Using the exact same code as the example http://bost.ocks.org/mike/sankey/, it work fine on my computer.
However, when i just change the json link to point to the above json that has the same structure it makes all types of explorer crash. The force layout renders this graph perfectly so I don't see where the problem is.
{"nodes": [
{"name": "United-Kingdom"},
{"name": "Lithuania"},
{"name": "France"},
{"name": "Italia"},
{"name": "Slovakia"},
{"name": "Ireland"},
{"name": "Norway"},
{"name": "Slovenia"},
{"name": "Germany"},
{"name": "Belgium"},
{"name": "Spain"},
{"name": "Ukraine"},
{"name": "Netherlands"},
{"name": "Bosnia"},
{"name": "Denmark"},
{"name": "Poland"},
{"name": "Finland"},
{"name": "Macedonia"},
{"name": "Sweden"},
{"name": "Latvia"},
{"name": "Czech-Republic"},
{"name": "Hungary"},
{"name": "Swiss"},
{"name": "Bulgaria"},
{"name": "Romania"},
{"name": "Albania"},
{"name": "Portugal"},
{"name": "Estonia"},
{"name": "Serbia"},
{"name": "Austria"},
{"name": "Greece"},
{"name": "Croatia"}],
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