GINC 250 / Matrix

250 trends × 24 scenarios

Trend by scenario matrix

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.

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Group trends
Trend01 Geoeconomic confrontation02 Single-supplier cut-off03 Global financial crisis04 Sovereign funding crisis05 Maritime chokepoint closure06 Hybrid campaign by a hostile state07 Political legitimacy crisis08 Mass displacement shock09 Energy supply shock10 Catastrophic disaster in the core11 Food and water system shock12 Critical infrastructure collapse13 Rapid AI diffusion shock14 Pandemic with a novel pathogen15 Superintelligence takeoff16 Energy abundance breakthrough17 Biomedical breakthrough wave18 Great-power détente and peace dividend19 Coordinated sovereign debt reset20 Emerging-market growth breakout21 Middle East regional settlement22 Agricultural yield revolution23 Digital public infrastructure leapfrog24 Hundred-day pandemic defenceSens
Critical Technology 26
Artificial intelligence323··33····2616343······27
Advanced semiconductors562·21·····24·61·4······23
Digital sovereignty & data localisation43·2·2·····36·5··2····4·22
AI chips & accelerator supply56··········4·6··3······17
AI-accelerated science············1·645····4·417
Compute scaling & AI infrastructure333········15·63········17
Synthetic biology & biomanufacturing·1········2··43·5····4·517
Frontier model concentration333·········6·6·········15
Modern vaccines·············62·6······614
Lithography & chip-tool chokepoints56··········1·4··3······13
Geospatial technology····33·1·331·····1···3··13
Open-weight AI diffusion2·2··2······5·5·······2·13
Automated AI research·····1······4·623·······11
Gene editing & cell therapies··········2··22·5····5··11
Advanced nuclear········4··2··35········10
Cloud & edge computing·2···1·····23·2·······3·9
Biometrics·····112····1·········5·7
Satellite mega-constellations2····3···1·3··1·········7
Advanced materials23············22········6
Humanoid robotics1···········4·4·········6
Post-quantum cryptography transition··1··3·····3··2·········6
Enhanced geothermal········2·····15········6
Fusion energy········1·····34········6
Precision medicine & oncology··············2·5······16
Quantum computing2····1·····1··3·········5
Space economy1····3·····2··1·········5
Strategic Infrastructure 34
Climate change & physical risk···22··52663·3·4··12·5··29
Strategic stockpiles & reserves26··5···5252·4·······3·426
Grid enhancement·····3··53·6··36···3····20
Urbanisation······23·533·4·····5···319
Water stress & transboundary water····1·241362········35··19
Fossil fuel resurgence1··25···5······6·2··4···17
Electrification of heat, transport & industry·2······43·5··35···2····17
Critical infrastructure protection····26··23·6·1········3·16
Port & shipping concentration33··52··2·2········23···15
Climate adaptation & resilience···1···3·643·········4··15
Early-warning systems·······2·632·2·······2·415
Energy poverty···2··1·4··2···4··24··2·15
Fuel logistics & refining capacity····6···52·3···2····3···15
Subsea cable & pipeline vulnerability2···36··2··41·······3···15
Renewable energy22··2···5··3···6········14
Telecom network resilience·····4···4·6·1········4·13
Earth system tipping points·······4·45··1·2·····2··13
Electric transport23··2···4··2···5········13
Water technology & desalination·······12253········23··13
Distributed power···1····42·5···5········12
Loss of firm & black-start capacity·····2··42·6···3········12
Data-centre power demand········2··22·54········10
Infrastructure ageing·····4··24·5············10
Biodiversity & nature loss·······1·24··2·······3·210
Dams, reservoirs & flood defence·······1·541·········2··9
GNSS & timing dependence····25···1·5············9
Seismic & geophysical hazard···1···2·6·2············8
Next-generation mobile networks2····2·····2··1·······3·7
Internet of Things·····2···1·3···1·····2··6
Smart cities & buildings·····1··13·3···1········6
Building codes & resilient construction·······1·6·1············6
Demand flexibility & smart metering········3··3···2········6
Space weather exposure·····1···1·5············5
Rail & mass transit investment········1······1········1
National Security 28
Great-power competition6522452·3·223·62·62·4··240
Armed conflict at post-war highs2··25436413······5··5···28
Whole-of-society resilience·3··35123535·5·········427
