CURRENT POLITICS PUSHING OUR WORLD TOWARD DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES
POLITICAL POLICY MAKERS ARE HEAVILY FOCUSED ON DOMESTIC ISSUES IGNORING GLOBAL PROBLEMS The world is entering into a dangerous zone, where the ill-effects of the current government policies will be seen in the decades to come, reveals the Political Risk Outlook 2019 by Eurasia Group. The New York-headquartered political risk consultancy identifies the most challenging political and geopolitical trends and stress points for global investors and market participants in 2019, as well as a few red herrings-issues that, despite media attention, are unlikely to pose a significant threat or drive instability in the coming year. Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer and Chairman Cliff Kupchan presented this year’s report. “The political risk outlook for 2019 is reasonably good,” said Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer. “But nearly all of the geopolitical developments that matter are now trending in the wrong direction. That’s unprecedented in my lifetime. These issues, if left unaddr