Wow, that interview was more informative than all of the foreign policy articles and editorials in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Guardian combined. Thank you to Mr. Bremmer and to the interviewer!
Why impugn the journalistic reputations? I'm sure, in totality, they've printed things everyone who reads disagrees with and printed things everyone agrees with, or at least finds agreeable. I could foresee the Ukrainian government recognizing the breakaway regions. Considering the history of the region, the things Putin/Russia(?) is putting on the table will come to pass, or not. Can we acknowledge the recent past, contemporary polity, and whatever future Russia sees for itself, and work a non-violent accomodation? Is it true Ukraine has passed laws to discriminate against Russians/speakers? (I'm a embarrassingly ignorant of cultural history of the region). Could the Ukrainian government in Kiev recognize it too? Would that preclude good relations with the region? Russians and Ukrainians, language barriers gone, able to trade, vacation, travel to and fro would be allowed or encouraged? Interesting times for sure. Mahalo.
81 Earth. What good interview. As far as he's concerned, as long as he and the country he comes from can lie and cheat the world of everything including their dignity he does not care a damn. The world has had enough of that sort of person. Time to get rid of them one way or the other.
@@ishrirampersad8809 that's harsh. how could the US/West and Russia/Putin/Rus.Fed., get a along? Realistically. The West pulls weapons out? Destroys a knowable numbers following a distinct legal framework? We know how to do it, and have the capacity to kick-start the process. We could get Iran in. Re-up the Iran nuclear framework - with US participation (a mea culpa on the government's part for unilateral withdrawl?)? I would've hoped Biden could takeup with Reagan and Gorbachev left off: pull-back and de-militarize. (Star Wars and total de-nuke). Have a good one. Let's Read Fiction
@Владислав Пронин It's working fine. Protesters dispersed without violence, and now the gov is responding with reducing lockdowns. Meanwhile in Russia, opposition leaders are given life sentences.
@Владислав Пронин in ways you may not mean, you're right. It was pretty peaceful. Times are for sure weird for everyone. Give it a week or so, and business will be back to normal for most involved. Maybe everyone.
This interview should have included disclosure about the Eurasia Group. The name, Eurasia Group, makes it sound like it is a group of Eurasian countries. In reality, the Eurasia Group is an American think tank where, from the company website, most of the senior executives have close links to Hilary Clinton either as campaign staff or staff when Hilary Clinton was Secretary of State.
@@gintantovski2517 I was not saying it to benefit any side of this conflict. Disclosure of any real or potential conflicts of interest held by an interviewee is a matter of journalistic integrity. DW is not the only media outlet doing this type of thing but they have a good reputation and should be maintaining their standards.
if there was a country that would benefit from a split on the EU cohesion it is the US and the rest of the anglosphere, the white part of it that is. Trump overtly supported BREXIT and Biden rudely remarked that Nord Stream 2 was dead as far as US is concerned in the presence of the German Chancellor. I am sorry to hear that most ppl are blissful unware of this factor: expensive US' shale gas is not going to go down easy with the Europeans, mark these words. It is mutually beneficial to the idea of Pan European aspirations that Russian abundant natural resources reached European consumers without hindrances but it would impact the US interests so it is a no-go as we now have it out in the open.
Germany and other democratic governments and free people of Europe should decide that is it worth trading freedom and liberty of their continent for cheap Russian gas with Putin because Europe can find the price of democracy paid by their ancestors in history books.
But we already choose. Theres nothing wrong with us....But this fight its something thats going for 70 years...one day this will happen. Will be our finest hour?
DW does not even attempt to hide its contempt for Rusia. DW has become a spokes person for NATO. In this crisis we need objective and serious journalism and not a histeria driven reporting of the crisis.
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This is just NATO trying to convince the world that it needs to exist. It can't exist without an enemy and would go so far as to provoke a war just to make that point. That kindergarten shelling could have been done by Ukrainian SBU just to blame it on Russia. Unless they capture the culprits and do an investigation, they will never know.
@ of course ,, the hole on the wall looks like an RPG shot at close range just not to fail ,, the explosion was in a perfect horizontal direction from a shoulder fire position ,, a shelling of a Grad rocket or heavy mortar round would have blown up the whole room !!! more BS.
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@@camocas people keep bringing up Crimea. Tell me how long did the Crimean populace resist the "invader"? Oh, they didn't, nobody cared, not even the Tatar population. Even part of the Ukranian navy defected to the Russians. The people of Crimea predominantly consider themselves as Russian.
Russia is an unofficial empire, where human rights are at an early 20th century level (tops), the country feels+looks like a depressive time travel to the past, and alcoholism is a national sport. And Russia still wanna play Superpower, instead of using their NOT-superpower budget to handle their many issues. Just imagine all the countries with similar budgets doing the same. How ridiculous would that be? Some contempt is o.k. by the way, if contempt was show, it was the dude. Who is NOT a DW employee. Wich makes your "argument" kinda void.
From your Canadian brothers: God Bless the Ukrainian people! We ethnic Slavs and former Soviet satellites never had the human capital, geographical luck, or institutions to compete with the West. Every time we tried some Czarist/Holodomoric/or Bolshevik/Stalinist dictator stepped on our neck. Putin is hopefully last in a long line of oppressors.
@@gladstonerayen949 Da. Putin iz our good King. Him infallible paragon of virtue who not brutally poison political adversaries to rule by fear and intimidation. Da, komrade. Da.
