Trend · rank 62 of 250

Alliance realignment & burden-shifting

Security guarantees are becoming more conditional as allies are pressed to pay and do more and new groupings form, making national defence planning more sensitive to the limits of external protection.

National SecurityConflict & securitydefencepoliticsgeoeconomics

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass unchanged. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
62of 250
Sensitivity
10.0rank 108
Breadth
0of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
44.9rank 66
Eigenvector
8.2
Betweenness
33.8
Links
23trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
28.7

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
107
Over a year
−4%Steady
Over three years
+14%
Peak
2657 Sept 2025
Sources
Bothagreement 0.66
Coverage
18languages · 56 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (18 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English60%79−30%
Russian9%83−20%
German6%88−30%
Japanese5%80−26%
Chinese4%91−31%
French4%85−14%
Spanish3%103+9%
Italian3%76−38%
Turkish1%184+129%
Polish1%196+60%
Ukrainian1%75−21%
Persian1%125−9%
Vietnamese1%107+4%
Korean0%136−4%
Arabic0%108−1%
Portuguese0%75−30%
Swedish0%238+184%
Dutch0%66−40%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

United States

Singapore

Canada

United Kingdom

Netherlands

South Korea

Australia

Lithuania

Nepal

Norway

Philippines

Finland

100

76

56

56

54

49

45

42

36

36

36

34

The 12 highest of 56 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English83+0%−24%−4%
EuropeGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish113+4%+5%+51%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese105+14%−1%+22%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country112+16%+10%+42%
Gulf and Middle EastWikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish147+24%+39%+107%
Latin America and CaribbeanWikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese95−11%−4%+12%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian81−2%−20%−38%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle123−7%+51%+153%
BrazilWikipedia in Portuguese75−21%−31%−12%
CanadaGoogle105+7%−19%+155%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French91−21%+2%−3%
GermanyWikipedia in German88+4%−30%+4%
IndiaGoogle112+16%+10%+42%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian71−31%−31%−6%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese128+65%+24%+39%
South KoreaWikipedia in Korean136+70%−4%+179%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian83−1%−20%−34%
TürkiyeWikipedia in Turkish184+54%+129%+180%
United KingdomGoogle184+102%+36%+274%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English79−0%−24%−15%

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. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
3 · ModerateA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
3 · ModerateA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
2 · LowCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
2 · LowHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

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

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighGreat-power competitionConflict & security28
3 · ModerateDiplomatic capacity under strainDiplomacy & influence16
3 · ModerateExport controls & economic coercionTrade, industry & supply chains34
3 · ModerateMiddle-power diplomatic leverageDiplomacy & influence36
3 · ModerateTariff barrier normalisationTrade, industry & supply chains58
3 · ModerateCredibility of external commitmentsDiplomacy & influence65
3 · ModerateCritical infrastructure protectionConflict & security80
3 · ModerateLong-range strike proliferationConflict & security90
3 · ModerateDefence industrial base & munitionsConflict & security92
3 · ModerateMilitary logistics complexityConflict & security93
3 · ModerateDrone & autonomous warfareConflict & security97
3 · ModerateContested maritime accessConflict & security117
3 · ModerateNuclear arsenal growth & proliferationConflict & security126
3 · ModerateState cyber intrusion & prepositioningConflict & security130
3 · ModerateRearmament & defence spendingConflict & security136
3 · ModeratePrivate military & proxy forcesConflict & security142
3 · ModerateElectromagnetic spectrum contestConflict & security152
3 · ModerateUndersea military competitionConflict & security154
3 · ModerateMilitarisation of spaceConflict & security166
3 · ModerateArms control erosionConflict & security174
3 · ModerateConscription & reserve mobilisationConflict & security180
3 · ModerateAI-supported military decisionsConflict & security199
3 · ModerateEspionage & insider threatConflict & security201