Foreign Focus
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Entering 2014, the biggest economic risks include China and its increasing dependence on debt to fuel slowing growth, followed by Europe which will struggle to keep the euro intact if a recession hits. But these problems are both remote. Here, outside of natural disasters and political risk, geopolitical problems scare me most. When great nations reduce their foreign policy footprints, bad things happen. The world needs an involved US.