Chip crunch. Ford on Thursday said it would cut production at two U.S. plants where it builds the popular F-150 next week due to the ongoing shortage of semiconductors. The company also said it was expecting a $2.5 billion hit to its earnings. A day earlier, GM said it would shut down a trio of […]
Conte resigns. Discussions on forming a new Italian government will begin on Wednesday after Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigned on Tuesday. Conte has...
Introduction
Our 2020 global forecast began as follows:
Economic dysfunction will remain the main driver of the international system in 2020. Economic stress does not simply...
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Scale: Hit, Partial Hit, Inconclusive, Partial Miss, Miss
Global
Economic dysfunction will be the main driver of the international system in 2020. Economic stress...
Philippine threats. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is threatening, yet again, to scrap Manila's pivotal Visiting Forces Agreement with Washington if the U.S. doesn't deliver...
Israel prepares for attack. Israel successfully carried out a series of air defense tests involving its short-range Iron Dome system, medium-range David’s Sling, and...
EU still united on Brexit. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to Brussels within days to meet with European Commission President Ursula von...
Revived 1st Fleet. The United States has confirmed plans to establish a naval fleet dedicated to the Indian Ocean basin and peripheral chokepoints in...
