Trend · rank 93 of 250

Military logistics complexity

Dispersed operations and more sophisticated equipment are raising military sustainment demands, making repair networks, transport capacity and standardised supplies stronger determinants of how long a national force can fight.

National SecurityConflict & securitydefencelogistics

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

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
93of 250
Sensitivity
8.3rank 139
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
40.6rank 85
Eigenvector
5.5
Betweenness
24.9
Links
20trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
24.1

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
140
Over a year
+22%Rising
Over three years
+80%
Peak
1871 Mar 2026
Sources
Bothagreement 0.48
Coverage
16languages · 58 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 (16 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English68%104−1%
Japanese14%123+18%
Russian4%81−7%
Spanish3%103+17%
German2%137+25%
French2%100−1%
Chinese2%96−14%
Polish1%70−14%
Persian1%163+57%
Arabic1%113−0%
Turkish1%220+47%
Ukrainian1%76−8%
Italian1%94−4%
Portuguese0%103+25%
Vietnamese0%93+5%
Thai0%90−5%

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

Jordan

United Arab Emirates

Iraq

Kenya

South Africa

United Kingdom

100

93

86

86

60

46

46

46

40

40

40

40

The 12 highest of 58 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 English114−4%+2%+27%
EuropeGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish117+28%+8%+8%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 5 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai103+10%−1%+6%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish144+59%−11%+99%
Latin America and CaribbeanWikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese103+8%+20%−10%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian80−3%−7%−23%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
BrazilWikipedia in Portuguese103+11%+25%−38%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French120+46%+2%+25%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German128+26%+21%+22%
IndonesiaGoogle75−35%+15%−6%
ItalyWikipedia in Italian94−20%−4%−12%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese120+41%+3%+19%
South KoreaGoogle122+149%−10%+35%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian81−3%−7%−23%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish172+75%−2%+170%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English114−4%+2%+27%

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
2 · LowA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
1 · Very lowHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
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 highDefence industrial base & munitionsConflict & security92
4 · HighLong-range strike proliferationConflict & security90
4 · HighContested maritime accessConflict & security117
4 · HighRearmament & defence spendingConflict & security136
4 · HighPrivate military & proxy forcesConflict & security142
4 · HighElectromagnetic spectrum contestConflict & security152
4 · HighMilitarisation of spaceConflict & security166
4 · HighConscription & reserve mobilisationConflict & security180
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 · ModeratePort & carrier concentrationTrade, industry & supply chains94
3 · ModerateDrone & autonomous warfareConflict & security97
3 · ModerateNuclear arsenal growth & proliferationConflict & security126
3 · ModerateState cyber intrusion & prepositioningConflict & security130
3 · ModerateUndersea military competitionConflict & security154
3 · ModerateArms control erosionConflict & security174
3 · ModerateCommercial launch & space accessConflict & security247