Forecasts of the year ahead tend to reflect the general mood of the year before and, for Americans, fears about the world around us. So it’s no surprise that after a most depressing 2015 in geopolitics, doom and gloom dominates 2016 predictions thus far. As if the ongoing civil war in Syria was not bad enough, the self-proclaimed Islamic State has proven itself to be one of the most resilient and capable extremist groups in the world, committing and inspiring attacks far beyond the physical territory it occupies. A resurgent Russia kept the world guessing in Ukraine and opportunistically opened …read more
A Stubborn Optimist’s 2016 Forecast of World Affairs