@@AaronC123-q9t you don t know russians , they want peace and prosperity but they are not puppet like you . And for the After putin don t worry everything IS planned
This is the first time I have ever ever heard of Ian Bremmer, let alone from him. I agree with J Lee a couple of comments down, and I've just added a search for his name in my News bookmarks.
He's the founder of the Eurasia Group. He does this for a living. He's been featured on several IQ-squared debates directly related to this subject, if you want to check that out.
Non of the people there have any clue as to what war does to people. Theyve never seen it up close or experienced what chaos and horror it can bring. If they had, they wouldnt be making decisions without regard to human life.
Ian's been up until now betting that there wouldn't be a war. I think he realizes now that the winds of war are reaching hurricane level. When he flips it's time to run for cover.
There aren't a lot of people on this planet who's advice I take without a bit of skepticism, Ian Bremmer is one of those people. When he says it's time to run, you better start running
America is the only one putting out the energy of saying Russia WILL invade and putting dates on it and telling the World germany WILL shut down the Nord stream 2
@@frozentits_records1691 I'd think 120-150K troops amassed on the Ukrainian border is "putting out the energy" as you phrase it. Regardless, your ID is FAF!
@@MadBison66 Russia is more poor than people think and they can't afford war right now either. Not saying Putin can be totally fed up and invade taking Ukraine within hours but he said it himself he is just doing this to show them he's serious when he mean business and wants to be taken serious. Im not a "trump" supporter but atleast he went around the world and shook hands with opposing leaders looking them in the eye man to man with respect. That's all it takes but they playing with him. Its lore of a military Parade just upscale
@@scepticalwalker3984 I don't see it that way, I see it the other way. The way I see it is Russia sees NATO as a threat against their borders, it's expanding, getting closer, getting bigger, even when Russia was no longer the Soviet Union, when they were poor , had a small military, couldn't even pay their military personnel, NATO expanded got bigger. 406.6 km from St Petersburg, which is the old Imperial City. the last thing you want is Ukraine joining NATO. Being able to project at a very close radius towards Moscow. That is threatening. The US would never want Russia to have a military Base in Cuba.
@@scepticalwalker3984 You killed millions in Iraq. Wiped out from Afghanistan and landed in Ukraine to create chaos,suffering and death. This is American Imperialism.
@@bobbyschannel349 and you miss the fact that these countries are asking to join NATO. You act as though NATO rolls in and forces these countries to join the alliance. They know how the old USSR was and want no part of Russias attempt to recapture its glory. You seem to take a blind eye to Russia‘s behavior. How many countries are looking to form a military alliance against Japan? Do you see Canada or Mexico forming a military alliance because they are afraid of the US? The answer is no. See how that works?
@@nicoles9077 the days of the Soviet Union is long gone, even when the Soviet Union resolved, Russia was weak very poor society, and the military was not functional. Members still joined NATO NATO is an old military block of a cold war that shouldn't exist anymore.
His body language says “this isn’t that serious to him”... He uses alarming language,..,but his body language doesn’t match. Meaning,...I truly doubt he would be affected physically or financially in any meaningful way if sh** went south. I have a feeling this goes for everyone in that room.
Liars . What about your violation of Iraqi sovereignty and the tragic consequences of your occupation of Iraq without any international legal mandate ?
Different administrations. Viewing actions solely in terms of nationalities only demonstrates a poor grasp of the topic. That’s why nationalist movements are populist, because good education isn’t freely available. This is a bipartisan problem. Either way, do you think two wrong’s make a right? That’s ridiculous bot 🤡🇷🇺
@@camocas Voting witch puppet will entertain the people for 4 years is not democracy. Both countries are plutocracies as are most others. Welcome to the 21st century.
There might be a scenario that NATO forces would move into Ukraine and chock the Russian army there. Why not? Russia is not completely free of that risk.
I agree the free world is tired of Putin and his criminals let’s see how great his military is when they face an army that can fight back they only pick on countries that are under matched!!!
@@bobcatassi1900 Do you want to turn Europe into a nuclear wasteland? Because that's how you turn Europe into a nuclear wasteland. Go warmonger on your own continent!
@MortimerPenguin Russia isn't going to go throwing nukes around unless the Motherland has an existential threat. It's not going to happen over a war in Ukraine.
No, NATO forces mostly consist of Americans (yes, I know how many soldiers are from i]other countries but seriously without America NATO is nothing) and Biden said he won’t send any American soldier to fight in Ukraine even to rescue American citizens. And besides, it will finally demonstrate that NATO isn’t about protection if they gonna act on the territory of the other country. Though… they’ve done this before. Nato is aggressive alliance as any military alliance in history. They had a chance to be the first exception but obviously they are not.
Isn't Germany concerned about what Russia might do to their energy supplies in event of sanctions on Russia ? Why can't the US-Nato give Russia security guarantees ?
Russia had security guarantees. They scrapped it all by developing new weapons and not including them into weapon control agreements, by deploying nuclear capable Iskander missiles into Kaliningrad. And even after invading Georgia and Ukraine, NATO countries have no plan about taking any kind of military action against Russia. Plus the US decreased troops in Europe enormously in the last 30 years. Of course Europeans will not just throw away all their weapons and let Russia roll through Europe like what the Soviets did between 1939 and 1945. We saw what happened to Ukraine after they scrapped their nuclear missiles and most of their conventional military. If Ukraine would still be the third biggest nuclear power like in 1991 non of this would happen.
