Our sincere gratitude to the (very) many readers who wrote to tell us what they consider the top political risks for 2019. Below you'll find a "word cloud," a graphical representation of the frequency with which particular words and phrases appeared in your emails, reflecting what you see as the biggest political risks for the world next year. The larger the word or phrase in this image, the more often it appeared in reader responses.
India’s political class is in an uproar over claims by US President Donald Trump that USAIDgave $18 million to increase their country’s voter turnout.
A new measure would cut back the popular program in order to fund continuation of Trump's first term tax cuts.
President Donald Trump looks on while meeting with President of France Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, February 24, 2025.
The 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution is crystal clear: No person can be elected to the presidency more than twice. Ratified in 1951, it was a response to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four-term tenure.
What is the European reaction to what President Trump is trying to achieve in terms of peace? Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden and co-chair of the European Council on Foreign Relations, shares his perspective on European politics from Kyiv, Ukraine, on the three-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale aggression against the country.
Ian Bremmer's Quick Take: Germany’s election results are in, with the far-right AfD party expanding their vote share to second place. Ian Bremmer looks at what the outcome means for the future of Europe and the transatlantic alliance.
Governor of California Gavin Newsom speaks next to U.S. President Donald Trump upon Trump's arrival to tour areas impacted or destroyed by the southern California wildfires, at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California, on Jan. 24, 2025.
“Those same geopolitical tensions that we see in physical space certainly are playing out in digital space as well,” says Anne Neuberger, former US Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technologies.
China's President Xi Jinping attends a meeting in Brazil in November 2024.
Just days after a Chinese naval helicopter nearly collided with a Philippine patrol plane over a contested reef, China’s military started live-fire drills in waterways near Vietnam on Monday and between Australia and New Zealand over the weekend in an “unprecedented” display of firepower.