An increasingly obvious paradox has emerged in global financial markets this year. Though geopolitical risks - the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the rise of the Islamic State and growing turmoil across the Middle East - have multiplied, markets have remained buoyant, if not downright bubbly.
Global Times: Unlikely threats may have largest impact on markets
Miners return from their shift at the Kalinina coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, controlled by pro-Russian rebels on Dec. 1, 2014.