Middle East instability··2263·46·2····2·3··6···25
Taiwan Strait tension563·63··2···2·4··5······25
Maritime chokepoint dependence33·163··5·3····2·3··6···24
Russia–NATO confrontation2···36·44·23·····6······21
Alliance realignment & burden-shifting4···451·2·····2··6··4···19
State fragility & intrastate violence···4··56·23··1····3·4···19
Cyber insecurity1·2··53····6213·······4·19
Hybrid & grey-zone warfare2···3642···4·····3··3···19
Rearmament & defence spending3·2134········2··6··4···17
Drone & autonomous warfare····46·1···3··3··3··3···16
Defence industrial base & munitions34··34···········5··3···15
Defence technology3···351····1··4··5······15
Missile & long-range strike proliferation····53··3··2·····4··5···15
Nuclear & WMD proliferation2···33·······22··5··5···15
Private military & proxy forces····3533·········2··5···15
Arms control erosion1···23········4··6··4···14
Biosecurity & dual-use biology·····2·······54·21·····513
Terrorism & violent extremism····2333···2·1······4···13
Indo-Pacific maritime disputes33··52··1········3······12
Ransomware & cybercrime··2··3···1·6·2········3·12
Espionage & insider threat32···5·····2··4·········11
Arctic & polar competition2···33··2······1·3······10
Militarisation of space1···14·····3··2··3······10
Organised crime & illicit economies···2·232···1······1·····8
Conscription & reserve mobilisation·····411·········4······7
Human Capital 32
Inequality··32··51223·424·3·23····25
Youth unemployment & lack of opportunity··33··53····5·3···24····19
Demographic pressure in young nations···2··45··3·1·····25·4··18
Informal employment···3··32····23····24·25·18
Brain drain & talent migration··24··32····3·3·2·24····17
Malnutrition···3···3··6··1··2·2··6··16
Child & maternal health···2···2··3··2··4·2··5·215
Healthcare system reform··12···2····15··5·2····415
Health workforce shortage·······2·2·116··4······515
Ageing population··22··12····33··6·1·····14
Learning loss & education quality······22·1··342····4···214
Zoonotic spillover & pandemic risk··2····1·12··6··2······614
Climate migration······26·44·········1···12
AI agents & knowledge-work automation··2···2·····6·5·1·······11
Hygiene & sanitation·······3·32··4··1······311
Talent & labour shortages·1·····2····322·3··3····11
Heat stress & labour productivity·······22431·········3··10
Graduate labour market squeeze··1···3·····6·4·········10
AI diagnostics & predictive health············221·4······38
Antimicrobial resistance·······1·····5··3······38
Changing nature of work······22····5·3·········8
Chronic disease burden··11·········3··6·······8
Falling fertility & population decline··1····2····3···4·······7
Digital & remote care···········1·3··2······36
Gender equality & inclusion······11········1·13··2·6
Reskilling & education technology············513·········6
Longevity science··············2·5·······5
Care economy & unpaid work············12··3·······4
Mental health·······1·1··12··1·······4
Obesity & GLP-1 medicines················6·······4
Pollution & contaminants·········11·····1·······2
Women's health & fertility care················2·······1
Information & Influence 25
Weakening multilateral institutions52243··32·3··43··55·3··433
US policy volatility64333·3·2····23·263·4··333
Declining institutional trust··2··461·3·3262·21····4529
Rise of middle powers53··3···2·····32·4355···24
Misinformation & disinformation·····663·2·2242··2·····423
Public communication in crisis····243·2525·5·········523
Foreign information manipulation2····663···1·3···2··2···17
Conspiracy movements & science denial·····24··2···5··3····3·517
Development finance as influence3··4······1······353··3·15
Diplomatic capacity under strain3···33·2·········43·4···15
Global South coalitions4··2······2····2·344····15
Research security & science decoupling42··········2·4·23·····314
Technical standards competition52··········3·4··3····3·14
Censorship & surveillance·····24·····213·······5·12
Synthetic media & deepfakes··1··55·····222·········12
Platform power over public discourse·····44·····223·········10
Religious & identity nationalism2····242·········1··4···10
Decline of independent journalism·····34··2··131·········10
Election integrity & interference·····56·····1·1··1······10
AI-mediated information·····23·····314·········9
Transnational repression & diaspora politics·····432·········1······7
