KEY INSIGHTS The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is entering a new climatic baseline marked by record heat, prolonged drought, and intensifying extreme weather. In 2024, temperatures rose
KEY INSIGHTS Election periods continue to be a source of unrest across Africa and the globe. The report profiles 16 national elections in the year ahead. In assessing the risk
Ransomware-Supply Chain Attacks Surge, Threatening Business Stability: Ransomware and supply-chain attacks increased in November 2025, with new data demonstrating ransomware groups accounted for 58 percent of all software supply-chain compromises,
KEY INSIGHTS The Lawrence Bishnoi network is one of India’s most prominent and violent organized-crime groups, using extortion, contract killings, and transnational operations to expand its influence beyond India. As
KEY INSIGHTS The Black Sea remains a high-risk environment for commercial shipping as naval mines, collateral damage, drifting ordnance, and targeted Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian “shadow fleet” tankers increase
Southeast Asia Floods and Cyclones Severely Disrupt Regional Supply Chains: Southeast Asia continues to be affected by more torrential rains and storm-driven flooding. In Indonesia’s Sumatra, the flood death toll
KEY INSIGHTS The war in Gaza precipitated a rise in activism and ethnic tensions across the United Kingdom. The British government aims to tame rising antisemitism and Islamophobia through rebalancing
The proposed peace plan for Ukraine injects urgency into negotiations amid sustained battlefield pressure and wavering Western cohesion. The original 28-point draft, reportedly narrowed to 19 points, would require Ukraine
KEY INSIGHTS Cambodia has become a major hotspot for organized crime in Southeast Asia, where weak oversight and rapid economic expansion have enabled cyber-fraud networks, trafficking operations, and criminal groups
