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World Regions

"So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city" (Genesis 11:8).

Long ago, an ancient civilization revolted against God, gathering together and attempting to build a tower to the heavens. In response, God divided their languages and caused them to scatter across the globe. Now, millennia later, each world region has its own unique history...and shared future. Find out more below, or focus on a specific region with the links on the right.

  • by Darris McNeely
Global financial markets were rocked last month following rising defaults affecting mortgage-backed securities. What does this mean for the world’s money supply and confidence in Western financial institutions? Are we on the verge of a major upheaval in the world economy?
  • by Melvin Rhodes
Pakistan's pro-Western leader has now survived three assassination attempts and is under increasing pressure from Islamic militants. If he falls, Pakistan will likely fall with him. If that happens, radical Islamists will likely gain control of Pakistan's arsenal of nuclear weapons.
  • by Cecil Maranville
We're rapidly approaching the 50th anniversary of the Soviet launch of Sputnik I. On October 4, 1957 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) shocked the world by successfully launching the first artificial satellite into orbit. In recent months, Russia has embarked on a number of dramatic ventures that cause a foreboding sense of déjà vu.
  • by Robin Webber
Allow me to leave the realm of geo-politics and the sands of the Middle East and go to a little meddlin' by simply asking, "how's your surge going?"
  • by Darris McNeely
There is a real problem with the Western economies that could lead to some major corrections thus impacting jobs, income and growth in America and Great Britain.
  • by Joel Meeker
"One day we were neighbors, and the next day the massacre began." That's how the survivor of a tribal massacre described the shocking turn of events that led to the murder of 18 of her family members. Her tragic story cuts to the heart of humanity's inability to find lasting peace…
  • by Edmond Macaraeg
What hope is there for the governments from my region of the world to ever agree on ways to improve the life of ordinary citizens rather than limiting their cooperation to the realm of commercial concerns only? Actually, the hope is very great—but from a very different source, which in the future can provide lasting solutions to the regions many problems.
  • by Darris McNeely
We'd better hope so. The unique relationship that America and Great Britain have forged for more than a hundred years has done much to foster freedom, open markets and good will. When it passes, the world will be a different place.
  • by Jerold Aust, John Ross Schroeder
Since the mid-1990s Britain has been able to look across the English Channel and compare sluggish Continental economic growth with relatively good figures in the British Isles. But now, " Germany, Europe's largest economy, has staged a powerful recovery over the past 12 months.