Trend · rank 122 of 250

Religious & identity nationalism

Faith, ethnicity and nation are increasingly used to organise political belonging at home and as an instrument of influence abroad, deepening polarisation and strengthening the appeal of external actors claiming shared affiliation.

Information & InfluenceInformation & trustpoliticsinformationdemography

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

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
122of 250
Sensitivity
9.2rank 124
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
34.8rank 123
Eigenvector
30.7
Betweenness
0.5
Links
13trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
20.6

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
91
Over a year
−14%Easing
Over three years
−4%
Peak
2393 Nov 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.06
Coverage
16languages · 50 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
English74%98−20%
Russian8%118+10%
German5%107−9%
Japanese2%111+3%
French2%117−4%
Spanish2%133+14%
Portuguese1%129+7%
Italian1%134+0%
Turkish1%130+39%
Chinese1%140+15%
Indonesian1%80+24%
Swedish1%113−1%
Dutch0%117+14%
Hebrew0%93+20%
Arabic0%153+37%
Persian0%110+44%

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 States

China

Singapore

Canada

United Kingdom

New Zealand

Philippines

Australia

Ireland

South Korea

Kenya

Netherlands

100

58

51

48

41

38

38

35

30

30

25

23

The 12 highest of 50 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+12%−27%−3%
EuropeGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Dutch, Swedish94−4%−22%−7%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian97+11%−4%−12%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country48−41%−63%−53%
Gulf and Middle EastWikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew122+12%+36%+16%
Latin America and CaribbeanWikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese131+10%+11%+70%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian118+9%+10%+16%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
BrazilWikipedia in Portuguese129+18%+7%+66%
CanadaGoogle69−10%−31%−14%
FranceWikipedia in French117+10%−4%+8%
GermanyWikipedia in German107+3%−9%+14%
IndiaGoogle48−41%−63%−53%
IndonesiaWikipedia in Indonesian80+9%+24%−56%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian108+15%−24%−10%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese96+14%−7%−8%
South KoreaGoogle99+127%−37%−28%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian118+9%+10%+16%
TürkiyeWikipedia in Turkish130+18%+39%+6%
United KingdomGoogle64−37%−35%−17%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English89+18%−27%−2%

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 disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
2 · LowCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
2 · LowA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
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 relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
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 highDiaspora politics & transnational repressionInformation & trust176
4 · HighElection integrity & interferenceInformation & trust57
3 · ModerateDeclining institutional trustInformation & trust7
3 · ModerateErosion of rights & civic freedomsState capacity & governance14
3 · ModeratePolarisation & populismState capacity & governance15
3 · ModerateDecline of independent journalismInformation & trust29
3 · ModerateMisinformation & disinformationInformation & trust30
3 · ModerateConspiracy movements & science denialInformation & trust68
3 · ModerateOpen-source intelligence & transparencyInformation & trust79
3 · ModerateSynthetic media & deepfakesInformation & trust87
3 · ModerateForeign information manipulationInformation & trust91
3 · ModeratePlatform power over public discourseInformation & trust99
3 · ModerateCensorship & surveillanceInformation & trust103