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​Donald Trump as a giant hitting Venezuela with a stick.
by ian bremmer

America built the global order. Now it's tearing it down.

2026 is a tipping point year. The biggest source of global instability won’t be China, Russia, Iran, or the ~60 conflicts burning across the planet – the most since World War II. It will be the United States.

The biggest geopolitical risks of 2026 revealed
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The biggest geopolitical risks of 2026 revealed

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 annual Top Risks of 2026 report.

Protesters demonstrate against poor economic conditions in Tehran, Iran, on December 29, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Protests in Iran, Saudi-UAE feud escalates in Yemen, Peruvian shamans deliver their top risks

Revisiting the top geopolitical risks of 2025
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Revisiting the top geopolitical risks of 2025

Before turning to Top Risks 2026, Ian Bremmer looks back at how this year’s Top Risks 2025 actually performed.

US President Donald Trump speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Gimhae Air Base in Gimhae, South Korea, on October 30, 2025.
Analysis

Top risks of 2025, reviewed

Here’s how Eurasia Group’s 2025 Top Risks report stacked up – where it hit the mark and where it missed.

The Top Risks of 2026 | Ian bremmer & Eurasia Group | A GZERO Media Live Event | Monday, January 5 | 12 pm | gzeromedia.com/toprisks
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Watch today's livestream: the Top Risks of 2026 with Ian Bremmer

WATCH: What are the 10 most pressing global threats facing the world in 2026? Today at 12 pm ET, join us for a livestream discussion to discuss the Top Risks of 2025 report from Eurasia Group. Emmy-nominated journalist Julia Chatterley will moderate the discussion with Ian Bremmer, President and Founder, Eurasia Group and GZERO Media; Gerald Butts, Vice Chairman, Eurasia Group; Risa Grais-Targow, Director, Latin America, Eurasia Group; Cliff Kupchan, Chairman, Eurasia Group; and Mujtaba (Mij) Rahman, Managing Director, Europe, Eurasia Group. EVENT LINK: gzeromedia.com/toprisks

​Trump in front of a downward trending graph and economic indicators.
by ian bremmer

America is souring on Trumponomics. Trump may not care.

For someone who campaigned on lowering grocery prices on day one and rode widespread economic discontent to the White House, Donald Trump sure seems bent on pursuing policies that will increase that discontent.

Ian Bremmer explains the 10 Top Risks of 2025
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Ian Bremmer explains the 10 Top Risks of 2025

Every January, Eurasia Group, our parent company, produces a report with its forecast for the world's Top 10 Risks in the year ahead. Its authors are EG President Ian Bremmer and EG Chairman Cliff Kupchan. Ian explains the Top 10 Risks for 2025, one after the other. He also discusses the three Red Herrings.

Exclusive: Ian Bremmer’s Top Risks for 2025
Analysis

Exclusive: Ian Bremmer’s Top Risks for 2025

Here are brief summaries of the most important risks that will preoccupy world leaders, business decision-makers, and the rest of us in 2025, according to Bremmer and Kupchan. You can read the full report here.

A look back at the Top Risks of 2024
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A look back at the Top Risks of 2024

As 2024 comes to a close, Ian Bremmer looks back at Eurasia Group's Top Risks of 2024 forecast. What did he and the other analysts get right and wrong?