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Ian Bremmer

Welcome to the new normal of America's 'asterisk president'

An America that cannot even agree who its president is will be in no shape to lead the rest of the democratic world.

Eurasia Group released its annual list of the top geopolitical risks this week and, just like last year, the United States ranks at the top of the list. Unlike last year, though, our concerns for the US extend far beyond the next calendar year.

Let’s start with a statement that in typical times would be utterly uncontroversial: there was a clear winner in last November's US presidential elections. That winner was Joe Biden. Yet nearly half of all Americans refuse to accept that Biden won the presidency legitimately.

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Ian Bremmer is the president of Eurasia Group and GZERO Media.

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