@@Darr1071 They don’t ask NATO to give Ukraine to Russia. They ask for guarantees not to take Ukraine into alliance and not to give them weapon. If Russian government wished to pit Ukrainian territory under direct control, they would’ve occupy it in 2014, when nobody expected anything bad and Ukrainian army wasn’t ready to defend. What did they wait for, to make the war more interesting?
According to NATO sources, Russia should invade Ukraine at least 10 times at this moment 😂😂😂 The last "imminent" invasions should happen on February 2 or on February 16 😂🤣 The Groundhog day!
It should be want to know why US and UK break the EU initiative Minsk agreement to give lethal weapons and dishonour EU leaders ? Previously so many sanction form democratic authotarion but have any effect in Russian economy ? Now we are looking now only 10% of dollar transaction out of 95% in past . Russia establish a parallel of Swift. China have also done so. So how much effect on Swift. On the other side if the energy stop to western countries due to sanction from democratic authotarion what will effect to the western countries? Sanction is now looking imposed on their own alliance by democratic authotarion. Sanction is now war tool for their imperialist goals.
Well, he’s half right. But certainly he wasn’t entirely open. He should just have quoted the unofficial USA definition for NATO. That would have been far more illuminating to the general public. I will publish that definition here for you, as he didn’t. "NATO, keeping America in, keeping Germany down and keeping Russia out."
many correct points, but still . they still ignore the fact that not only europe has right for security but also other countries, especially those who were in cold war with usa. you cant simply bring usa army to all sides around russia, understand it finally you hypocrites ! if i am not right than usa should prove it and calmly accept russian or chinesse rockets in cuba and venezuela. END
Germany 🇩🇪 no longer is a sovereign state after ww2. Face the fact that us is already took over by the tares. Matthew 13. 🇺🇸 Tyre is broken. Ezekiel 27. Revelation 18.
@@malignm1857 yeah but, the people can only be pushed so far. Remember, that's what the Bolshevik uprising led by Lennon was about. People were so poor and tired of elite's wars and corruption and they turned on the czar. Putin better check the temperature of his own people, I think they are pretty fed up with him too. They are desperately poor and more wars and sanctions are going to make that a lot worse. There are many good strong Russian people, they may not go for this.
He mentioned a Ukrainian kindergarten was hit, let’s not forget drone strikes in Afghanistan that killed 7 children and no one was prosecuted. This is rich, the country that invades nations talking down to Russia to not invade 👏
@@joeferreira657 these guys are backed by a military with terrible track records. Check out the training of the Asov battalion, why do you think Germany just sent helmets?
Didn't you hear , that will make countrys diversify faster. That means someone will get the cash for renewables ( we all know who ) and you are going to pay more for less. Green politics XD
EV's are about to hit 10% of global sales. By 2030 it will probably between 50-100% (closer to 100%). Nuclear fusion is nearly here, the reactors are now running for seconds. These two technologies will destroy Russia's oil/gas dependent economy.
@@AORD72 ITER Target is one hour operation by 2035. When a fleet of Vehicles returns to base or to home at the end of the work day Imagine the load when Millions of EV's decide to get charged.all at the same time
@@enriquelaroche5370 Well it is not a problem at a charge rate of 2kW's or less over night. The grid is designed to handle peak loads at dinner time and breakfast. Charging over night cars don't need as much as those times. The average person drives 12000 per year, that equates to something like 6kWh a day. Or 3 hours of charging a night per house is nothing the grids can't handle. Most homes are designed to handle 60 amps at 240v. Or 14.4kW. Intelligence can also be built into the grid. It is already done around the world. My house has two meters, one meter has night rates and is only switched on by the supplier at night, and its rate is a lot less (~30% less cost to me) . A grid operator could temporary switch areas off for a few hours if the demand is too much. This will still allow enough charging time but ease any overloading.
@@AORD72 I do have an electrical engineers degree and Worked for 15 years at the Department of energy..I got that. I'm contemplating places like postal service yards and other major fleet operators who all get back to the yard at the same time. Also Most modern EV's will have 75KW capacity and if they all demand only a 10% charge rate your calculations get screwed add that to a winter when we are also off Natural gas for heating and cooking and it's gonna be a mess.
“Germany, according to a number of relevant characteristics - this is neither mine, nor Russia’s opinion, this is according to politological terms and metrics - remains, one way or another, an occupied state: 30,000 of American [troops] are stationed there,” 🤣
As an American I can tell you your clout chasing is futile. Germany and America have very close ties with each other. You won't find a single German military member complaining of training together with our military in their country. It's a mutually beneficial relationship that serves as a strong military base to deter Russian, Chinese, and Middle Eastern conflict.
it's because 1) germany don't paid their nato fees, so they need american troops there to protect them and 2) they are not kicking out the Americans, due to 1.
On one side the Globalisation is being marketed whereas OPEC, NATO, G7, G8, G20, Europian Union, OBOR and many more are Groups . Big tragedy due for Poor countries. They have to pay the Costs.
My observations - new NATO members nations had their own armies reduced and disarmed, but US and British army units have moved in, mostly to suppress opposition to Western dominance . Germany can not represent Europeans , Germany is not authorised to declare economic wars .
Mr. Bremmer is on point as far as tying together the multi faceted elements of tensions between East and west. It is also quite possible that Germany 🇩🇪 may be the weakest leverage point Putin sees in NATO.
