Top Risks 2025
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What's the world's #1 concern for the year ahead? Join us January 6 at 12 pm ET for a livestream with Ian Bremmer and global experts to discuss the Top Risks of 2025 report from Eurasia Group. The much-anticipated annual forecast of the ten biggest geopolitical risks to watch in 2025 will be released that morning. Evan Solomon, GZERO Media's publisher, will moderate the conversation with Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media; Cliff Kupchan, Eurasia Group's chairman and a leader of the firm's global macro coverage; Susan Glasser, staff writer at the New Yorker; and Jon Lieber, Eurasia Group's head of research and managing director, United States.
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Top Risks is Eurasia Group's annual forecast of the political risks that are most likely to play out over the course of the year. Read the full report here.
Speakers
Ian Bremmer, President and Founder of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media
Ian Bremmer is a political scientist who helps business leaders, policy makers, and the general public make sense of the world around them. He is president and founder of Eurasia Group, the world's leading political risk research and consulting firm, and GZERO Media, a company dedicated to providing intelligent and engaging coverage of international affairs. Ian is an independent voice on critical issues around the globe, offering clearheaded insights through speeches, written commentary, and even satirical puppets (really!). Ian is the host of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, a weekly show airing on US public television.
Susan B. Glasser, staff writer at the New Yorker
Susan B. Glasser, a staff writer at The New Yorker based in Washington, D.C., writes a weekly column on life in Washington and is a host of the Political Scene podcast. Glasser has served as the top editor of several Washington publications, including Politico, where she founded the award-winning Politico Magazine, and Foreign Policy, which won three National Magazine Awards, among other honors, during her tenure as editor-in-chief.
Jon Lieber, Head of Research and Managing Director for the United States, Eurasia Group
Jon Lieber is Eurasia Group's head of research and managing director for the United States. In these roles, he oversees the firm's global country and macro analysis and directs US political coverage. Before joining Eurasia Group, Jon worked for over a dozen years at the highest levels of the US government, including as an economic policy advisor for the House Ways and Means Committee, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, and in the National Economic Council at the White House.
Cliff Kupchan, Chairman, Eurasia Group
Cliff Kupchan is Eurasia Group's chairman and a leader of the firm's global macro coverage. Cliff has held high-level positions in the US government and regularly meets top foreign leaders. He provides cutting-edge insights on political risk. Cliff has been a leading expert on international relations for more than two decades—in academia, as a US official, and in the private sector—and he speaks frequently to private and public sector audiences. He regularly briefs clients on macro developments and is co-author of Eurasia Group's annual Top Risks publication.
Evan Solomon, Publisher, GZERO Media (moderator)
Evan Solomon is the publisher of GZERO Media and a member of Eurasia Group’s Management Committee. He is excited to grow the GZERO brand with engaging new offerings and partnerships that help viewers around the globe better understand the rapidly changing world in which they live.Subscribe to our free newsletters.