Though crude oil prices are expected to hover around $60 a barrel in 2018 and 2019, that’s not enough to buoy Russia’s economy.
Despite setting up “de-escalation zones” in Syria, the three countries are at odds.
Could the recent bout of unrest be a challenge to the regime?
The old guard is a dying breed, and its allies lack the ability to address the problems of governance.
With increasing unrest and violence in the region, the U.S. is pushing for more immigration controls.
Each side has been forced to get less than it needed from the other.
Russia will now have to demonstrate that it can finish a job it said was already done.
Turkey’s president is determined to break the disconnect between perceived and real military capabilities.
The U.K. is facing a serious challenge to its centuries-old political experiment.
The underlying fundamentals of the crisis on the Korean Peninsula have not changed.
One is coming to grips with its geographic constraints, the other is turning weakness into strength.
Jan. 2, 2018 Protests aren’t out of control yet, but the government needs solutions or scapegoats.
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