This week we’re publishing “The World Ahead”, our annual look at what the next year will bring in politics, business, science, culture and more. Tom Standage, TWA’s editor, has set out his ten trends to watch—from what Donald Trump’s victory will mean to whether AI will fulfil its promise. Our Lexington columnist has made his own prediction about Mr Trump: that he will try to keep his promise to strip America’s civil servants of protection against summary dismissal.