We have entered a period of heightened geopolitical and market volatility, what Ian Bremmer calls the “New Abnormal.” In this talk, he explains that over the past few years, we’ve seen a financial crisis, a global recession, the Eurozone crisis, and the Arab Spring. All of this comes against the backdrop of a G-Zero world—an environment where no country or group of countries is willing and able to sustainably set the international agenda. Audiences will learn that this lack of global leadership will ensure that the ride gets even bumpier before the turbulence subsides. The world without leaders will undermine our ability over the next decade to keep the peace in Asia and the Middle East, to grow the global economy, to reverse the impact of climate change, to feed growing populations, and to protect the most basic of all necessities—air, food, and water. As a result, its effects will be felt in every region of the world, even in cyberspace.

Today, the American-led global order faces a fundamental challenge. It is not, however, the rise of the “rest.” It’s the rise of the “different.” Rising emerging market nations are inherently less stable. What does this mean for the global order? Bremmer poses this question to audiences, challenging them to think about topics such as geopolitical conflict at large, the best bets for US-led initiatives going forward, the shifting balance between security and economics, and more, providing insights into each concept.

A generation after communism’s collapse, the future of free market capitalism isn't what it used to be. In this speech, Bremmer shares how public wealth, public investment, and public ownership have made a stunning comeback. He will describe the rise of state capitalism, why it exists, and how it works, as well as the threat to free market capitalism.

The fallout from the still-unfolding global financial crisis provides several perfect examples of "fat tail" risk, those that flow from the low-probability, high-impact events that generate upheaval more often than we think. Bremmer will provide audiences with an understanding of the political dynamics generated by the financial crisis, which will help to forecast market risks, why politics matters more than ever for market performance, why the world's wealthiest countries have begun to behave like emerging market states, and what all this means for investors and companies.

To navigate globalization's choppy waters, every business leader analyzes economic risk when considering overseas investments or looking at market exposure. But do you look beyond reassuring data about per-capita income or economic growth--to assess the political risk of doing business in specific countries? If not, Bremmer believes you may get blindsided when political forces shape markets in unexpected ways--from populist measures in advance of an election cycle to social unrest in many of the top emerging markets performers. In this talk, he teaches organization how to spot political risk on the horizon, balance it against economic opportunities and what it means for your global investments.