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The World Ahead 2024

Future-gazing analysis, predictions and speculation

Illustration: Jérôme Berthier

EVERY NOVEMBER we publish our annual predictive guide to the coming year, The World Ahead. In this year’s edition, our correspondents and invited experts consider the state of democracy, as countries that are home to half of the global population hold national elections; growing conflict and disorder in an increasingly multipolar world; and the challenges and opportunities posed by climate change and rapid technological progress.

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