NATO-Russia war billed as top risk for US in 2017, alongside terrorism – Council on Foreign Relations survey

‘A NATO-Russia confrontation has been deemed a top risk by a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) survey, conducted by foreign policy experts. This placed it alongside the risk of a nuclear crisis with North Korea and a severe terrorist attack on the US.
The likelihoods for all major American fears coming true were split into two groups – those with a moderate likelihood of happening, but causing a high impact; and those with a high likelihood of happening, but causing a moderate impact.
This year was different, however. Despite tempers flaring and tensions boiling over, the experts didn’t feel there was anything to warrant their attention that would carry both – a high likelihood of happening, and a high risk of a severe impact at the same time. This was the opposite of last year, when the Syrian civil war was projected to intensify even further.’
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