{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/8becc71b-c3c4-477e-89aa-eb815c343eb9/61c4636cd30f8c00129f373b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"World Review’s predictions for 2021: what came true?","description":"<p>In this special episode of World Review, Jeremy Cliffe in Berlin and Emily Tamkin in Washington, DC return to their predictions for the stories they thought would dominate in 2021.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The trajectory of the pandemic, the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, continued tensions between India and China and the rogue regime in Belarus; did we see it coming?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Further reading:</strong></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>World Review: what happened in Washington, DC&nbsp;–&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2021/01/world-review-podcast-what-happened-washington-and-2021-predictions\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">2021 predictions</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Emily Tamkin: crystal ball or shattered glass.&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2021/12/crystal-ball-or-shattered-glass-how-did-my-2021-predictions-hold-up\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Did her predictions hold up</a>?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Jeremy Cliffe: ten predictions for 2021 –&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2021/12/in-january-i-made-ten-predictions-for-2021-how-did-they-turn-out\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">how did they turn out</a>?</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}