# In an op-ed, NYU Global Research Prof. Ian Bremmer discusses the intersection of international politics and business

1 Faculty News October 8, 2014 ![Fortune logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031172.jpg?itok=61CxYB-R)>

Excerpt from [Fortune](https://fortune.com/2014/10/08/the-new-cold-war-on-business/) -- "Western companies benefit from a globalized marketplace backstopped by universal values that allows them to improve supply chains and reach new customers. They are engineered to compete with other corporations, not governments. Clashing states will force many companies to make painful choices about how they do business—and where."

[Read more](https://fortune.com/2014/10/08/the-new-cold-war-on-business/)

Additional coverage appeared on [Politico](http://www.politico.com/morningmoney/1014/morningmoney15627.html) and [The Wall Street Journal](http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/10/10/capital-journal-obama-weighs-options-to-close-guantanamo-u-s-bids-to-save-iran-nuclear-talks-sen-pat-roberts-woos-gops-right/).