Will China's surge in demand for natural resources lead to a mending of fences with Russia, allowing Russia to play China against Europe for resources? Russia has not proven itself unwilling to use this card.
How many more, Iraqis & Americans, will die before something is really done there? (The same holds true for Afghanistan too, but from what I have read, it seems the Afghans are at least trying to help restore order, though if we keep bombing our friends, that may end as well.)
How long will Pakistan hold out against the "Islamists"? Musharraf's friendly dictatorship just doesn't seem all that stable.
While not really a blip on anyone's radar, how long will the poorest classes in India refrain from revolution, causing turmoil there as well? If something happens in Pakistan, will the new regime look to Kashmir to bolster their strength (not wanting to give up what they consider theirs).
Africa & South America are strangely off this list for now, but Chavez is causing a right fit in his part of the latter, especially amongst the neighbors, the poorest of which probably hear him and think how nice it will be to have natural resource revenues split amongst them all. To some degree, part of the profits in such things do belong to all, and probably more than any country really taxes the companies involved.
There was something I saw somewhere, me and my lousy documentation, about young Israelis not being keen on staying in Israel, but without the article to refer to, that will remain to speculation, and to the speculation on what will happen there if a voluntary exodus occurs (which I don't think is mentioned in the Bible).
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