Soft power & cultural influence3····2········1··3······6
Open-source intelligence & transparency····231··········2······6
International student flows2···········2·1··1······4
Online harms & safety·····11···············2·3
Governance & Integrity 26
State capacity & delivery23343344353445434245·36560
Polarisation & populism5·33·4642···332··52·2···31
Weak social protection··43··43333·534·2·2···5·31
Civil unrest··34·363314232·2·····2··26
Digital public infrastructure···2···3·2·432····14·26·20
Corruption & kleptocracy···4·252·3···1····43··4·19
Local & city government capacity······15·523·3·····3··3219
Fiscal rules & budget credibility··45··2·32···2··2·4···2·18
Official statistics & data capacity··23··2··3··24····3···4318
Adaptive regulation···········13·433····43417
Civil service capability & pay···2··2··3·2333·······4·15
Erosion of rights & civic freedoms1····263····122·······3·14
Public-sector AI adoption······1····1515·2·····5·14
Asylum & migration system strain·····346·····1···1··3···13
Illicit finance & beneficial ownership2·23·23···········3···3·13
Public procurement reform·3·······1··231·2·····3313
Global health governance·········1···6··31·····612
Executive overreach & emergency powers··1··25··2·2·4··········11
AI safety & governance······1·····4·6·13······10
Central bank independence under pressure2·43··2·4···············10
Regulatory capture & lobbying power··3···3·····3·321·······10
Data protection & digital rights·····12·····3·3·······5·10
Outsourcing & public-private delivery·1·······2·2222·······3·10
Rule of law & judicial independence1··2·26··········12·····10
Carbon pricing & environmental taxes2·······3······3········6
Citizen participation & deliberative democracy······3·····12········2·6
Financial Strength 26
Sovereign debt accumulation··56··3·232·13·32263····29
Inflation & cost of living3·433·4·5·4····2·2··23··24
Aid retrenchment···5··13·23··3··4·5··3·423
China's economic slowdown4342····2······3·334····19
Peak oil demand & petrostate exposure···43·3·4······6·12·4···19
Economic stagnation2·43··4·····2·2·1·33····17
Tax base erosion & global tax reform··23········6·5·2·2···4·17
Digital payments & FinTech2·23·1·····5······1···6·14
Dollar dependence & payment-rail fragmentation5·35·······1·····33·····14
Remittance dependence··34···3·····3····22··3·14
Climate finance & loss and damage···3···2·43····3··4·····13
Insurance retreat & insurability··1·52···5·2········4···13
Stablecoins & digital currencies3·43·······3·····11···4·13
Capital concentration in AI··5·········5·61········12
Cash decline & payment dependence···1·2···2·6··········5·11
Creditor fragmentation2·15·············26·····11
Financial inclusion···2···1··1·······23·25·11
Household debt & housing affordability··5···33·2··1······2····11
Pension & care system strain··32········22··6·1·····11
Asset bubbles & stretched valuations··6·········2·41········9
Disaster risk finance···3·····521······2·····9
Bank resilience & deposit flight··63·······21···········8
Non-bank finance growth··61········2·3·········8
Crypto-assets & tokenisation1·32···2···1··········2·8
Commercial real estate stress··5·········2·1·········6
Sustainable finance··1······1·····3··2·····5
Production & Innovation 27
Industrial policy competition641·········2·35·5·3····20
Batteries & energy storage34··2···5··4···6········17
Regional medicines manufacturing25···········5··4······615
Research & development intensity22··········2·433····3·315
Reshoring & localised manufacturing55··2········3···3·4····15
Manufacturing overcapacity522············4·3·3····13
Agricultural technology·2·······15···22·····6··13
AI drug development············134·6······413
Solar & storage cost collapse22·1····4··2···6········12
Business dynamism & start-up formation1·2·········3·3····4··3·11
Robotics & automation32··········313····2····10
Hydrogen & low-carbon fuels·1··1···2·2····3·····3··8
Construction productivity & housing supply··2····3·3·········3····8
Drones & advanced air mobility·····4···1·1·····1···2··6
Smart manufacturing & digital twins·2·······2·22·1·········6
Alternative proteins··········3···1·1····3··6
Diet & nutrition shifts··········1·····3····3··5
Autonomous vehicles·····1······3·2·········4
Food waste··········3··········3··4
Circular materials & recycling13·············1········4
Ocean economy····22····1·············4
