The High Stakes of Managing Global Political Risks

Ian Bremmer, Executive, Eurasia Group; Co-author, The Fat Tail
Preston Keat, Executive, Eurasia Group; Co-author, The Fat Tail

While uncertainty and unpredictability abound in this increasingly connected and chaotic world, Bremmer and Keat say that global political risks are dynamic and complex but not incomprehensible or unmanageable. Applying the lessons of world history, they discuss the nature and critical importance of modern political risks along with methods and concepts used to identify, analyze and mitigate them for successful policy and economic outcomes.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Commonwealth Club of California on March 12, 2009.

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