The risk list we do has a conceit of only looking at 12 months in the future. If this wasn't just 2023 but was the next five or 10 years, then China would be number one. But they're very similar risks and they shouldn't be because Xi Jinping increasingly rules China the way that Putin rules Russia,. The Supreme Leader rules Iran, the way that Mark and Elon rule their companies. They don't get great inputs. There are a lot of yes men surrounding them. And as a consequence, you can get really big sudden mistakes that come out of the Putin's decision to invade Ukrainewas a colossal misjudgment.
Kara and Nayeema are taping from Europe this week, so today we decided to tackle all things international with Ian Bremmer, the president of Eurasia Group and the man Fortune 500 CEOs seek out to make sense of political risk and exposure. In the interview, Ian projects the Top Risks for 2023 -- from a rogue Russia to a global energy crunch.
He breaks down recent developments in Brazil, Ukraine, Iran and China. We double click on the risk of disinformation, divisive social media and other “weapons of mass disruption” rampant in a digital age. And Bremmer makes a bold comparison between CEOs in Silicon Valley and autocrats abroad saying: “Xi Jinping increasingly rules China the way that Putin rules Russia, the way that the Supreme Leader rules Iran, the way that Mark and Elon rule their companies.”
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