Prospects 2017
Asia Pacific
_350.jpg "Workers at a metro construction site in Delhi (Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee)")
India
The economy will turn a corner in 2017, but the government's political and diplomatic challenges are set to intensify
_350.jpg "Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, left, with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Reuters/Eugene Hoshiko)")
Pakistan
The last year before 2018 elections will be the toughest yet for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's government
_263.jpg "An anti-government PTI rally in Islamabad (Reuters/Faisal Mahmood)")
One Belt, One Road
2017 will be a critical year for China's One Belt, One Road initiative
Japan
Japan enters 2017 with stable politics at home but extreme uncertainty in foreign affairs
China
China has been thrown off kilter by mounting economic pressures and geopolitical shifts