Sustainable consumption1···············1····2··3
Carbon capture, utilisation & storage········1······2········2
Retail & food-service automation··········11·1··········2
Access over ownership········1···1···········1
Medical devices & neurotechnology··············1·1·······1
Extended reality & immersive media············1···········1
Trade & Investment 26
Deglobalisation663242··3·3·223··6·3····31
Supply-chain concentration66··4···3·32343··4·4···331
Commodity price volatility3·244·2·5·5····3··2444··29
Export controls & economic statecraft66·422····2·3·5··6··4···28
Africa's demographic & economic rise1··3··22··3····33·46·44·24
Economic security policy66··3···3·2·3·42·4······23
Shifting economic power53222·········32·536····23
Energy import dependence2··262··6·2····5·2··5···22
Trade, shipping & logistics digitalisation43··52··2·12·3···3·32···21
Breadbasket & food export concentration23·33·32··6··········6··19
Fertiliser dependence25·23···4·6··········6··19
Friend-shoring & regional trade blocs65··3···2·2······5·5····19
Just-in-time logistics & thin inventories25··5···3·33·4·········319
Tariff escalation643·······2····2·6·3····18
Infrastructure corridor competition32··4············3345···17
Pharmaceutical supply concentration36·2·········5··3······517
Rare earth processing concentration66···1······1·23·4······16
Critical minerals supply56······1···1·24·3······15
Emerging middle class2·····2·2·2····1··26·23·15
Foreign direct investment slowdown4233·············325····15
Sanctions evasion & shadow fleets4··142··3········3··4···15
Sovereign wealth & state capital3·2·····2·····34·21·4···15
Trade finance & correspondent banking gaps4·352·············2···2·13
Regional trade agreements42········1······4·4····10
Digital & services trade3···········5·4··2······10
Carbon border adjustments3·······1······3·2······6
Trend01 Geoeconomic confrontation02 Single-supplier cut-off03 Global financial crisis04 Sovereign funding crisis05 Maritime chokepoint closure06 Hybrid campaign by a hostile state07 Political legitimacy crisis08 Mass displacement shock09 Energy supply shock10 Catastrophic disaster in the core11 Food and water system shock12 Critical infrastructure collapse13 Rapid AI diffusion shock14 Pandemic with a novel pathogen15 Superintelligence takeoff16 Energy abundance breakthrough17 Biomedical breakthrough wave18 Great-power détente and peace dividend19 Coordinated sovereign debt reset20 Emerging-market growth breakout21 Middle East regional settlement22 Agricultural yield revolution23 Digital public infrastructure leapfrog24 Hundred-day pandemic defenceSens
Technology & Financials 37
Artificial intelligence323··33····2616343······27
Advanced semiconductors562·21·····24·61·4······23
Digital sovereignty & data localisation43·2·2·····36·5··2····4·22
Digital public infrastructure···2···3·2·432····14·26·20
Cyber insecurity1·2··53····6213·······4·19
AI chips & accelerator supply56··········4·6··3······17
AI-accelerated science············1·645····4·417
Compute scaling & AI infrastructure333········15·63········17
Frontier model concentration333·········6·6·········15
Digital payments & FinTech2·23·1·····5······1···6·14
Public-sector AI adoption······1····1515·2·····5·14
Lithography & chip-tool chokepoints56··········1·4··3······13
Stablecoins & digital currencies3·43·······3·····11···4·13
Telecom network resilience·····4···4·6·1········4·13
Geospatial technology····33·1·331·····1···3··13
Open-weight AI diffusion2·2··2······5·5·······2·13
Ransomware & cybercrime··2··3···1·6·2········3·12
AI agents & knowledge-work automation··2···2·····6·5·1·······11
Automated AI research·····1······4·623·······11
Cash decline & payment dependence···1·2···2·6··········5·11
Financial inclusion···2···1··1·······23·25·11
AI safety & governance······1·····4·6·13······10
Data protection & digital rights·····12·····3·3·······5·10
Digital & services trade3···········5·4··2······10
AI-mediated information·····23·····314·········9
Cloud & edge computing·2···1·····23·2·······3·9
GNSS & timing dependence····25···1·5············9
Crypto-assets & tokenisation1·32···2···1··········2·8
Biometrics·····112····1·········5·7
Next-generation mobile networks2····2·····2··1·······3·7
Humanoid robotics1···········4·4·········6
Internet of Things·····2···1·3···1·····2··6
Post-quantum cryptography transition··1··3·····3··2·········6
