Governments

"And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people" (Daniel 2:44).

In this section, find out more about the governments of the world, their prophesied role in future events and the final government that will supersede them all.

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The U.S. Election: The Value of Political Stability

"Political uncertainty over the presidency is to be expected in some of the poorer, less political stable nations. People do not expect to see the same in the richest nation in the world."
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This Is The Way, Walk in It: The Power of the Chad

Will we learn from history?
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In Brief... World News Review: Has Israel Chosen to Have War?

As the outgoing U.S. president pushes Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations, hoping to accrue to himself this positive legacy in the annals of history, the present reality implies that war is more likely than peace.
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In Brief... World News Review: Will Germany take reins of European Leadership?

Long perceived to be a leading European nation, is Germany poised to become the EU's undisputed leader?
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Best Government in Existence?

Is the U.S. form of government "the best existing, or that ever did exist"? Does its system of "checks and balances" produce strength—or contentiousness?
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Going After the Good Stuff

Are you going to buy an expensive Sony Playstation? Would you believe a good book can be far more valuable? Benjamin Franklin said, "The great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have...
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European Union: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

The "glacier" of European unity is now moving at a faster pace.
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World Watches U.S. Post Election Predicament

The world has been watching and evaluating the spectacle. Has the United States' image, and more importantly, its power and prestige, been compromised?
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U.S. Election Crisis End of Political Stability

Political stability is rare. It's essential that those countries that have found the way to enduring stability hold fast. Has the historical stability of the U.S. form of government begun to wane?
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In Brief... Dutch Approve Euthanasia

The Netherlands has become the world's first nation to approve mercy killing. For years the country tacitly approved the practice, but now allows it as a policy of the state.
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In Brief... U.S. Population Statistics Show Looming Issues

Some believe that the strong economy will eventually eliminate poverty and that the country needs only to continue on its current path. A more realistic view holds that the economic growth is tenuous and likely to cycle downward.
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What Lies Ahead for U.S. Leadership?

The next four years could bring some dramatic challenges for America's leadership role in the world. The next president will face the consequences of missed opportunities during the 1990s.
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What Prevents Peace in the Middle East?

Israel's former prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, draws attention to a major cause of the conflict in the Mideast in his book A Place Among the Nations.
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Russia's Time of Troubles

Russia's troubles underscore long-standing weaknesses in how it has governed itself. Will Russians demand stronger leadership?
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World News and Trends: Blizzard of catastrophes ahead for Russia?

A series of disasters-the sinking of a nuclear submarine, a fire in a Moscow television tower and nuclear-plant shutdowns-may be a harbinger of greater catastrophes, warns a Russian parliamentary commission.
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Media Principles From the Prophets

God's encouragement to Jeremiah and Ezekiel can help us in our approach to preaching the gospel today.
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In Brief... World News Review: Middle East Components Defy Simplification

A mythology of universal victimization and unblemished righteousness. National feelings nurtured in aberrant conditions of exile and statelessness.
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Martyrs for a Homeland

Teenage girls are the best candidates for suicide bombers among the Tamil Tigers.
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A Lesson From U.S. Election Fever

Has the media focus on the U.S. election kept people from being aware of even more important issues? World News and Prophecy is committed to providing a dimension you do not readily find elsewhere.
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First the End of Empire-Now, the End of Britain?

Are we witnessing the end of the nation whose people, "relative to their numbers, contributed more to civilization than any other people since the ancient Greeks and Romans"?
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