GINC 250 / Foreign information manipulation

Trend · rank 47 of 250

Foreign information manipulation

Information & InfluenceSociety & Cultureinformationconflict

State-run campaigns to shape another nation's opinion and elections through proxies, platforms and covert funding.

Broken out from Misinformation & disinformation

Sensitivity and network position

Rank47 of 250
Sensitivity17.4 · rank 62
Breadth2 of 24 scenarios High or above, 2 Critical
PageRank50.0 · rank 50
Eigenvector11.8
Betweenness31.8
Links19 trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite34.2

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Scores are GINC desk judgements and will be replaced by the panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
6CriticalHybrid campaign by a hostile state S06B Geopolitical and security
6CriticalPolitical legitimacy crisis S07B Geopolitical and security
3ModerateMass displacement shock S08B Geopolitical and security
3ModeratePandemic with a novel pathogen S14E Health
2LowGeoeconomic confrontation S01A Economic and trade
2LowGreat-power détente and peace dividend S18 ↗B Geopolitical and security
2LowMiddle East regional settlement S21 ↗B Geopolitical and security
1Very lowCritical infrastructure collapse S12D Technology and infrastructure
0Not relatedSingle-supplier cut-off S02A Economic and trade
0Not relatedGlobal financial crisis S03A Economic and trade
0Not relatedSovereign funding crisis S04A Economic and trade
0Not relatedMaritime chokepoint closure S05B Geopolitical and security
0Not relatedEnergy supply shock S09C Energy, climate and resources
0Not relatedCatastrophic disaster in the core S10C Energy, climate and resources
0Not relatedFood and water system shock S11C Energy, climate and resources
0Not relatedRapid AI diffusion shock S13D Technology and infrastructure
0Not relatedSuperintelligence takeoff S15 ↗D Technology and infrastructure
0Not relatedEnergy abundance breakthrough S16 ↗C Energy, climate and resources
0Not relatedBiomedical breakthrough wave S17 ↗E Health
0Not relatedCoordinated sovereign debt reset S19 ↗A Economic and trade
0Not relatedEmerging-market growth breakout S20 ↗A Economic and trade
0Not relatedAgricultural yield revolution S22 ↗C Energy, climate and resources
0Not relatedDigital public infrastructure leapfrog S23 ↗D Technology and infrastructure
0Not relatedHundred-day pandemic defence S24 ↗E Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.25 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain + 0.05 if in the same theme, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendParadigmRank
4HighDeclining institutional trustSociety & Culture23
4HighMisinformation & disinformationSociety & Culture65
4HighReligious & identity nationalismSociety & Culture140
4HighSynthetic media & deepfakesSociety & Culture150
4HighElection integrity & interferenceSociety & Culture161
4HighDecline of independent journalismSociety & Culture165
4HighPlatform power over public discourseSociety & Culture167
4HighTransnational repression & diaspora politicsSociety & Culture177
3ModerateArmed conflict at post-war highsGeoeconomics & Statecraft20
3ModerateHybrid & grey-zone warfareGeoeconomics & Statecraft21
3ModeratePrivate military & proxy forcesGeoeconomics & Statecraft38
3ModerateCivil unrestSociety & Culture59
3ModerateSoft power & cultural influenceGeoeconomics & Statecraft85
3ModerateAI-mediated informationTechnology & Financials97
3ModerateTerrorism & violent extremismSociety & Culture99
3ModeratePublic communication in crisisGeoeconomics & Statecraft100
3ModerateConspiracy movements & science denialSociety & Culture149
3ModerateOrganised crime & illicit economiesSociety & Culture181
3ModerateOpen-source intelligence & transparencyTechnology & Financials204