<em>Foreign Affairs Magazine</em>, my favorite foreign policy magazine, is running an essay contest for undergraduates around this prompt: “What is likely to be the most interesting development in international  politics over the next decade?”

I can't enter it obviously but that doesn't mean I can't answer it here.

1.  Micro-financing and women:  micro-financing brings untold economic opportunities and choice to women in countries that need it most.    Economic opportunity means empowerment.  Nothing will help women contribute to their own well-being and the well-being of their families in countries like India, Africa, and countries in the Middle East like opportunities to help women economically advance.  The January/February issue covered an even newer option:  innovative financing.  When customers buy a plane ticket, they will be prompted to donate two dollars to the HIV/AIDS fund.

2.  The death of global privacy.

3.  Iran.

4.  China.

5. We will finally recognize the global infrastructure problem and so something about it.

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