Trend · rank 4 of 250

Executive overreach & emergency powers

Governments are making greater use of decrees and emergency measures and retaining them after crises pass, which speeds decisions while weakening legislative and judicial checks against arbitrary or ineffective action.

Governance & IntegrityState capacity & governancepoliticsinstitutions

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

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
4of 250
Sensitivity
29.2rank 2
Breadth
3of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
88.5rank 3
Eigenvector
98.0
Betweenness
18.9
Links
26trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
62.4

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
87
Over a year
−4%Steady
Over three years
+6%
Peak
9751 Dec 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.83
Coverage
22languages · 38 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 (22 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English54%78−19%
Spanish10%81−13%
Korean7%111+39%
Japanese6%88−12%
Chinese3%115+29%
French3%83+3%
Italian3%115+17%
Portuguese2%101+9%
Russian2%138+65%
Vietnamese2%119+69%
German2%86+7%
Ukrainian2%111+31%
Polish1%86−37%
Turkish1%176+72%
Thai1%156+29%
Indonesian1%92−59%
Persian0%120+63%
Dutch0%92+13%
Swedish0%54−39%
Arabic0%75−15%
Hebrew0%86−11%
Malay0%206+126%

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.

Philippines

United States

Singapore

Canada

Nigeria

New Zealand

Kenya

South Korea

Pakistan

Australia

United Kingdom

Ireland

100

70

49

29

29

27

23

22

17

16

16

13

The 12 highest of 38 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 English77+22%−13%+21%
EuropeGoogle in 8 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish98+21%+7%+2%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 9 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Malay99+9%−21%+49%
South AsiaGoogle in 3 countries88+12%−5%−10%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew102−21%+70%+2%
AfricaGoogle in 3 countries49−20%−15%+7%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese94+4%+3%−4%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian117+44%+20%−10%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle97+24%−16%+14%
AustraliaGoogle52−11%−0%+3%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese109+11%+22%+29%
CanadaGoogle112+70%+29%+159%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French133+85%+90%+65%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German88+13%−7%−18%
IndiaGoogle95+12%+5%+12%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian90+12%−62%+1%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian111+18%+4%+21%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese92−30%−19%+42%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean83+55%+6%+161%
MexicoGoogle88−15%+9%−29%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian138+24%+65%+42%
South AfricaGoogle55−23%+14%+5%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish135+3%+102%+153%
United KingdomGoogle72+9%+33%+47%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English70+15%−19%+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 disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
4 · HighHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
4 · HighA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
2 · LowCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
2 · LowA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
2 · LowA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
2 · LowTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
2 · LowA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
2 · LowA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
2 · LowA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
1 · Very lowAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
1 · Very lowA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
1 · Very lowA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
1 · Very lowA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
1 · Very lowAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗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

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 highRule of law & judicial independenceState capacity & governance3
5 · Very highCorruption & state captureState capacity & governance5
5 · Very highPolarisation & populismState capacity & governance15
5 · Very highCitizen participation & deliberative democracyState capacity & governance60
4 · HighState capacity & deliveryState capacity & governance1
4 · HighCivil service capability & payState capacity & governance2
4 · HighDeclining institutional trustInformation & trust7
4 · HighRegulatory capture & lobbying powerState capacity & governance8
4 · HighErosion of rights & civic freedomsState capacity & governance14
4 · HighFiscal rules & budget credibilityState capacity & governance17
4 · HighCivil unrest & protest mobilisationState capacity & governance25
4 · HighDecline of independent journalismInformation & trust29
3 · ModeratePublic procurement capabilityState capacity & governance6
3 · ModeratePublic communication in crisisInformation & trust10
3 · ModerateLocal & city government capacityState capacity & governance11
3 · ModerateSovereign debt & interest burdenMoney & debt12
3 · ModerateSocial protection coverage gapsState capacity & governance13
3 · ModerateDiplomatic capacity under strainDiplomacy & influence16
3 · ModerateIllicit finance & beneficial ownershipState capacity & governance20
3 · ModerateOfficial statistics & data capacityState capacity & governance21
3 · ModerateOutsourcing & public-private deliveryState capacity & governance27
3 · ModerateMisinformation & disinformationInformation & trust30
3 · ModerateDigital public infrastructureState capacity & governance31
3 · ModerateElection integrity & interferenceInformation & trust57
3 · ModerateCentral bank independence under pressureState capacity & governance64
3 · ModerateAsylum & migration system strainState capacity & governance115