Welcome to the fourth edition of Global Foresight from the ’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, home for the last decade to one of the world’s premier strategic foresight shops.
In this year’s installment, which is part of the Strategy Papers series, our experts present exclusive findings from our survey of leading strategists and experts around the world on how human affairs could unfold over the next ten years across geopolitics, the global economy, climate change, technological disruption, and more. Our next-generation foresight team spots six “snow leopards”—under-the-radar phenomena that could have major unexpected impacts, for better or worse, in 2025 and beyond. And our foresight practitioners imagine three scenarios for how the world could transform over the next decade as a result of China’s ascendance, worsening climate change, and an evolving international order.
Welcome to 2035
What the world could look like in ten years, according to more than 350 experts
To survey the future, we polled global strategists and foresight gurus on our most burning questions about the biggest drivers of change over the next decade. Check out their forecasts on everything from the likelihood of another world war to the outcome of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Six snow leopards to watch in 2025
The underappreciated phenomena that could have outsize global impact
Because it receives relatively little attention in the press, the “snow leopard” does not appear significant enough to warrant much scrutiny as a driver of change and shaper of the future. Yet just like the real cat in the wild, the figurative snow leopard is something that could sneak up and vividly remind us of its power.
Three worlds in 2035
Imagining scenarios for how global affairs could be transformed over the next decade
The ’s foresight team brought their globe-spanning expertise to the task of envisioning three potential future paths for humanity.
Meet your expert guides to the future
Full survey results
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Strategy Paper Editorial board
Executive editors
Frederick Kempe
Alexander V. Mirtchev
Editor-in-chief
Matthew Kroenig
Editorial board members
James L. Jones
Odeh Aburdene
Paula Dobriansky
Stephen J. Hadley
Jane Holl Lute
Ginny Mulberger
Stephanie Murphy
Dan Poneman
Arnold Punaro
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