Trend · rank 199 of 250

AI-supported military decisions

Armed forces are integrating AI into intelligence, targeting and command processes, increasing decision speed while making national military effectiveness depend on validated systems, trusted data and accountable human control.

National SecurityConflict & securityaidefence

Second pass: Added in the second pass. Held by two of the three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
199of 250
Sensitivity
4.2rank 222
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
30.9rank 146
Eigenvector
5.0
Betweenness
1.6
Links
17trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
13.3

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
165
Over a year
+27%Rising
Over three years
+268%
Peak
3061 Mar 2026
Sources
Bothagreement 0.86
Coverage
1language · 55 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 (1 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English100%195+82%

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 Korea

Singapore

China

United States

Netherlands

Canada

Israel

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

Australia

Germany

Switzerland

100

94

80

71

49

37

31

31

31

30

28

28

The 12 highest of 55 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 English160−13%+26%+274%
EuropeGoogle in 6 countries134−39%+96%+148%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 5 countries159−41%+235%+299%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country79−39%−2%−17%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 1 country157−43%+697%+319%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
AustraliaGoogle123−49%+43%+230%
BrazilGoogle157−43%+697%+319%
CanadaGoogle134−30%+55%+120%
FranceGoogle65−68%−2%+60%
GermanyGoogle146−34%+141%+153%
IndiaGoogle79−39%−2%−17%
ItalyGoogle106−49%+61%+55%
JapanGoogle139−60%+516%+557%
South KoreaGoogle164−43%+406%+451%
United KingdomGoogle204+10%+166%+263%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English159−12%+16%+289%

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 regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical 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 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 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 · HighLong-range strike proliferationConflict & security90
4 · HighMilitary logistics complexityConflict & security93
4 · HighRearmament & defence spendingConflict & security136
4 · HighElectromagnetic spectrum contestConflict & security152
4 · HighMilitarisation of spaceConflict & security166
4 · HighConscription & reserve mobilisationConflict & security180
3 · ModerateWhole-of-society resilienceConflict & security43
3 · ModerateAlliance realignment & burden-shiftingConflict & security62
3 · ModerateCritical infrastructure protectionConflict & security80
3 · ModerateDefence industrial base & munitionsConflict & security92
3 · ModerateDrone & autonomous warfareConflict & security97
3 · ModerateContested maritime accessConflict & security117
3 · ModerateNuclear arsenal growth & proliferationConflict & security126
3 · ModerateState cyber intrusion & prepositioningConflict & security130
3 · ModeratePrivate military & proxy forcesConflict & security142
3 · ModerateUndersea military competitionConflict & security154
3 · ModerateArms control erosionConflict & security174