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London’s The Economist Is 'Watching' Seven Conflicts in the New Year

In an article reminiscent of The Economist’s 2007 “EU at 100,” where they “predicted” that the not-yet-elected U.S. President Barack Obama would stop Russian President Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine by threatening to use nuclear weapons, the British Empire is apparently salivating over seven potential wars which could “upend their region and the world.”

Without going into the pompous text that accompanies the maps (much of which is deliberately falsified and/or distorted, including the claim that 1.2 million Russians have died, but no mention of Ukrainian losses), the seven conflicts on the imperial wish list are below:

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