Common! What a funny scenarios of cheap novels, tell me why Russians hit the Ukrainian kindergarten? For the stragtigic target? and who played this drama behind? Who are really trying to provoke two parties? Think about it!
Why is he not relevant if he is considered a subject matter expert at the Munich Security Conference? I'm sure the MSC gets the attention of political decision makers a bit more than UA-cam comments.
@@chazbertino6102 he is definitely not telling everything, and conflicting with himself, though. Yes, Russians were doing shady stuff, but they are doing this because west largely ignores them, bringing weapons ever closer to Russian borders. He acts like all this happening was a sudden move, Ukraine was fighting with separatists almost for a decade now. And what he says about "unity" in Nato? Laughable. As a citizen of a member state, I even doubt Nato would stand up even for its own members. No wonder why Russia is pushing hard.
When US opposed when Russia put missiles in Cuba Russia has the right to oppose US using NATO to put its missiles in these countries. Only solution is EU should dump US and have a friendly relationship with Russia to improve its economy and help poor countries investing in their small industries. US is notorious for playing double game.
No, the described goals of Russian government doesn’t look too coherent with their actions. And really NATO isn’t united, we cannot deny this. America and Britain have already given more money for their new alliance with Australia then for NATO. Also Americans prescribed their army to focus on the Middle East and China not Eastern Europe. Summits and pronounced words can’t really change the fact that NATO isn’t willing to act.
dissing = speak disrespectfully to or criticize. yes. it is acceptable. In a democracy, that is. Being rude is another topic. Depending on the context, and how rude some1 is. But dissing must be o.k. If it is not, you are in a dictatorship or heading towards one.
Russia has already divided NATO. It was NATO's folly to put missiles in Eastern Europe. Russia decided 'no more'. Why does this gentleman also not look at his own mistakes ?
He didn’t hold lo himself back. Very good and honest interview
there is nothing honest about this guy .... he makes money on misery & war...he argue for peace ....no!!
Western capitalists rhetoric
haha...the true...the true...i see the true
@@naderkhodadadi there whas no rhetoric. He just explained what will happen.
Wow, that interview was more informative than all of the foreign policy articles and editorials in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Guardian combined. Thank you to Mr. Bremmer and to the interviewer!
It's the time for DW to , as they say, "really shine". SAD, but true. Excellent reporting.
And you're not familiar with Ian Bremmer or the Eurasia Group? He does this sort of thing professionally.
Why impugn the journalistic reputations? I'm sure, in totality, they've printed things everyone who reads disagrees with and printed things everyone agrees with, or at least finds agreeable.
I could foresee the Ukrainian government recognizing the breakaway regions. Considering the history of the region, the things Putin/Russia(?) is putting on the table will come to pass, or not. Can we acknowledge the recent past, contemporary polity, and whatever future Russia sees for itself, and work a non-violent accomodation?
Is it true Ukraine has passed laws to discriminate against Russians/speakers? (I'm a embarrassingly ignorant of cultural history of the region). Could the Ukrainian government in Kiev recognize it too? Would that preclude good relations with the region? Russians and Ukrainians, language barriers gone, able to trade, vacation, travel to and fro would be allowed or encouraged?
Interesting times for sure.
Mahalo.
His level of knowledge and understanding of the dynamics of the various situations he spoke about is outstanding.
Fabulous interview, brilliant Mr Bremmer, and the reporter was knowledgeable enough to keep up and pull more out from her guest! 👏🏻👏🏻
Finally a good interview. Get more people who actually know what they are talking about.
81 Earth. What good interview. As far as he's concerned, as long as he and the country he comes from can lie and cheat the world of everything including their dignity he does not care a damn.
The world has had enough of that sort of person. Time to get rid of them one way or the other.
@@ishrirampersad8809 oh yes, and what country is that?
@@ishrirampersad8809 that's harsh. how could the US/West and Russia/Putin/Rus.Fed., get a along? Realistically. The West pulls weapons out? Destroys a knowable numbers following a distinct legal framework? We know how to do it, and have the capacity to kick-start the process. We could get Iran in. Re-up the Iran nuclear framework - with US participation (a mea culpa on the government's part for unilateral withdrawl?)? I would've hoped Biden could takeup with Reagan and Gorbachev left off: pull-back and de-militarize. (Star Wars and total de-nuke).
Have a good one.
Let's Read Fiction
It's always good to see democracies speaking so openly with one another.
@Владислав Пронин It's working fine. Protesters dispersed without violence, and now the gov is responding with reducing lockdowns.
Meanwhile in Russia, opposition leaders are given life sentences.
@Владислав Пронин in ways you may not mean, you're right. It was pretty peaceful. Times are for sure weird for everyone. Give it a week or so, and business will be back to normal for most involved. Maybe everyone.
Brillant interview to Mr Bremmer . Excelent answers and knowledge! Thank you.
This men is really into politics,he knows what he talks about,respect.👍
This interview should have included disclosure about the Eurasia Group. The name, Eurasia Group, makes it sound like it is a group of Eurasian countries. In reality, the Eurasia Group is an American think tank where, from the company website, most of the senior executives have close links to Hilary Clinton either as campaign staff or staff when Hilary Clinton was Secretary of State.
bingo + spot on ,,,,
DW always play narative just one side 😂
@@gintantovski2517 I was not saying it to benefit any side of this conflict. Disclosure of any real or potential conflicts of interest held by an interviewee is a matter of journalistic integrity. DW is not the only media outlet doing this type of thing but they have a good reputation and should be maintaining their standards.
