The potential international economic risks associated with GOP front-runner Donald Trump winning the White House in November are equivalent to those posed by the threat of jihadi terrorism, according to a new analysis from The Economist Intelligence Unit.

The EIU, which periodically updates its list of the 10 greatest individual threats to international economic conditions in the foreseeable future, considers a further slowdown in the already cooling Chinese economy to be the most significant cloud currently hanging over the global marketplace. In compiling its rankings, the group makes a "qualitative judgment of the likely damage to companies' capacity to operate at target profitability," and then combines that with the likelihood that such an event would actually take place. Increased currency volatility, a new Cold War and the rise of Trump all cracked the Top 10 this month.

"The global economy has found a firmer footing after a rocky start to 2016," the EIU said in a statement accompanying the report. "However, volatility will return as the dominant theme in 2016, driven by further global monetary policy divergence and concerns that growth in China will be maintained at the current rate only by an unsustainable increase in debt."

Indeed, 2016 ended up being Wall Street's worst start to a calendar year on record, and the recent adoption of lower – in some cases, negative – interest rates around the world speaks to just how far government officials are willing to go to stimulate what has recently proved to be elusive economic growth.

The EIU's risk assessments don't typically venture into the political spectrum by focusing on an individual candidate's proposals. This month, however, was a notable exception.

"In the event of a Trump victory, his hostile attitude to free trade, and alienation of Mexico and China in particular, could escalate rapidly into a trade war," the analysis says. "Although we do not expect Mr. Trump to defeat his most likely Democratic contender, Hillary Clinton, there are risks to this forecast, especially in the event of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil or a sudden economic downturn."

A hypothetical President Trump, however, is hardly the greatest threat currently facing international markets, according to the EIU. Click through to see a breakdown of the group's top concerns for the world economy going forward.

