Top Risks 2023: A rogue Russia and autocrats threatening the world

FULL VOD - TOP RISKS 2023 LIVESTREAM | GZERO Media

What should the world fear more: an increasingly unhinged Vladimir Putin or an unbound Xi Jinping? Will most of the global economy enter a recession next year? And what happens when autocrats master the use of artificial intelligence to undermine democracy around the planet? Eurasia Group experts share their view on the top 10 geopolitical risks for 2023 in this livestream conversation.

Participants:

    • Ian Bremmer, President and Founder, Eurasia Group and GZERO Media
    • Cliff Kupchan, Chairman, Eurasia Group
    • Anna Ashton, Director, China Corporate Affairs and US-China, Eurasia Group
    • Franck Gbaguidi, Senior Analyst, Climate, Energy & Resources, Eurasia Group
    • Rob Kahn, Managing Director, Global Macro-Geoeconomics , Eurasia Group
    • Evan Solomon, Publisher, GZERO Media (moderator)

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