Trend Conflicts proliferating and intensifying

Summary

UNDP names the multiplication and deepening of armed conflict as a standing trend, with state-based conflicts at their highest count since 1945 and violence increasingly spilling beyond the borders of the states that host it.

Classification

Main topicGeopolitics & Security

Secondary topicsDemographics & Migration

Region menusGlobal

Impactscope:global

Time horizon4-10 years (2026-07-25)

Last updated2026-07-26 02:56:03

Evidence 2

Megatrends 2026: Towards a new social contract Sitra (the Finnish Innovation Fund) page=39;section=Data: Figure 7 2026-01 accessed 2026-07-25
The landscape of development: UNDP trends update 2026 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Strategy & Futures Team, Executive Office page=6;section=Theme 1: Multilateralism off the rails 2026-02 accessed 2026-07-25

Observed signals 0

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Part of issues 1

IssueMultilateralism off the rails1 trends · 6 signals

Relation types: constitutes

Public id: fm-9a78f79e8d44