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A global risk consultant has warned that humanity should tighten its seatbelts for a very bumpy ride in 2025.
In his closely-watched annual forecast, Ian Bremmer on Monday predicted a ‘uniquely dangerous’ time for the planet, akin to the tense 1930s and the start of the Cold War.
This he attributes to Russia‘s imperial ambitions, the unchecked rise of artificial intelligence (AI), Donald Trump‘s return to the White House and his revived trade war with China.
Bremmer’s top worry is what he calls the ‘G-Zero world’ — where no single power, or group of nations, such as a US-led West, has an agreed roadmap for peace and security.
‘People everywhere are facing heightened geopolitical instability driven by a lack of global leadership,’ says the founder and president of Eurasia Group.
‘We are heading back to the law of the jungle, where the strongest do …