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Graphic Truth: Readers' Top Risks

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Ari Winkleman
Ari Winkleman
Ari Winkleman is the lead designer at Eurasia Group and GZERO Media.
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January 11, 2019

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.

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