Open-source intelligence & transparency····231··········2······6
Quantum computing2····1·····1··3·········5
Sustainable finance··1······1·····3··2·····5
Extended reality & immersive media············1···········1
Consumer, Food & Retail 8
Fertiliser dependence25·23···4·6··········6··19
Agricultural technology·2·······15···22·····6··13
Alternative proteins··········3···1·1····3··6
Diet & nutrition shifts··········1·····3····3··5
Food waste··········3··········3··4
Sustainable consumption1···············1····2··3
Retail & food-service automation··········11·1··········2
Access over ownership········1···1···········1
Industrials, Manufacturing & Transportation 22
Maritime chokepoint dependence33·163··5·3····2·3··6···24
Trade, shipping & logistics digitalisation43··52··2·12·3···3·32···21
Critical infrastructure protection····26··23·6·1········3·16
Drone & autonomous warfare····46·1···3··3··3··3···16
Defence industrial base & munitions34··34···········5··3···15
Defence technology3···351····1··4··5······15
Missile & long-range strike proliferation····53··3··2·····4··5···15
Port & shipping concentration33··52··2·2········23···15
Reshoring & localised manufacturing55··2········3···3·4····15
Subsea cable & pipeline vulnerability2···36··2··41·······3···15
Electric transport23··2···4··2···5········13
Militarisation of space1···14·····3··2··3······10
Robotics & automation32··········313····2····10
Construction productivity & housing supply··2····3·3·········3····8
Satellite mega-constellations2····3···1·3··1·········7
Advanced materials23············22········6
Drones & advanced air mobility·····4···1·1·····1···2··6
Smart manufacturing & digital twins·2·······2·22·1·········6
Building codes & resilient construction·······1·6·1············6
Space economy1····3·····2··1·········5
Autonomous vehicles·····1······3·2·········4
Rail & mass transit investment········1······1········1
Health & Modern Science 23
Pharmaceutical supply concentration36·2·········5··3······517
Synthetic biology & biomanufacturing·1········2··43·5····4·517
Child & maternal health···2···2··3··2··4·2··5·215
Healthcare system reform··12···2····15··5·2····415
Regional medicines manufacturing25···········5··4······615
Health workforce shortage·······2·2·116··4······515
Modern vaccines·············62·6······614
Zoonotic spillover & pandemic risk··2····1·12··6··2······614
Biosecurity & dual-use biology·····2·······54·21·····513
AI drug development············134·6······413
Global health governance·········1···6··31·····612
Gene editing & cell therapies··········2··22·5····5··11
Hygiene & sanitation·······3·32··4··1······311
AI diagnostics & predictive health············221·4······38
Antimicrobial resistance·······1·····5··3······38
Chronic disease burden··11·········3··6·······8
Digital & remote care···········1·3··2······36
Precision medicine & oncology··············2·5······16
Longevity science··············2·5·······5
Mental health·······1·1··12··1·······4
Obesity & GLP-1 medicines················6·······4
Medical devices & neurotechnology··············1·1·······1
Women's health & fertility care················2·······1
Energy & Environment 41
Commodity price volatility3·244·2·5·5····3··2444··29
Climate change & physical risk···22··52663·3·4··12·5··29
Grid enhancement·····3··53·6··36···3····20
Breadbasket & food export concentration23·33·32··6··········6··19
Peak oil demand & petrostate exposure···43·3·4······6·12·4···19
Water stress & transboundary water····1·241362········35··19
Fossil fuel resurgence1··25···5······6·2··4···17
Batteries & energy storage34··2···5··4···6········17
Electrification of heat, transport & industry·2······43·5··35···2····17
Rare earth processing concentration66···1······1·23·4······16
Critical minerals supply56······1···1·24·3······15
Climate adaptation & resilience···1···3·643·········4··15
Early-warning systems·······2·632·2·······2·415
Energy poverty···2··1·4··2···4··24··2·15
Fuel logistics & refining capacity····6···52·3···2····3···15
Renewable energy22··2···5··3···6········14
Climate finance & loss and damage···3···2·43····3··4·····13
Earth system tipping points·······4·45··1·2·····2··13
Water technology & desalination·······12253········23··13
Distributed power···1····42·5···5········12
Loss of firm & black-start capacity·····2··42·6···3········12
