Readers are invited to contemplate the following:
A proxy war in the Red Sea moves to combine the conflict underway in Sudan, the dispute over Somaliland, and the bellicosity of the Houthis into a much more complex regional problem.
The fall of Zelensky emboldens Russia to move more aggressively against southern parts of Ukraine up to the Moldovan and Romanian borders.
A Trump insurgency in America marks the beginning of the end of the two party system.
The centre-right (including newish converts) in Europe rediscover their roots on the far right.
The world economy rediscovers a multinational debt crisis.
Cuba and North Korea, perpetual volcanoes, erupt.
The strange affray in Ecuador blows back on Colombia and perhaps further afield.
China and Taiwan, as usual, muddle through so long as the USA is preoccupied with other things.
Talleyrand rates the chances of each at 50/50.