My personal view (how significant/insignificant it may be) is that:
Gaza and West bank will be riddled with Israeli settlements, there will be mass migration of Palestinians into the neighbouring Arab states and under the UN/US pressure they will be given nationality of whatever country they live in.
*Iran and Afhanistan will annex portions of Baloochistan and NWFP.
My personal view (how significant/insignificant it may be) is that:
Gaza and West bank will be riddled with Israeli settlements, there will be mass migration of Palestinians into the neighbouring Arab states and under the UN/US pressure they will be given nationality of whatever country they live in.
*Iran and Afhanistan will annex portions of Baloochistan and NWFP.
*Russian economy will crumble.
*Regime change in syria
Nothing of this short will happen. In the next fifteen years, East Asean economy and Indian economy would further strengthen. Oil boom would bring further wealth and development in the middle east. Pakistan will further moderate towards India and the relationship between India and Pakistan would further strengthen. Western Europe and U.S. will see a decline in their influence both militarily and economically. China would gradually emerge to become another super power. Russia would also rise economically. High oil prices would start hurting U.S. and Western Europe economy.
Politically Hezbollah would further strengthen since oil money would indirectly flow to them. Israel's military superiority would further decline since an old and fragile Uncle Sam would no longer be able to pump sufficient fund and arms to its beloved naughty nephew. The war on terror operation would add to the woe of our fragile and old Uncle.
^^ I agree. Furthermore, countries in Asia will also form a bloc like that in Europe giving birth to a new monetary policy and a new currency exchange to rival the Euro. Also I believe China, South Korea, and Japan will lead the way followed by Taiwan and India and then Pakistan and the rest.
My personal view (how significant/insignificant it may be) is that:
Gaza and West bank will be riddled with Israeli settlements, there will be mass migration of Palestinians into the neighbouring Arab states and under the UN/US pressure they will be given nationality of whatever country they live in.
*Iran and Afhanistan will annex portions of Baloochistan and NWFP.
*Russian economy will crumble.
*Regime change in syria
Allah knows best. (And no, Pakistan didn't create nuclear bombs for show. Pakistan decided to go nuclear so as to avoid the repeat of 1971).
Politically Hezbollah would further strengthen since oil money would indirectly flow to them. Israel's military superiority would further decline since an old and fragile Uncle Sam would no longer be able to pump sufficient fund and arms to its beloved naughty nephew. The war on terror operation would add to the woe of our fragile and old Uncle.
As it would seem. Uncle Sam seems to have spent over $400 billion in Iraq & Afghanistan already.
Not to mention it gives Pakistan $600 million annually and Pakistan is the not the biggest financial beneficiar of American aid. Other countries like Zion get $3 billion annually, Egypt gets $1 billion annually and the trend of sweeties to Uncle Sams friends continues like this in a very long list.
Hindustan is the third largest economy in Asia now (Pakistan has become the tenth this year.)
However, I fear, another pointless/unnecessary war between the two nations might put these countries back to square one, while everyone else in Asia would have gone to the moon.
This might seem farfetched, but fifteen years from now, the arabs would be riding camels and what not. Somebody would have invented vehichles that ride on alternate sources of energy. With the decreasing importance to oil, arabs would find it increasingly difficult to compete with the rest of the world. They would do what comes naturally to them. Ride Camels !!!
America still would have a lot of power.
India an china would be competing with USA for a piece of the global pie.
Pakistan hopefully would have learnt some lessons and would be on the path to progress !!!
More things change the more they stay the same. Not much is going to change in next 15 years but you never know...
I believe the following major changes will take place in the near to med future.
near 15 ~ 20 years, med = ~50 years, long = 100
If China maintains its current growth rate it will dramatically alter the balance of power. Even Chiniese admit they will become a superpower in at least 40 years..
Iran most likely will be a new arrival to the nuclear club, that will change things in ME. It will have a direct impact on oil prices, despite efforts to develop new technologies demand for oil will remain high.
Russian population will continue to decline, but its impact will be long after 15 years..
There's no chance China will accept a rival (Hindustan) in it's hemisphere so i'm sure they'll suddenly speed up the maoist insurgencies as soon as the they realise Uncle Sams bankrupt and have become dependent on them.
I read last year in The Financial Times (UK Edition)... Uncle Sam has internal debt in trillions of dollars, i.e. they can never ever get outta quicksand they're in. It's only matter of time. Wars cost alot of money.