Week in Review: Risks of 2018, Russia and China Aid North Korea, Iran’s Failing Protests, Pope Francis on Jerusalem, and More

• Professional risk assessors are looking at the biggest threats facing the world in the coming year—and they align remarkably with the prophecies of the Bible.
• Fresh evidence continues to emerge of how Russia and China are propping up the regime of North Korea.
• Iranian protests against their religious leaders are dissipating, and Tehran is pursuing its revolutionary goals undeterred.
• Pope Francis weighs in on the Jerusalem question by saying there must be a two-state solution to the Arab-Jew conflict—in keeping with the Vatican’s view that Jerusalem should be an international city.
• Despite strained relations, Turkey’s strongman president says he wants to pursue a better relationship with Europe and Germany.
• We’ll also talk about Turkey’s rise as a military power—Japan’s rise as a military power—and some reports on crime, one from Germany and the other from Baltimore.

Links

• Geopolitical Risks of 2018
• “East, West or Neither?”
• “Pivotal Power”
• Russia and China Aid North Korea
• “China Caught Selling Oil to North Korea”
• The Prophesied ‘Prince of Russia’
• Iran’s Failing Protests
• “Listen to the Voices of Protest Within Iran”
• “Why the Iranian Protests Won’t Succeed”
• “Iran and the ‘End of Days’”
• The King of the South
• Pope Francis on Jerusalem
• “The Pope’s Dangerous Double Standard”
• “Why Does the Pope Insist on a Two-State Solution in Israel?”
• Jerusalem in Prophecy
• German-Turkish Rapprochement
• “Are Germany and Turkey Quietly Reconciling?”
• “Germany, Migrants and the Big Lie”
• Japan’s Rise as A Military Power
• “Japanese Military Seeking First Aircraft Carriers Since World War II”
• “Why the Trumpet Watches Japan’s March Toward Militarism”
• Crime Spike in Baltimore
• “Where America’s Race Riots Are Leading” from Great Again
• Ezekiel: The End-Time Prophet