10 Conflicts to Watch in 2021

 By Foreign Policy - 2021-01-03

Description

The world in 2021 will be haunted by the legacies of 2020: an ongoing pandemic, an economic crisis, Donald Trump’s divisive presidency—and new threats emanating…

Summary

  • The world in 2021 will be haunted by the legacies of 2020: To the extent Biden intends to negotiate anew with Iran and maybe North Korea, encourage compromise in Yemen or Venezuela, or revert to a less partisan role in the Middle East, he will be hobbled by memories of the man who came before him and forecasts of what might come next—especially if power only endures as long as the next U.S. electoral cycle.
  • To complicate things further, Biden has expressed a preference for keeping several thousand counterterrorism forces in Afghanistan.
  • The conditions on which militants thrive are difficult to reverse.

 

Topics

  1. Security (0.18)
  2. Management (0.15)
  3. UX (0.12)

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