Trend · rank 90 of 250

Long-range strike proliferation

Cheaper precision missiles and long-range drones are reaching more states and armed groups, placing ports, energy sites and cities within range and raising the cost of national air and missile defence.

National SecurityConflict & securitydefenceconflict

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Missile & long-range strike proliferation. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
90of 250
Sensitivity
10.0rank 109
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
46.4rank 58
Eigenvector
6.5
Betweenness
12.2
Links
21trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
24.6

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
93
Over a year
+19%Rising
Over three years
+1%
Peak
66029 Sept 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.90
Coverage
21languages · 68 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 (21 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English38%87+7%
Russian12%123+45%
Persian9%84−26%
German8%115+61%
Hebrew5%25−21%
French4%83−1%
Japanese4%111+11%
Chinese3%100−5%
Ukrainian2%181+59%
Spanish2%80+2%
Polish2%134+41%
Italian2%92+21%
Turkish2%60−19%
Arabic1%86+20%
Dutch1%126+86%
Vietnamese1%78−49%
Portuguese1%49−13%
Swedish0%146+154%
Korean0%100+30%
Indonesian0%57−35%
Hindi0%63−49%

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 Arab Emirates

Qatar

Bahrain

Pakistan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Israel

Singapore

United States

United Kingdom

China

South Korea

100

82

51

46

37

35

33

30

26

25

23

23

The 12 highest of 68 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 English88+22%+22%−6%
EuropeGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish123+66%+104%+64%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian125+35%+16%+53%
South AsiaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Hindi64−16%−27%+65%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew60−24%+7%−43%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese113+24%+147%+9%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian232+75%+192%+150%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle107+26%+70%+27%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese104+26%+166%−10%
CanadaGoogle88+31%+55%−8%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French93+15%+47%+18%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German163+132%+133%+124%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Hindi68−12%−20%+76%
IndonesiaWikipedia in Indonesian57−29%−35%−54%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian96+36%+152%+36%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese131+44%+65%+34%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean156+76%+116%+124%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian123+31%+45%+20%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish65−38%+12%−17%
United KingdomGoogle113+61%+103%+42%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English88+23%+21%−7%

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
5 · Very highA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
3 · ModerateHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
3 · ModerateA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
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
5 · Very highDrone & autonomous warfareConflict & security97
5 · Very highNuclear arsenal growth & proliferationConflict & security126
5 · Very highPrivate military & proxy forcesConflict & security142
4 · HighGreat-power competitionConflict & security28
4 · HighMilitary logistics complexityConflict & security93
4 · HighState cyber intrusion & prepositioningConflict & security130
4 · HighRearmament & defence spendingConflict & security136
4 · HighElectromagnetic spectrum contestConflict & security152
4 · HighUndersea military competitionConflict & security154
4 · HighMilitarisation of spaceConflict & security166
4 · HighPersistent armed conflictConflict & security169
4 · HighHybrid & grey-zone coercionConflict & security173
4 · HighArms control erosionConflict & security174
4 · HighAI-supported military decisionsConflict & security199
3 · ModerateWhole-of-society resilienceConflict & security43
3 · ModerateAlliance realignment & burden-shiftingConflict & security62
3 · ModerateCritical infrastructure protectionConflict & security80
3 · ModerateDefence industrial base & munitionsConflict & security92
3 · ModerateSubsea cable & pipeline dependenceEnergy, networks & climate resilience114
3 · ModerateContested maritime accessConflict & security117
3 · ModerateConscription & reserve mobilisationConflict & security180