The prominent features of the global economy in 2008 will be oil and energy issues, a U.S. dollar that is weakening yet becoming more important and a strong performance by the U.S. economy. This is one section of the Annual Forecast 2008.
Latin American history is dominated by a singular thought: that the solution to the region's problems lies somewhere beyond the continent. This is one section of the Annual Forecast 2008.
The coming year will see the major stakeholders in Africa -- France, the United States, China, Nigeria and South Africa -- shift their priorities to other affairs. This is one section of the Annual Forecast 2008.
The year 2008 is critical for Beijing; it is the year in which China will finally be showcased as a modern and "big" nation. This is one section of the Annual Forecast 2008.
Pakistan ended 2007 with the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Dec. 27, which injected a huge amount of passion and uncertainty into a situation that already stretched the definition of "chaotic." This is one section of the Annual Forecast 2008.
After exactly 60 years of attempting to build a new European structure under the aegis of the European Union, Europe in 2008 will return to an earlier geopolitical arrangement: the Concert of Powers. This is one section of the Annual Forecast 2008.
The United States may have lost the Iraq war in military terms, but it has won the ensuing chaos in geopolitical terms and all but won the jihadist war that began Sept. 11, 2001. This is one section of the Annual Forecast 2008.
