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5 Stats That Explained the World This Week - Ian Bremmer - POLITICO Magazine

The right statistic is often worth a thousand words―and sometimes much more than that. These five weekly data points, put together by Ian Bremmer, president and founder of the risk consultancy Eurasia Group, provide a glimpse into global trends, political dangers and international power dynamics. Some are counterintuitive facts. Others are small stats that tell a big story. This week, Bremmer looks at everything from Sweden’s refugees to an Israel-Jordan economic agreement.