Economics
Top Risk for 2016: US-Europe Relations, Eurasia's Bremmer Says
- Relations are seen at their weakest since World War II
- Risks include closed Europe, China footprint, Islamic State
The Hollow Alliance of the United States and Europe
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Relations between the United States and Europe are at their weakest in decades and are the top risk for global investors in 2016, according to Ian Bremmer, president of the Eurasia Group political-risk research and consulting firm.
“We have never seen the relationship between the United States and Europe, the most important and foundational alliance for the world’s economic system, so weak since the end of World War II,” Bremmer told Bloomberg Television in an interview Monday marking publication of Eurasia’s Top Risks 2016 report.