Trend · rank 66 of 250

Strategic stockpiles & reserves

Longer disruption planning horizons are raising the value of public reserves of fuel, grain, medicines and critical inputs, whose size, quality, rotation and location decide whether a shock becomes a shortage.

Strategic InfrastructureEnergy, networks & climate resilienceresiliencelogisticsfood systems

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

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
66of 250
Sensitivity
19.2rank 26
Breadth
3of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
24.7rank 185
Eigenvector
0.6
Betweenness
28.6
Links
6trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
27.8

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
160
Over a year
+86%Surging
Over three years
+107%
Peak
4778 Mar 2026
Sources
Bothagreement 0.75
Coverage
6languages · 57 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 (6 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English77%176+158%
Japanese10%90+8%
German7%157+71%
French3%269+446%
Chinese3%158+114%
Polish0%53−39%

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.

Singapore

South Korea

United States

China

Australia

New Zealand

United Kingdom

Canada

Ireland

Philippines

Netherlands

Nigeria

100

72

61

52

44

44

44

38

33

33

30

30

The 12 highest of 57 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 English174+38%+142%+127%
EuropeGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Polish212+65%+184%+366%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese78−11%−45%+86%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country164−16%+251%+242%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
FranceWikipedia in French269+44%+446%+366%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German176+33%+95%+284%
IndiaGoogle164−16%+251%+242%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese69−17%−52%+65%
United KingdomGoogle301+199%+473%+1144%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English174+38%+142%+127%

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
4 · HighCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
4 · HighTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
3 · ModerateHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
3 · ModerateA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
2 · LowA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
2 · LowA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
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 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 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

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 · HighFood storage & cold chainsFood, water & nature110
3 · ModerateTelecom network resilienceEnergy, networks & climate resilience35
3 · ModerateUrban population concentrationEnergy, networks & climate resilience61
3 · ModeratePort & carrier concentrationTrade, industry & supply chains94
3 · ModerateFossil fuel supply & refiningEnergy, networks & climate resilience112
3 · ModerateLean inventories & just-in-time logisticsTrade, industry & supply chains184