Whoever said it wasn’t?
He’s got a lot of good insights
if there was a country that would benefit from a split on the EU cohesion it is the US and the rest of the anglosphere, the white part of it that is. Trump overtly supported BREXIT and Biden rudely remarked that Nord Stream 2 was dead as far as US is concerned in the presence of the German Chancellor. I am sorry to hear that most ppl are blissful unware of this factor: expensive US' shale gas is not going to go down easy with the Europeans, mark these words. It is mutually beneficial to the idea of Pan European aspirations that Russian abundant natural resources reached European consumers without hindrances but it would impact the US interests so it is a no-go as we now have it out in the open.
Germany and other democratic governments and free people of Europe should decide that is it worth trading freedom and liberty of their continent for cheap Russian gas with Putin because Europe can find the price of democracy paid by their ancestors in history books.
But we already choose. Theres nothing wrong with us....But this fight its something thats going for 70 years...one day this will happen. Will be our finest hour?
USA started war in Ukraina brainwashed slave
USA owns Europe
you should try to free Europe
DW does not even attempt to hide its contempt for Rusia. DW has become a spokes person for NATO. In this crisis we need objective and serious journalism and not a histeria driven reporting of the crisis.
This is just NATO trying to convince the world that it needs to exist. It can't exist without an enemy and would go so far as to provoke a war just to make that point. That kindergarten shelling could have been done by Ukrainian SBU just to blame it on Russia. Unless they capture the culprits and do an investigation, they will never know.
now you know DW quality 😂
DW is NATO media ,,,play narative just own agenda ...
@ of course ,, the hole on the wall looks like an RPG shot at close range just not to fail ,, the explosion was in a perfect horizontal direction from a shoulder fire position ,, a shelling of a Grad rocket or heavy mortar round would have blown up the whole room !!! more BS.
@@camocas people keep bringing up Crimea. Tell me how long did the Crimean populace resist the "invader"? Oh, they didn't, nobody cared, not even the Tatar population. Even part of the Ukranian navy defected to the Russians. The people of Crimea predominantly consider themselves as Russian.
Russia is an unofficial empire, where human rights are at an early 20th century level (tops), the country feels+looks like a depressive time travel to the past, and alcoholism is a national sport. And Russia still wanna play Superpower, instead of using their NOT-superpower budget to handle their many issues. Just imagine all the countries with similar budgets doing the same. How ridiculous would that be?
Some contempt is o.k.
by the way, if contempt was show, it was the dude. Who is NOT a DW employee. Wich makes your "argument" kinda void.
These two work together enormously well.
maybe EU will wake up finally to see what Russia has done since ever....
From your Canadian brothers: God Bless the Ukrainian people! We ethnic Slavs and former Soviet satellites never had the human capital, geographical luck, or institutions to compete with the West. Every time we tried some Czarist/Holodomoric/or Bolshevik/Stalinist dictator stepped on our neck. Putin is hopefully last in a long line of oppressors.
Russians will not agree on this notion of 'dictator"
Yeah they are not stepping on your neck in Canada ;) riiiiiiiiiiiiight
@@gladstonerayen949 Da. Putin iz our good King. Him infallible paragon of virtue who not brutally poison political adversaries to rule by fear and intimidation. Da, komrade. Da.
@@AaronC123-q9t you don t know russians , they want peace and prosperity but they are not puppet like you . And for the After putin don t worry everything IS planned
@@AaronC123-q9t putin IS the leader but it IS not him Alone who take the decisions
scary times...we all try to live our lives and we have no idea how much the world can change if Russia invades Ukraine.
This is the first time I have ever ever heard of Ian Bremmer, let alone from him. I agree with J Lee a couple of comments down, and I've just added a search for his name in my News bookmarks.
He has a channel on here. One of my go to’s.
He's the founder of the Eurasia Group. He does this for a living.
He's been featured on several IQ-squared debates directly related to this subject, if you want to check that out.
Non of the people there have any clue as to what war does to people. Theyve never seen it up close or experienced what chaos and horror it can bring. If they had, they wouldnt be making decisions without regard to human life.
Agreed on the renewable energy point 7:53
And people are surprised Russia didn't join the MSC. Literally just Russia bashing. So how is this any different to any other conference
He sees the situation from only one angle. He is already pre-judging one side. This sort of talk is what has brought to this point.
Ian's been up until now betting that there wouldn't be a war. I think he realizes now that the winds of war are reaching hurricane level. When he flips it's time to run for cover.
There aren't a lot of people on this planet who's advice I take without a bit of skepticism, Ian Bremmer is one of those people. When he says it's time to run, you better start running
America is the only one putting out the energy of saying Russia WILL invade and putting dates on it and telling the World germany WILL shut down the Nord stream 2
@@frozentits_records1691 I'd think 120-150K troops amassed on the Ukrainian border is "putting out the energy" as you phrase it. Regardless, your ID is FAF!
@@MadBison66 Russia is more poor than people think and they can't afford war right now either. Not saying Putin can be totally fed up and invade taking Ukraine within hours but he said it himself he is just doing this to show them he's serious when he mean business and wants to be taken serious. Im not a "trump" supporter but atleast he went around the world and shook hands with opposing leaders looking them in the eye man to man with respect. That's all it takes but they playing with him. Its lore of a military Parade just upscale
@@frozentits_records1691
Can you for once read a book ?
