Trend · rank 72 of 250

Global South coalitions

BRICS enlargement and other groupings are giving developing nations more collective weight on finance, trade and climate, although their bargaining strength depends on managing divergent interests among members.

Information & InfluenceDiplomacy & influencegeoeconomicsinstitutionspolitics

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

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
72of 250
Sensitivity
11.7rank 77
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
39.7rank 94
Eigenvector
24.4
Betweenness
18.6
Links
12trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
27.0

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
97
Over a year
−19%Easing
Over three years
−18%
Peak
63520 Oct 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.95
Coverage
26languages · 65 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 (26 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English49%96−22%
Russian14%84−13%
Spanish6%99−15%
German4%92−24%
French3%78−23%
Portuguese3%87−42%
Persian3%150+2%
Chinese3%95−18%
Arabic3%86−14%
Italian2%89−25%
Japanese2%95−0%
Turkish2%95+20%
Hindi1%158+6%
Polish1%93−14%
Indonesian1%99−22%
Vietnamese1%106−19%
Ukrainian1%75−39%
Dutch1%68−37%
Bengali0%181−7%
Swedish0%75−40%
Malay0%122−3%
Thai0%116−12%
Hebrew0%70−29%
Tamil0%142−26%
Korean0%390+629%
Afrikaans0%23−73%

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.

South Africa

Singapore

Ethiopia

India

Brazil

Uganda

Venezuela

China

United Arab Emirates

Kenya

Pakistan

Bangladesh

100

40

39

36

32

32

32

31

30

26

25

24

The 12 highest of 65 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 English86+26%−29%−13%
EuropeGoogle in 9 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish85+21%−20%−11%
ChinaGoogle in 1 country88+9%−29%−8%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 11 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Malay104+14%−9%+26%
South AsiaGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil191+147%+22%+155%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew107+44%+0%+3%
AfricaGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Afrikaans47−18%−52%−48%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese105+27%−28%+5%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian81+21%+6%−25%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle155+46%+92%−46%
AustraliaGoogle85+14%−25%−15%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese80+9%−61%−9%
CanadaGoogle78+34%−41%−21%
ChinaGoogle88+9%−29%−8%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French71+7%−28%−37%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German90+27%−19%+11%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil221+180%+39%+215%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian81+20%−44%−18%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian101+38%−15%−14%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese97+1%+10%−2%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean264−1%+341%+589%
MexicoGoogle136+62%+20%+72%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian85+6%−13%−21%
Saudi ArabiaGoogle146+98%+33%+30%
South AfricaGoogle74+5%−25%−38%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish76+15%+7%−9%
United KingdomGoogle88+38%−25%−12%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English86+22%−28%−13%

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
4 · HighA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
3 · ModerateA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
2 · LowCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
2 · LowA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
1 · Very lowA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
1 · Very lowTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
1 · Very lowA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
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 great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗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

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
5 · Very highDiplomatic capacity under strainDiplomacy & influence16
5 · Very highWeakening multilateral institutionsDiplomacy & influence77
4 · HighMiddle-power diplomatic leverageDiplomacy & influence36
4 · HighDevelopment finance as influenceDiplomacy & influence63
4 · HighCredibility of external commitmentsDiplomacy & influence65
3 · ModerateRule of law & judicial independenceState capacity & governance3
3 · ModerateCorruption & state captureState capacity & governance5
3 · ModerateRegulatory capture & lobbying powerState capacity & governance8
3 · ModerateSovereign debt & interest burdenMoney & debt12
3 · ModerateTechnical standards competitionDiplomacy & influence50
3 · ModerateSovereign creditor fragmentationMoney & debt88
3 · ModerateRegional trade agreement deepeningTrade, industry & supply chains105