Ian Bremmer is founder and president of Eurasia Group, a New York based consulting firm that studies global political risk. He says the today’s biggest threat comes from rogue actors. By that, he means of course leaders with unchecked power, like Russia’s Vladimir Putin or North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. But he also includes in that category the heads of massive institutions like Meta or Twitter that operate with some level of sovereignty outside the purview of governments. Of leaders like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, he says, “I think that the disruptive implications [for] good and for bad are also unprecedented.”
Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer: Biggest Threat to World Is Rogue Actors – From Putin to Musk
Unchecked power is dangerous in anyone’s hands.
January 19, 2023
Summary.
When we think about people with incredible control over their institutions and no checks and balances, we often think of classic rogue actors like Russia’s Vladimir Putin. But Ian Bremmer, founder and president of global risk research consultancy Eurasia Group, would also include business leaders like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. They’re not dictators of countries, but they do control, truly control, immensely powerful global platforms that operate with some level of sovereignty outside the power purview of governments. “And I think that the disruptive implications of that for good and for bad are also unprecedented.”