# NYU Global Research Professor Ian Bremmer identifies the largest geopolitical threats to the economy worldwide

1 Faculty News November 11, 2015 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-11-11/geopolitical-risks-eurasia-group-s-top-three-threats) -- "The first thing I came up with for right now has got to be the refugee crisis in Europe. I mean, we've got some 5 million nearly refugees coming just from Syria. Only 6% made it to Europe thus far. A lot more are coming. The ability of the Europeans to integrate these people is virtually nil. The cultural backlash. The populism that comes in the European capitals as a consequence."

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Additional coverage appeared on [Yahoo! Finance](http://finance.yahoo.com/video/geopolitical-risks-eurasia-groups-top-130632955.html).