Solar & storage cost collapse22·1····4··2···6········12
Data-centre power demand········2··22·54········10
Heat stress & labour productivity·······22431·········3··10
Infrastructure ageing·····4··24·5············10
Advanced nuclear········4··2··35········10
Biodiversity & nature loss·······1·24··2·······3·210
Dams, reservoirs & flood defence·······1·541·········2··9
Disaster risk finance···3·····521······2·····9
Hydrogen & low-carbon fuels·1··1···2·2····3·····3··8
Seismic & geophysical hazard···1···2·6·2············8
Carbon border adjustments3·······1······3·2······6
Carbon pricing & environmental taxes2·······3······3········6
Demand flexibility & smart metering········3··3···2········6
Enhanced geothermal········2·····15········6
Fusion energy········1·····34········6
Space weather exposure·····1···1·5············5
Circular materials & recycling13·············1········4
Ocean economy····22····1·············4
Carbon capture, utilisation & storage········1······2········2
Pollution & contaminants·········11·····1·······2
Society & Culture 48
Deglobalisation663242··3·3·223··6·3····31
Polarisation & populism5·33·4642···332··52·2···31
Weak social protection··43··43333·534·2·2···5·31
Declining institutional trust··2··461·3·3262·21····4529
Civil unrest··34·363314232·2·····2··26
Inequality··32··51223·424·3·23····25
Africa's demographic & economic rise1··3··22··3····33·46·44·24
Misinformation & disinformation·····663·2·2242··2·····423
Shifting economic power53222·········32·536····23
Urbanisation······23·533·4·····5···319
Youth unemployment & lack of opportunity··33··53····5·3···24····19
Demographic pressure in young nations···2··45··3·1·····25·4··18
Informal employment···3··32····23····24·25·18
Brain drain & talent migration··24··32····3·3·2·24····17
Foreign information manipulation2····663···1·3···2··2···17
Conspiracy movements & science denial·····24··2···5··3····3·517
Malnutrition···3···3··6··1··2·2··6··16
Emerging middle class2·····2·2·2····1··26·23·15
Ageing population··22··12····33··6·1·····14
Erosion of rights & civic freedoms1····263····122·······3·14
Learning loss & education quality······22·1··342····4···214
Remittance dependence··34···3·····3····22··3·14
Asylum & migration system strain·····346·····1···1··3···13
Terrorism & violent extremism····2333···2·1······4···13
Censorship & surveillance·····24·····213·······5·12
Climate migration······26·44·········1···12
Synthetic media & deepfakes··1··55·····222·········12
Executive overreach & emergency powers··1··25··2·2·4··········11
Household debt & housing affordability··5···33·2··1······2····11
Pension & care system strain··32········22··6·1·····11
Talent & labour shortages·1·····2····322·3··3····11
Platform power over public discourse·····44·····223·········10
Religious & identity nationalism2····242·········1··4···10
Decline of independent journalism·····34··2··131·········10
Election integrity & interference·····56·····1·1··1······10
Graduate labour market squeeze··1···3·····6·4·········10
Rule of law & judicial independence1··2·26··········12·····10
Changing nature of work······22····5·3·········8
Organised crime & illicit economies···2·232···1······1·····8
Falling fertility & population decline··1····2····3···4·······7
Transnational repression & diaspora politics·····432·········1······7
Gender equality & inclusion······11········1·13··2·6
Reskilling & education technology············513·········6
Smart cities & buildings·····1··13·3···1········6
Citizen participation & deliberative democracy······3·····12········2·6
Care economy & unpaid work············12··3·······4
International student flows2···········2·1··1······4
Online harms & safety·····11···············2·3
Geoeconomics & Statecraft 71
State capacity & delivery23343344353445434245·36560
Great-power competition6522452·3·223·62·62·4··240
Weakening multilateral institutions52243··32·3··43··55·3··433
US policy volatility64333·3·2····23·263·4··333
Supply-chain concentration66··4···3·32343··4·4···331
Sovereign debt accumulation··56··3·232·13·32263····29
Armed conflict at post-war highs2··25436413······5··5···28
Export controls & economic statecraft66·422····2·3·5··6··4···28
Whole-of-society resilience·3··35123535·5·········427
Strategic stockpiles & reserves26··5···5252·4·······3·426
Middle East instability··2263·46·2····2·3··6···25