Some wants to divide Europe . First they started in Ukraine to initiate conflict. The rupture point. Europe is one land with Asia.
how about getting NATO off of Russia's borders.
Russia has just proven why NATO must be there to protect vulnerable neighbors
@@scepticalwalker3984 I don't see it that way,
I see it the other way.
The way I see it is Russia sees NATO as a threat against their borders,
it's expanding,
getting closer,
getting bigger,
even when Russia was no longer the Soviet Union,
when they were poor ,
had a small military,
couldn't even pay their military personnel,
NATO expanded got bigger.
406.6 km from St Petersburg, which is the old Imperial City.
the last thing you want is Ukraine joining NATO.
Being able to project at a very close radius towards Moscow. That is threatening.
The US would never want Russia to have a military Base in Cuba.
@@scepticalwalker3984 You killed millions in Iraq. Wiped out from Afghanistan and landed in Ukraine to create chaos,suffering and death. This is American Imperialism.
@@bobbyschannel349 and you miss the fact that these countries are asking to join NATO. You act as though NATO rolls in and forces these countries to join the alliance. They know how the old USSR was and want no part of Russias attempt to recapture its glory. You seem to take a blind eye to Russia‘s behavior. How many countries are looking to form a military alliance against Japan? Do you see Canada or Mexico forming a military alliance because they are afraid of the US? The answer is no. See how that works?
@@nicoles9077 the days of the Soviet Union is long gone, even when the Soviet Union resolved, Russia was weak very poor society, and the military was not functional. Members still joined NATO NATO is an old military block of a cold war that shouldn't exist anymore.
I think he is wrong on China for the most part. What Putin does in Ukraine will certainly affect Xi's ambitions.
Divide NATO... They just did the opposite
His body language says “this isn’t that serious to him”...
He uses alarming language,..,but his body language doesn’t match.
Meaning,...I truly doubt he would be affected physically or financially in any meaningful way if sh** went south. I have a feeling this goes for everyone in that room.
Great questions and answers!!!
Liars . What about your violation of Iraqi sovereignty and the tragic consequences of your occupation of Iraq without any international legal mandate ?
Different administrations. Viewing actions solely in terms of nationalities only demonstrates a poor grasp of the topic. That’s why nationalist movements are populist, because good education isn’t freely available. This is a bipartisan problem. Either way, do you think two wrong’s make a right? That’s ridiculous bot 🤡🇷🇺
Ian Bremmer is one with business with this and soon earn million of $ this are just a US PUPPET
It's more like:
NATO trying not to fracture by finding a common enemy in Russia.
We need peace
As we understand Germany is the customer for Russia's energy and should poses as major bargaining power on the negotiation.
Or a burden for EUs position
@@camocas And you think that the American expensive liquid gas would not be aa geopolotical weapon? Dont be naive.
@@camocas If you think USA is not a dictatorship you need to do more research. And it is questionable would EU be better of with USA or Russia/China.
@@camocas Voting witch puppet will entertain the people for 4 years is not democracy. Both countries are plutocracies as are most others. Welcome to the 21st century.
@@camocas The last time USA had a semi independent president was Kenedy and we know what happened to him.
NATO should start putting pressure on Belarus to counter Russian interference in Ukraine
NATO needs to be completely dissolved
@@jed1mindtricks857 lololololol
There might be a scenario that NATO forces would move into Ukraine and chock the Russian army there. Why not? Russia is not completely free of that risk.
I agree the free world is tired of Putin and his criminals let’s see how great his military is when they face an army that can fight back they only pick on countries that are under matched!!!
@@bobcatassi1900 Do you want to turn Europe into a nuclear wasteland? Because that's how you turn Europe into a nuclear wasteland. Go warmonger on your own continent!
@MortimerPenguin Russia isn't going to go throwing nukes around unless the Motherland has an existential threat. It's not going to happen over a war in Ukraine.
No, NATO forces mostly consist of Americans (yes, I know how many soldiers are from i]other countries but seriously without America NATO is nothing) and Biden said he won’t send any American soldier to fight in Ukraine even to rescue American citizens.
And besides, it will finally demonstrate that NATO isn’t about protection if they gonna act on the territory of the other country. Though… they’ve done this before. Nato is aggressive alliance as any military alliance in history. They had a chance to be the first exception but obviously they are not.
@@mortimerpenguin zoo you want to let dictator putin invade countries and enslave people?
Isn't Germany concerned about what Russia might do to their energy supplies in event of sanctions on Russia ? Why can't the US-Nato give Russia security guarantees ?
Because what are they demanding is nonsense. The sovereignty of a country can never be on the negotiations
Because it's bad for business. Peace doesn't sell Murican weapons :)
Russia had security guarantees. They scrapped it all by developing new weapons and not including them into weapon control agreements, by deploying nuclear capable Iskander missiles into Kaliningrad. And even after invading Georgia and Ukraine, NATO countries have no plan about taking any kind of military action against Russia. Plus the US decreased troops in Europe enormously in the last 30 years. Of course Europeans will not just throw away all their weapons and let Russia roll through Europe like what the Soviets did between 1939 and 1945. We saw what happened to Ukraine after they scrapped their nuclear missiles and most of their conventional military. If Ukraine would still be the third biggest nuclear power like in 1991 non of this would happen.
