One additional aspect of global governance failure under geopolitical risks also matters here indirectly.

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The geopolitical risks of minimal gross domestic product momentum these next few years is something the U.S must overcome.

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Now the rise in emerging economies is once again altering power relations among states and creating new geopolitical risks.

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Investors are clamoring for silver as a hedge against inflation and geopolitical risks, and in the current environment it is working wonderfully.

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Investors would be wise to closely monitor geopolitical risks in Asia.

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Investors shifted money away from safe haven assets and poured into equities and other risky asset classes on the expectation of less geopolitical risks in the markets.

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An aide to Ms. Park said the economic delegation is intended to help ease investor concerns about geopolitical risks surrounding North Korea and promote the benefits of a U.S.-South Korea free-trade pact.

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Putin signed amendments to the 2012 budget only a couple of weeks ago, considerably increasing the projected oil price for 2012 even when oil prices were in decline with no end in sight except for the geopolitical risks in Iran.

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This looks at Economic, Environmental, Geopolitical, Societal, and Technological sources of risks, compares likelihood and impact of each factor.

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Macondo, Fukushima, Keystone, Iran, the Arab Spring, and the rise of unconventional plays, offer only the sparest shorthand for the risks, regulatory blowback, and geopolitical uncertainties that now dominate the agenda of the energy chief executive.

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