Sadly, there doesn't seem to be an answer in the horizon.

So, what does the looming US withdrawal mean for India s role in Afghanistan? India has largely focused its aid efforts on building institutional capacity and developing human resources, so that Afghans can stand on their own feet before long.

Other constraints loom as well. Rapid economic expansion implies that supplies of energy and raw materials will increasingly limit potential growth.

But there is good news around the corner really good news.

The future's in the air

Inequality on the Horizon of Need

This is probably the skyline that most of you know about Doha.

What we've done is we've pushed happiness over the cognitive horizon as a society.

Change, however, was in the air.

It was the day of the Preparation, and the Sabbath was drawing near.

And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.

A major slowdown seems to be looming.

Stagnant and Paralyzed

China s credit binge is turning into a bust.

Nor does a global solution to the challenge of climate change appear any closer.

And Europe would avert the looming depression.

Alas, that prospect is not yet even a glimmer on the horizon.

Afterward, capital flows to developing countries stagnated.

Political, social, and economic life stagnated.

So I do not believe that a lasting rift looms.

Under two plausible scenarios both concerning China the unwinding of global imbalances could cause regional if not global depression.

Truly effective global governance is the strategic horizon that humanity must pursue today with all its energy.

There may be light at the end of the tunnel no depression and financial meltdown.

But, at least in the short term, there seems to be no alternative to Calderón s strategy.

Photographs floating online show us a snowman waving the IS flag

A seismic shift is at hand, and America s recent fiscal follies may well be the tipping point.

Indeed, the long dreaded impact of climate change is already upon us.

Blood stasis syndrome, or blood stagnation (Chinese Xue Yu ) is an important underlying pathology of many disease processes according to traditional Chinese medicine.

We do not think that this points to a double dip recession.

A sea change in drug policy seems to be in the making.

That inattention will end soon a decision about the province s fate is looming.

But China s looming slowdown is likely to be both manageable and welcome.

Why Small Booms Cause Big Busts

There are also now two reasons to fear a double dip recession.

Cheap imports ameliorate the effects of wage stagnation.

GENEVA As post revolution Libya looks ahead, Iraq looms as a perilous example.

Even as the risk of recession looms, the country has been forced to implement a drastic austerity program.

TEL AVIV Syria s crisis is now a year old, with close to 10,000 people, mostly civilians, dead and no end in sight.

But the answer is not to let a collapse in the world s car industry fuel a deeper recession.

In fact, China is emerging in reasonably good shape from yet another global slump.

Last year, Chinese GDP growth reached a 13 year low, and no upturn is in sight.

True, there is no inflation problem in the short run, but the ECB s monetary policy focuses on the medium term.

KB What I didn't show you was you got that swinging thing going?

But, while Cameron should know from grim experience what is looming, it seems that he has abandoned rational considerations.

In this sense, the looming prospect of a full blown Italian debt crisis could prove beneficial by focusing European minds.