The new year will likely be plagued by unresolved legacies of the old: COVID-19, economic downturns, erratic U.S. policies and destructive wars that diplomacy did not stop.

1. Afghanistan
2. Ethiopia
3. The Sahel
4. Yemen
5. Venezuela
6. Somalia
7. Libya
8. Iran-US
9. Russia-Turkey
10. Climate Change

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