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These are my (extremely glum) predictions for the coming year. What are yours?
(1) IS will gain foothold and continue their ethnic and religious cleansing. The West will not intervene in any meaningful way.
(2) Turkey will continue its slow descent into authoritanism and Islamism.
(3) Israel will get into another semi war with its neighbours.
(4) Russia will continue its slow empiralism.
(5) The EU will get into a crisis that will either mean consolidation or "shelling" of some of its members.
(6) Star Wars VII will turn out be surprisingly good.
(7) Obama will continue to be extremely divisive, and end up forcing through decrees to try to make headway in the direction he wishes.
(8) Oil prices will rise sharply due to the spread of violence in the Middle East.
(9) One or more major natural disasters will again shock the world.
(10) The Middle East will see new and surprising political alliances emerge.
(11) Mexico's problems with the cartels will escalate to the point of civil war or coup.
(12) China's economical growth will slow down considerably, but their influence elsewhere will continue to grow.
(1) IS will gain foothold and continue their ethnic and religious cleansing. The West will not intervene in any meaningful way.
(2) Turkey will continue its slow descent into authoritanism and Islamism.
(3) Israel will get into another semi war with its neighbours.
(4) Russia will continue its slow empiralism.
(5) The EU will get into a crisis that will either mean consolidation or "shelling" of some of its members.
(6) Star Wars VII will turn out be surprisingly good.
(7) Obama will continue to be extremely divisive, and end up forcing through decrees to try to make headway in the direction he wishes.
(8) Oil prices will rise sharply due to the spread of violence in the Middle East.
(9) One or more major natural disasters will again shock the world.
(10) The Middle East will see new and surprising political alliances emerge.
(11) Mexico's problems with the cartels will escalate to the point of civil war or coup.
(12) China's economical growth will slow down considerably, but their influence elsewhere will continue to grow.
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