I agree that most of that title is linkbait, but when you whittle it down to just "Surging Countries", I think it gets to be too vague and non-descriptive. Truth is that the article is speculative in nature, so shouldn't the title indicate that. How about "Countries to pay attention to this decade"? That at least provides an indication that it is speculative and provides a timeline for that outlook, and it spares the reader the "you must" and the <number>.
After the six surging countries list there is "10 Looming Geopolitical Disasters" and then finally "12 Places To Go If The World Goes To Hell". Fun reading!!
