Ten Challenges Around the World in 2014
The Globalist identifies the biggest challenges facing some of the world’s leading countries in the coming year.
January 9, 2014
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1. China
2. India
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How could a nation become the world’s second-fastest growing economy despite having a weak, flailing state?
3. United States
4. Brazil
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An Object of History — or a Subject?
Brazil must act decisively to become a leader or be relegated to an object of history.
By Stephan Richter and Uwe Bott
5. Russia
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Can Russia ever become a modern, economically competitive society as long as Putin is in charge?
By Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy
6. Japan
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Going Backwards in Japan
Say goodbye to a system that was equitable and among the fairest in the world.
7. Germany
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But Germans Do Consume
Is it really true that German workers’ and consumers’ appetite for shopping and consuming is repressed?
8. France
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France stalled on economic reforms while hoping (in vain) for a new German government. What now?
9. Spain
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How unresolved historic conflicts inside Spain undermine its future. (And how to fix it.)
10. Nigeria
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The “Yes We Can” Minister of Nigeria
An interview with Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her country’s future path.