June will be a cruel month in Russia's courts.

Advanced countries, including European countries, will see a relative decrease in voting power.

As a result, without a clear agreement on borders, Area C will witness the most serious confrontations.

If the advanced country scenario is right, many developing countries will lose out and experience sharply diminished growth.

I believe that in the upcoming period we will experience the slaughtering of media outlets, censoring of blogs, trials for activists, and those who cannot be stopped will be defamed.

Japan faces parliamentary elections in the near future, by August 2013 at the latest, but perhaps as early as the start of the year.

As happens during periods of major and rapid change, the country will experience social tension, uncertainty, and unease.

All estimates of the possible impact of global warming suggest that a large part of the continent will become drier, and that the continent as a whole will experience greater climatic variability.

Former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping was quoted in 1987 as saying that there would be national elections in 50 years.

The very moment he appears on the world s television screens, victorious and smiling, America s image and soft power would experience something like a Copernican revolution.

Moreover, Africa will experience by far the largest growth in energy requirements of any world region in the next 50 years.

He pointed out that countries that were Parties at the time of the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties would see a reduction in their assessed contributions due to the addition of 21 new Parties to the Convention.

Europe does not have armed conflicts.

Historic Election in Egypt?

Iran is facing an exceptionally cold winter.

The region is re stabilizing.

Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of that war. The experience of two world wars was foundational for European integration.

Perhaps the most bizarre of Simpson s claims that are quoted by Berry is that the Social Security Commission of 1983 never knew there was a baby boom....

Adding another 2.5 billion people to the planet will put enormous strains not only on societies with rising populations, but on the entire planet.

America s New Progressive Era?

The age profiles of our societies are changing dramatically.

Will the Next Democratic Revolution Be Egypt s?

You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Neither shall you give false testimony against your neighbor.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Even if we project a relatively rapid economic recovery, by the time this lesser depression is over, the US will have experienced an investment shortfall of at least 4 trillion.

In Greece itself, there are riots in the streets and strikes in the factories in the rest of the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, and Spain), fiscal discipline will be politically and socially painful.

Europe badly needs immigrants, yet is not culturally prepared to welcome them. The coming decades will therefore see substantially greater social change in Europe than elsewhere, although the nature of that change is far from clear.

Today, Europe has been hit again by a massive deflationary shock.

Financial globalization is exploding.

And German British relations are also improving.

There was only a skirmish over the Dadu River.

He claims he was in an armed conflict zone when he regained consciousness.

Fourth, many emerging markets including the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China), but also many others are now experiencing decelerating growth.

Thus, Iraq is seeing both escalating intra sectarian violence and cautious steps towards inter sectarian alliances.

In Asia, the hope today is that Clinton s visit will enable China s rulers to understand that it is primarily in Asia that their country s overall international role is being tested and shaped.

Whereas most developed countries will experience a shortage of people as the century progresses, America is one of the few that may avoid demographic decline and maintain its share of world population.

The US economy has many other strengths, including its superior financial system and leading position in high tech capital goods, but the fact remains that America s advantage in these areas has so far not been nearly as striking as the Wal Mart phenomenon. It is curious how many people seem to think that the US will grow faster than Europe and Japan over the next ten years simply because it has done so for the past ten years.

In getting from here to there over the next eight years, a higher debt America would see productivity growth slow by perhaps a third of a percentage point per year.

Inward investment is steadily rising, as business seems to believe that the remaining political and security challenges the possible negative effects of post independence Kosovo and Bosnia s malaise will be overcome sooner rather than later.

And TV, satellite and cable revenues are way up.

Second, international soccer is witnessing the advent of a new generation.

After a year of Hollande, France is witnessing a fundamental political revolution.

May 9th will be the mother of all celebrations in Moscow.