Renowned political scientist on the state of the world: ‘Fraught, volatile, uncertain’

American political scientist Ian Bremmer didn’t equivocate after his friend, former Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, introduced him at the opening of the Zions Bank/World Trade Center Utah Crossroads of the World summit Wednesday. “You have me kicking off this conference and talking about the geopolitical environment because, apparently, you don’t want to start on a high note,” Bremmer said to a packed audience at the Zions Bancorporation Technology Center in Midvale. “And I apologize for that in advance but what Mitt will tell you is that’s not going to stop me from telling you what I think is going on.”…