@@Darr1071 They don’t ask NATO to give Ukraine to Russia. They ask for guarantees not to take Ukraine into alliance and not to give them weapon. If Russian government wished to pit Ukrainian territory under direct control, they would’ve occupy it in 2014, when nobody expected anything bad and Ukrainian army wasn’t ready to defend. What did they wait for, to make the war more interesting?
@@Darr1071 We'll see about that. "War is politics by other means", Carl von Clausewitz.
DW.. IS Warmoger
Well said & truthful.
VERY INFORMATIVE INTERVIEW.
Russia China Iran Syria Kazakhs etc are coming together in the Eurasian landmass.
Islam, Christianity and Atheism, all working together what could possibly go wrong?
According to NATO sources, Russia should invade Ukraine at least 10 times at this moment 😂😂😂 The last "imminent" invasions should happen on February 2 or on February 16 😂🤣
The Groundhog day!
Let the people talk not only the politician 😀
EU should stop pestering Russia. Just let Russia be. They are no threat to Europe. The Cold War is over.
It should be want to know why US and UK break the EU initiative Minsk agreement to give lethal weapons and dishonour EU leaders ?
Previously so many sanction form democratic authotarion but have any effect in Russian economy ?
Now we are looking now only 10% of dollar transaction out of 95% in past . Russia establish a parallel of Swift. China have also done so. So how much effect on Swift.
On the other side if the energy stop to western countries due to sanction from democratic authotarion what will effect to the western countries?
Sanction is now looking imposed on their own alliance by democratic authotarion. Sanction is now war tool for their imperialist goals.
The fruit of America's foolish foreign policy!
0:01 I like this guys nice little nod to the camera. 😊
Dw.. Is Nato proboganda,, warmoger
Well, he’s half right. But certainly he wasn’t entirely open. He should just have quoted the unofficial USA definition for NATO. That would have been far more illuminating to the general public. I will publish that definition here for you, as he didn’t. "NATO, keeping America in, keeping Germany down and keeping Russia out."
many correct points, but still . they still ignore the fact that not only europe has right for security but also other countries, especially those who were in cold war with usa. you cant simply bring usa army to all sides around russia, understand it finally you hypocrites ! if i am not right than usa should prove it and calmly accept russian or chinesse rockets in cuba and venezuela. END
What an excellent speaker
This is not cold war, but warm already)
The USA has massive royal barking dogs around China and Russia
Eurasia group is American think tank
Only one side of the story
If sanctions work then we won’t have all the conflicts. 🤪
Germany 🇩🇪 no longer is a sovereign state after ww2. Face the fact that us is already took over by the tares. Matthew 13. 🇺🇸 Tyre is broken. Ezekiel 27. Revelation 18.
They work. It just hurts the people. Dictators like Putin don’t care about the people
@@malignm1857 yeah but, the people can only be pushed so far. Remember, that's what the Bolshevik uprising led by Lennon was about. People were so poor and tired of elite's wars and corruption and they turned on the czar. Putin better check the temperature of his own people, I think they are pretty fed up with him too. They are desperately poor and more wars and sanctions are going to make that a lot worse. There are many good strong Russian people, they may not go for this.
He mentioned a Ukrainian kindergarten was hit, let’s not forget drone strikes in Afghanistan that killed 7 children and no one was prosecuted. This is rich, the country that invades nations talking down to Russia to not invade 👏
Two wrongs don't make it right.
@@joeferreira657 these guys are backed by a military with terrible track records. Check out the training of the Asov battalion, why do you think Germany just sent helmets?
Thats correct Rusia WANTS to decide europe, which is the only way russia can successfull y challenge The West
He’s very well spoken
$7.00 a gallon for Gas will not fly well in the USA
Didn't you hear , that will make countrys diversify faster. That means someone will get the cash for renewables ( we all know who ) and you are going to pay more for less. Green politics XD
EV's are about to hit 10% of global sales. By 2030 it will probably between 50-100% (closer to 100%). Nuclear fusion is nearly here, the reactors are now running for seconds. These two technologies will destroy Russia's oil/gas dependent economy.
@@AORD72 ITER Target is one hour operation by 2035. When a fleet of Vehicles returns to base or to home at the end of the work day Imagine the load when Millions of EV's decide to get charged.all at the same time
@@enriquelaroche5370 Well it is not a problem at a charge rate of 2kW's or less over night. The grid is designed to handle peak loads at dinner time and breakfast. Charging over night cars don't need as much as those times. The average person drives 12000 per year, that equates to something like 6kWh a day. Or 3 hours of charging a night per house is nothing the grids can't handle.
Most homes are designed to handle 60 amps at 240v. Or 14.4kW.
Intelligence can also be built into the grid. It is already done around the world. My house has two meters, one meter has night rates and is only switched on by the supplier at night, and its rate is a lot less (~30% less cost to me) . A grid operator could temporary switch areas off for a few hours if the demand is too much. This will still allow enough charging time but ease any overloading.
@@AORD72 I do have an electrical engineers degree and Worked for 15 years at the Department of energy..I got that. I'm contemplating places like postal service yards and other major fleet operators who all get back to the yard at the same time. Also Most modern EV's will have 75KW capacity and if they all demand only a 10% charge rate your calculations get screwed add that to a winter when we are also off Natural gas for heating and cooking and it's gonna be a mess.
