Economy at Davos, Seeking a Counter to Impeachment,” New York Times, 1/21/2020 “Greta Thunberg on Averting a Climate Apocalypse: Davos 2020,” World Economic Forum on Youtube, 1/21/2020 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOREIGN POLICY: Donald Trump Tweet about Bremmer, Twitter, 5/27/2019 Bremmer's tweet apologizing about the quote, Twitter, 5/27/2019 “A political scientist caused confusion when he made up a Trump quote. The president noticed,” Washington Post, 5/27/2019 “Mattis says Iran downing a US aircraft should be met with retaliation,” Military Times, 12/3/2019 “Zuckerberg talks Warren ‘existential’ breakup threat in leaked audio,” Axios, 10/1/2019 “After Contentious Interview, Pompeo Publicly Accuses NPR Journalist Of Lying to Him,” NPR, 1/25/2020 “Prince Charles: We need a new economic model or the planet will burn,” CNN, 1/22/20 Ian Bremmer, “How the Trump Administration’s Israel-Palestine Peace Plan Will Change the Middle East,” TIME, 1/28/2020 EXTRAS: “A Large Blank World Map,” Wikimedia Commons “Is it Appropriate to Undo Two Shirt Buttons at Work?” Wall Street Journal, 12/11/2014 THE BUTTON Watch: 2020 Grammy Awards "Alicia Keys honors Kobe Bryant in moving Grammys opening speech," LA Times, 1/26/20 As always, tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Sign up to receive the CAFE Brief, a weekly newsletter featuring analysis of politically charged legal news, and updates from Preet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:19.6	I'm Pete Barara. I think that there is a pretty high likelihood that we will go through
1:25.0	elections in November. And there will be a winner, and we will not know if that person
1:31.5	is going to be president in 2021. Because a relatively high likelihood of that.
1:39.7	That's Ian Bremmer. He's the founder and president of Eurasia Group, a leading global
1:43.9	political risk and research firm. Bremmer is also the president of GZero Media, which
1:48.6	features videos, short explainers and podcasts that help break down complex geopolitical
1:53.2	events. In 2001, Bremmer launched the world's first global political risk index, a list
1:58.9	of stability ratings for emerging market countries, and each year Eurasia Group publishes
2:03.1	their list of the top risks threatening our world. Bremmer joined me last year to talk
2:07.4	about the top risks in 2019. And now he's back to talk about this year, 2020, which places
2:12.6	the upcoming presidential election as the most pressing global threat. He'll tell us
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