Spewful Semi-Predictions for 2016

Facebook reminded me that I used to make predictions on January 1st.  And then Defence One produced their own.  So, to procrastinate a bit on the project of the day, I thought I would try again to make some predictions about the forthcoming year.

Predictions for 2012

What the heck!  No one will check at the end of the year to see if I was right about any of my predictions.  So, what do I expect in 2012 for myself, for poli sci, for civil-military dynamics, for civil war and ethnic conflict, for tv and movies?  Hmmm, tall order.

Personal predictions:

• I will blog less in 2012 than in 2011.  Preparing to and then actually moving is going to take a lot of time.  Plus I am already over-committed for the first several months of the new year.
• I will whine a lot less about Quebec after the summer.  I will no longer subscribe to the Montreal Gazette, so the only Quebec-based news will be filtered through Ottawa and Canadian outlets.  Plus I will no longer be driving on roads that are similar to Vimy Ridge.
• The Dave and Steve book on NATO and Afghanistan will be submitted by the spring (but probably not published until 2013).  As long as NATO does not start another intervention, this should be feasible.
• I will travel less than the past couple of years.  Transition to Carleton, the end of research for the book, new projects that require less fieldwork all will mean less time on airplanes and in hotels.  It was a good run but I fell just short of the next status level of frequently flyer.  Oh, but one big exception--taking the family to Harry Potter land (Orlando) to compensate them for all of the cool trips they missed.
• I will struggle in my teaching at Carleton initially since I have not taught a class smaller than 80 in a few years and will also need to figure out how to teach more policy-oriented stuff to MA students looking to move into the policy world.  Oh, and the pop culture and other razzle dazzle will not be as useful.