“Germany, according to a number of relevant characteristics - this is neither mine, nor Russia’s opinion, this is according to politological terms and metrics - remains, one way or another, an occupied state: 30,000 of American [troops] are stationed there,” 🤣
As an American I can tell you your clout chasing is futile. Germany and America have very close ties with each other. You won't find a single German military member complaining of training together with our military in their country. It's a mutually beneficial relationship that serves as a strong military base to deter Russian, Chinese, and Middle Eastern conflict.
it's because 1) germany don't paid their nato fees, so they need american troops there to protect them and 2) they are not kicking out the Americans, due to 1.
@@hangender Germany pays the exact same amount of money to NATO as the US: 16.34 percent of NATO's budget.
Germany now is very weak compared to the old Germany
@@ngakadaakhlak8314 yeah but, they're still Germans.
Eurasia Group's aim is to find a way to divide Eurasia
The best thing what America should do start a draft up and Putin, I think he will stop his war games.
and also NATO wants to divide Russia federation...
On one side the Globalisation is being marketed whereas OPEC, NATO, G7, G8, G20, Europian Union, OBOR and many more are Groups .
Big tragedy due for Poor countries. They have to pay the Costs.
It has found it long time ago and is doing splendid job with it....
Russia,Russian, Russian but no proof uh,
Dictator putin has already invaded the Ukraine and stolen Crimea. How much proof do you need?
My observations - new NATO members nations had their own armies reduced and disarmed, but US and British army units have moved in, mostly to suppress opposition to Western dominance . Germany can not represent Europeans , Germany is not authorised to declare economic wars .
The dude is so full of it.
Proof ?
Mr. Bremmer is on point as far as tying together the multi faceted elements of tensions between East and west. It is also quite possible that Germany 🇩🇪 may be the weakest leverage point Putin sees in NATO.
It's all about Germany, not Ukraine. Germany needs Russian gas.
@@pedrob3953 Putin bist ein Berliner
This guy is shook. He really sees the world falling apart around him. Plz Putin don't do WWIII.
Very smart guy.
It appears to be working
This guy is a card carrying member of the Blob
If Russia will not draw back his forces he will wait for his tent friends too.
"Now what’s going to happen to us without barbarians? Those people were a kind of solution."
"Waiting for the Barbarians" BY C. P. CAVAFY
This guy predict correctly. We have the war now
Divide and conquer.
Common! What a funny scenarios of cheap novels, tell me why Russians hit the Ukrainian kindergarten? For the stragtigic target? and who played this drama behind? Who are really trying to provoke two parties? Think about it!
Pretty sure Finns has thought about that 😂
Clearly staged. Windows intact.
yes,ask yourself what benefits could Russia get by hitting a kindergarten?This is a staged attack by Russia's enemies.
Lying not gonna bring you anywhere
This man is absolutely right.
Is he a scholar? An analyst? Or an American government's propagandist? Or.. An actor?
Unfortunatelly, many greeks supports russia.they are their orthodox brothers
No!
No war,, No invesion
Back to you Sally.
Ian is the nerd who feels relevant. Half of what he says is purely exageration.
You can't exaggerate the truth.
He's definitely a nerd, but he is not exaggerating an inch.
He is depicting things just as they are, unfortunately.
Why is he not relevant if he is considered a subject matter expert at the Munich Security Conference? I'm sure the MSC gets the attention of political decision makers a bit more than UA-cam comments.
@賤笑讀稿嬤 no
@@chazbertino6102 he is definitely not telling everything, and conflicting with himself, though. Yes, Russians were doing shady stuff, but they are doing this because west largely ignores them, bringing weapons ever closer to Russian borders. He acts like all this happening was a sudden move, Ukraine was fighting with separatists almost for a decade now. And what he says about "unity" in Nato? Laughable. As a citizen of a member state, I even doubt Nato would stand up even for its own members. No wonder why Russia is pushing hard.
Cuban crisis in reverse?
Exactly Europe is more united than ever,, RUSIA'S militRy build up CAN NOT last for ever its Costly
We'll see,
@@engelgirl7360 Yes Putin's militar y build up can not lost for ever if Rusia is harshly Sanction
I bet mr Brened has a lot of interest ($€$€) to keep this NATO train going. Would he be on DW at all if it wasn't for NATO? Ho is he anyway? :)
Hubris squared.
"The West"
Russia is the west boogieman and putin makes it easier
When US opposed when Russia put missiles in Cuba Russia has the right to oppose US using NATO to put its missiles in these countries. Only solution is EU should dump US and have a friendly relationship with Russia to improve its economy and help poor countries investing in their small industries. US is notorious for playing double game.
Get lost, Russian troll ! Yob tvou mat ! We Europeans stick with our American brothers.
They just did or didn’t you notice
Yes, finding a way to divide NATO, KGB at work.?
No, the described goals of Russian government doesn’t look too coherent with their actions.
And really NATO isn’t united, we cannot deny this. America and Britain have already given more money for their new alliance with Australia then for NATO. Also Americans prescribed their army to focus on the Middle East and China not Eastern Europe. Summits and pronounced words can’t really change the fact that NATO isn’t willing to act.
He penpusher have you even been, under artillerie fire, or do you only like to talk about it?
Dissing the Vice President off the US is not acceptable.
dissing = speak disrespectfully to or criticize.
yes. it is acceptable. In a democracy, that is. Being rude is another topic. Depending on the context, and how rude some1 is. But dissing must be o.k. If it is not, you are in a dictatorship or heading towards one.
no terrorussia - no problems!
Russia has already divided NATO. It was NATO's folly to put missiles in Eastern Europe. Russia decided 'no more'. Why does this gentleman also not look at his own mistakes ?