Trend · rank 152 of 250

Electromagnetic spectrum contest

Growing military and civil dependence on wireless systems is intensifying competition over detection, jamming and deception, making spectrum awareness and resilient communications essential to effective national military operations.

National SecurityConflict & securitydefenceconnectivityconflict

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

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
152of 250
Sensitivity
5.8rank 193
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
40.5rank 87
Eigenvector
5.7
Betweenness
4.3
Links
21trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
18.0

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
102
Over a year
−17%Easing
Over three years
+14%
Peak
18531 Aug 2025
Sources
Bothagreement 0.61
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
English45%111−4%
Russian13%101−4%
German8%110−5%
Japanese7%94−7%
Ukrainian7%96−42%
Persian4%87−35%
French3%112+4%
Italian2%98−28%
Hebrew2%78−19%
Spanish2%96+1%
Chinese2%85−24%
Polish1%110−10%
Arabic1%87−7%
Swedish1%95−8%
Vietnamese0%80−65%
Portuguese0%100+12%
Dutch0%123+18%
Korean0%95−14%
Hindi0%72+60%
Indonesian0%92−50%
Thai0%82−69%

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.

Estonia

Cyprus

Singapore

China

Qatar

Lebanon

Lithuania

South Korea

United Arab Emirates

Latvia

Israel

Netherlands

100

86

84

76

68

65

60

57

57

55

52

47

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 1 country + Wikipedia in English118+6%+8%+37%
EuropeGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish120+11%+11%+55%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai93+4%−35%−6%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Hindi93−34%+32%+60%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Hebrew112−1%+13%+8%
Latin America and CaribbeanWikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese97−0%+4%+4%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian65+18%−25%−59%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
BrazilWikipedia in Portuguese100+0%+12%−8%
FranceWikipedia in French112+12%+4%+19%
GermanyWikipedia in German110+6%−5%+28%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Hindi93−34%+32%+60%
IndonesiaWikipedia in Indonesian92+7%−50%+51%
ItalyWikipedia in Italian98+4%−28%+10%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese91+9%−10%−17%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean101+22%−14%−13%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian101+3%−4%−1%
TürkiyeGoogle140+1%+64%+31%
United KingdomGoogle133+15%+32%+97%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English118+6%+8%+37%

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
3 · ModerateHybrid 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 · HighDrone & autonomous warfareConflict & security97
4 · HighState cyber intrusion & prepositioningConflict & security130
4 · HighPrivate military & proxy forcesConflict & security142
4 · HighUndersea military competitionConflict & security154
4 · HighMilitarisation of spaceConflict & security166
4 · HighHybrid & grey-zone coercionConflict & security173
4 · HighAI-supported military decisionsConflict & security199
3 · ModerateGreat-power competitionConflict & security28
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 · ModerateNuclear arsenal growth & proliferationConflict & security126
3 · ModerateRearmament & defence spendingConflict & security136
3 · ModerateArms control erosionConflict & security174
3 · ModerateConscription & reserve mobilisationConflict & security180
3 · ModerateSatellite positioning & timing dependenceEnergy, networks & climate resilience190