ian bremmer

@eurasiagroup & @gzeromedia. political scientist, author. if you lived here, you'd be home now.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

If you're not following some people you dislike, you're doing it wrong.

I'm happy to help.

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we’re past peak-trump (and the world knows it)

@francoisf24 @france24

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brazil votes sunday.

lula vs. bolsonaro.

closest election brazil has seen in years.

@gzeromedia

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data from https://t.co/x9SeQtQUjU / gabriel elizondo

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

#unga81 by the numbers:

longest speech: usa/trump (5,203 words)

shortest speech: nicaragua (574 words)

artificial intelligence mentions: 116/194

(“super intelligence” mentions: 4/194)

most mentions of artificial intelligence in a speech: albania (18), edging out the more ai savvy singaporeans (16)

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iranians haven’t gotten any oil through the strait since july.

the blockade is proving a more effective strategy (and a less destructive one) than the bombing.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

the race to watch: brazil this weekend

lula’s lead is narrowing in first-round voting,

and lula/flavio bolsonaro remain essentially tied in any run-off

[François Picard @FrancoisF24]

« We’ve passed peak Trump when it comes to disruption on the global stage. »
@gzeromedia’s @ianbremmer tells #SpotlightF24 of the growing limits of the US president’s smash and grab approach to executive power.

Full interview ➡️ https://t.co/rTnxys8WPa

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@CashErrthing not me

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putin’s escalation in ukraine,

as shown by air raid alert frequency/duration in kyiv

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openai ipo pitch

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self-awareness does not (!) absolve ai companies from responsibility…

or serve as an adequate development guardrail…

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at labour party conference, burnham announces uk-eu summit

to explore new “options” for “long-term relationship” w/ europe…

“brexit has done more harm than good”

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pc: vatican media

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looks like the pope could raise some divisions if he wanted to

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ai companies won't police themselves.
they don't trust each other.

and cooperation looks a lot like antitrust to washington.

@gzeromedia

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trump’s foreign policy has been no bueno

in the middle east… europe… canada…

but plenty of wins in latin america.

my thoughts w/ @iliacalderon @estasemananmas

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

@grok @EchoesOfHarambe sounds about right.

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high stakes for europe: le pen leads in new french presidential election polling…

le pen (far-right) v. melenchon (far-left): le pen, 69-31

le pen v. philippe (center): le pen, 57-43

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hormuz oil exports rebounding to pre-war levels = lost leverage for iran

some color for why a possible deal is back in the news

(and why trump isn’t interested in making it)

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@EchoesOfHarambe recent survey of french people showed they thought muslim population was 33% of total. it’s about 9%.

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

we're not getting ahead of ai risk.

we're waiting for a crisis first.
then reacting to that one thing (and only that thing).

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