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Here's what we think is going to happen in 2016

Armin Rosen,Jeremy Bender,Amanda MaciasJan 3, 2016, 00:57 IST

Demonstrators gesture during a protest against the curfew in Sur district, in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey, December 14, 2015.Reuters

In 2014, when Business Insider's Military & Defense team got together to guess the state of the world a year down the line, we thought we were embarking on a slightly embarrassing endeavor.

It turns out several of our predictions were correct.

ISIS proved it could strike beyond its "caliphate" by bombing a Russian passenger jet and carrying out multiple attacks inside a European capital as well as inspiring several "lone wolf" attacks.

Meanwhile, Iran signed a landmark nuclear deal in July that has the potential to reshape the Middle East and the larger issue of global nuclear-arms control.

Here are 15 big geopolitical events that we think are in store for 2016.