Tuesday, 03-10-2009

Managing Risk in an Uncertain World (Luncheon Event)

How can investors manage risk in a world where civil wars and nationalization threaten investment stability? Why does Eurasia Group's “Top Risks for 2009” list rank the U.S. Congress as the #1 risk for business? How is the current economic crisis shaping how business leaders and investors manage risk?

The World Affairs Council presents Ian Bremmer, President of Eurasia Group, the world’s leading political risk consultancy. Dr. Bremmer received his PhD in political science from Stanford University and has held research and faculty positions at Columbia University, the EastWest Institute, the Hoover Institution, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the World Policy Institute. Dr. Bremmer’s five books include the influential "The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall" (Simon & Schuster, 2006). He has also published over 200 articles and essays in The Harvard Business Review, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, and the webzine Slate. He is a contributing editor at The National Interest and Foreign Policy Magazine, and a frequent commentator on CNN, Fox News and CNBC. His new book The Fat Tail: The Power of Political Knowledge for Strategic Investing, co-written with author Preston Keats, will be released by Oxford University Press in March of 2009.He lives in New York.

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