Taiwan Strait tension563·63··2···2·4··5······25
Inflation & cost of living3·433·4·5·4····2·2··23··24
Rise of middle powers53··3···2·····32·4355···24
Aid retrenchment···5··13·23··3··4·5··3·423
Economic security policy66··3···3·2·3·42·4······23
Public communication in crisis····243·2525·5·········523
Energy import dependence2··262··6·2····5·2··5···22
Russia–NATO confrontation2···36·44·23·····6······21
Industrial policy competition641·········2·35·5·3····20
Alliance realignment & burden-shifting4···451·2·····2··6··4···19
China's economic slowdown4342····2······3·334····19
Corruption & kleptocracy···4·252·3···1····43··4·19
Friend-shoring & regional trade blocs65··3···2·2······5·5····19
Just-in-time logistics & thin inventories25··5···3·33·4·········319
State fragility & intrastate violence···4··56·23··1····3·4···19
Hybrid & grey-zone warfare2···3642···4·····3··3···19
Local & city government capacity······15·523·3·····3··3219
Fiscal rules & budget credibility··45··2·32···2··2·4···2·18
Official statistics & data capacity··23··2··3··24····3···4318
Tariff escalation643·······2····2·6·3····18
Adaptive regulation···········13·433····43417
Rearmament & defence spending3·2134········2··6··4···17
Economic stagnation2·43··4·····2·2·1·33····17
Infrastructure corridor competition32··4············3345···17
Tax base erosion & global tax reform··23········6·5·2·2···4·17
Civil service capability & pay···2··2··3·2333·······4·15
Development finance as influence3··4······1······353··3·15
Diplomatic capacity under strain3···33·2·········43·4···15
Foreign direct investment slowdown4233·············325····15
Nuclear & WMD proliferation2···33·······22··5··5···15
Research & development intensity22··········2·433····3·315
Global South coalitions4··2······2····2·344····15
Private military & proxy forces····3533·········2··5···15
Sanctions evasion & shadow fleets4··142··3········3··4···15
Sovereign wealth & state capital3·2·····2·····34·21·4···15
Arms control erosion1···23········4··6··4···14
Dollar dependence & payment-rail fragmentation5·35·······1·····33·····14
Research security & science decoupling42··········2·4·23·····314
Technical standards competition52··········3·4··3····3·14
Insurance retreat & insurability··1·52···5·2········4···13
Manufacturing overcapacity522············4·3·3····13
Illicit finance & beneficial ownership2·23·23···········3···3·13
Public procurement reform·3·······1··231·2·····3313
Trade finance & correspondent banking gaps4·352·············2···2·13
Capital concentration in AI··5·········5·61········12
Indo-Pacific maritime disputes33··52··1········3······12
Business dynamism & start-up formation1·2·········3·3····4··3·11
Creditor fragmentation2·15·············26·····11
Espionage & insider threat32···5·····2··4·········11
Central bank independence under pressure2·43··2·4···············10
Regional trade agreements42········1······4·4····10
Regulatory capture & lobbying power··3···3·····3·321·······10
Arctic & polar competition2···33··2······1·3······10
Outsourcing & public-private delivery·1·······2·2222·······3·10
Asset bubbles & stretched valuations··6·········2·41········9
Bank resilience & deposit flight··63·······21···········8
Non-bank finance growth··61········2·3·········8
Conscription & reserve mobilisation·····411·········4······7
Soft power & cultural influence3····2········1··3······6
Commercial real estate stress··5·········2·1·········6

Column headings are scenario numbers: 01 Geoeconomic confrontation · 02 Single-supplier cut-off · 03 Global financial crisis · 04 Sovereign funding crisis · 05 Chokepoint closure · 06 Hybrid campaign · 07 Legitimacy crisis · 08 Mass displacement · 09 Energy supply shock · 10 Disaster in the core · 11 Food and water shock · 12 Infrastructure collapse · 13 AI diffusion shock · 14 Pandemic · 15 Superintelligence takeoff · 16 Energy abundance · 17 Biomedical breakthroughs · 18 Great-power détente · 19 Sovereign debt reset · 20 Emerging-market breakout · 21 Middle East settlement · 22 Yield revolution · 23 Digital state leapfrog · 24 100-day pandemic defence. Within each group, trends are ordered by sensitivity, highest first. Each trend is assigned to the one domain of the National Capability Framework it bears on most. The assignment is a GINC desk judgement. Download as CSV.