Beware of 2024: The five big issues that could cause chaos this year

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The tensions between the US and China made the global economy shudder in 2023. The ramifications of the Ukrainian war echoed beyond the country’s border. In Africa, the coup d’état in Niger and Gabon contributed to the global democratic retreat of recent years and the Hamas-Israel conflict has so far resulted in thousands of deaths. Such trends of global power tensions, open war, democratic decline, and extreme job market fluctuations are likely to continue in 2024. With this in mind, here are five global geopolitical and economic trends to watch out for. Shift in control As the BRICS (Brazil, Russia,...