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Correspondents Look Ahead

The 大象传媒's senior journalists forecast what is likely to happen in 2018 in a discussion chaired by Owen Bennett Jones.

A group of senior 大象传媒 journalists forecast what is likely to happen in 2018 in a discussion chaired by Owen Bennett Jones.

Last time they got together they were firmly predicting that Marco Rubio would become the Republican presidential candidate - and that Britain was likely to vote to stay in the EU.

So, as the saying goes, making predictions is a tricky business - especially about the future.

Yet our experts can at least lay out the parameters for what is likely to happen in the spheres of geopolitics, economics and society more widely - and give us essential tips on what and who to look out for in 2018.

CONTRIBUTORS

Carrie Gracie, 大象传媒 China Editor

Kevin Connolly, 大象传媒 Europe Correspondent

Yolande Knell, 大象传媒 Middle East Correspondent

James Robbins, 大象传媒 Diplomatic Correspondent

James Naughtie, 大象传媒 Special Correspondent

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