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Ian Bremmer: Less than you think.

Mr. Bremmer says their leaders are watching to see what the West truly believes when it comes to the economy.

The problem, Mr. Bremmer says, is that state capitalists are in a very strong position at the moment.

You probably won't be surprised to hear that a free-market evangelist like Mr. Bremmer isn't a liberal.

Int. : Speaking with Ambassador L. Paul Bremmer III. He is the former chairman of the National Commission on Terrorism.

Messrs Bremmer and Halper are actually less bullish about the new authoritarianism than the titles of their books might suggest.

"This is a deliberate hedging strategy to reduce economic dependence on the west, " says Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia consultancy.

Ian Bremmer is the founder and president of Eurasia Group, a political-risk consultancy.

Speaking now with ambassador L. Paul Bremmer III, he is the former chairman on the national commission on terrorism.

BREMMER We don't know. It could be stress causes changes in the brain that lead to depression.

But he does provide a valuable supplement to Mr Bremmer's book.

BREMMER We know that stressful life events make it more likely that someone who has had depression in the past will relapse.

Note: This essay is based on a transcribed interview with Bremmer.

IN MAY 2009 the Chinese consulate in New York invited Ian Bremmer to take part in a small seminar on "the current financial crisis" .