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Niall Ferguson: By 2021 There Could Be A Restored Middle Eastern Caliphate.

Niall Ferguson spoke with The Telegraph about what he believes the world may look like 10-years from now, in 2021.

Key points:

• China will be the largest economy in the world by 2021
• No guarantees the euro will still exist
• The U.S. could europeanize itself, or it could revitalize itself
• Tiny possibility we get western-style democracies in the Middle East
• More alarming to think about a “restored caliphate”
• Germany’s love of European integration under threat