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Data and resolution details. This question resolves based on the Geopolitical Risk (GPR) Index of Dario Caldara and Matteo Iacoviello, which counts the occurrence of words related to geopolitical tensions in leading international newspapers. The historical and forecasted data are a 12-month rolling average index score. Forecasting for each six-month period ends halfway through the period. The data are updated for each month on the GPR website around the 10th of the following month. 

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The historical data underlying the graph is here.

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