A non-polar world
For the sixth time in less than four years, the U.N. Security Council has voted to impose new sanctions on Iran in connection with its nuclear program. Nothing new there. U.S. officials wanted...
View ArticleThe makings of an Obama trade agenda
Most of the press following the recent G-20 summit in Toronto focused on President Obama's inability to persuade Europeans that the global recovery is too fragile for a slowdown in stimulus spending....
View ArticleChina's rise at the IMF is more giveaway than bargain
By Henry Hoyle Last week, Jim O'Neill, head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a longtime China expert, made the bold claimthat China's allowing the yuan to appreciate is part of a "grand bargain"...
View ArticleTop Risks 2011
By Ian Bremmer and David Gordon We've now released our annual report on the ten most important political risks for 2011. Over the next two weeks, we'll be discussing each risk in more depth in this...
View ArticleG-Zero
By Ian Bremmer and David Gordon For the first time since the end of World War II, no country or bloc of countries has the political and economic leverage to drive an international agenda. The United...
View ArticleChina frustrates the world
By Ian Bremmer and David Gordon Amid a sluggish global recovery, China's return to go-go growth will generate plenty of resentment in 2011 -- and not just in Washington. Though China has become the...
View ArticleBeating the system: The risk of capital controls
By Ian Bremmer and David Gordon The risk is rising that a number of countries -- including those that resisted the urge last year -- will impose capital controls in 2011. This trend is driven by two...
View Article'Davos Man' exists -- but is he still in charge?
There's an interesting distinction to be made between Davos and the G-20. The Davos agenda is much more coherent. That's largely a matter of self-selection -- the people who come to Davos are largely...
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