Information & Influence

Foreign information manipulation

State-run campaigns are combining covert funding, local intermediaries, platforms and targeted messaging more effectively to shape opinion in other nations, increasing exposure to manipulation that is hard to identify and attribute.

Attention Share over time

GINC's attention score, worldwide and in each region: 100 is this trend's own three-year average in each place, as an 8-week average.

Regional Attention

By region

This trend’s share of all the attention the 250 trends draw in each region, and its rank there.

0.05%

234

0.04%

181

0.03%

208

0.03%

237

0.02%

247

0.02%

245

0.01%

244

0.01%

247

0.01%

238

0.01%

227

0.01%

212

By country

This trend’s share of all the attention the 250 trends draw in each country, and its rank there: the 12 highest of 49.

0.13%

168

0.04%

181

0.03%

232

0.03%

212

0.03%

206

0.03%

217

0.03%

234

0.02%

235

0.02%

233

0.02%

215

0.02%

121

0.02%

222

The ten trends most like this one: each one's share of attention over the period chosen, largest first, and over three years.

Scenario Relevance

A trend is relevant to a GINC Scenario where it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each trend is graded against every scenario on a seven-point scale from Nil to Critical.

Downside scenarios

ScenarioRelevance
S04
Hybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout
Geopolitical and security
High
S05
A disputed transfer of power breaks effective government
Geopolitical and security
Moderate
S03
A regional war closes a globally important sea route
Geopolitical and security
Very low
S10
A novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity
Health
Very low
S01
Critical trade divides into rival blocs
Economic and trade
Nil
S02
A global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets
Economic and trade
Nil
S06
Two breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis
Energy, climate and resources
Nil
S07
A major disaster disables the national economic core
Energy, climate and resources
Nil
S08
An AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement
Technology and infrastructure
Nil
S09
A cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust
Technology and infrastructure
Nil

Upside scenarios

ScenarioRelevance
S14
A verified Middle East settlement restores access
Geopolitical and security
Very low
S20
A live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence
Health
Very low
S11
A creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity
Economic and trade
Nil
S12
A cross-regional market access compact redirects investment
Economic and trade
Nil
S13
A great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers
Geopolitical and security
Nil
S15
Cheap firm clean power becomes available at scale
Energy, climate and resources
Nil
S16
A validated farming package raises water-efficient output
Energy, climate and resources
Nil
S17
AI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step
Technology and infrastructure
Nil
S18
A public service platform reaches inclusive operation
Technology and infrastructure
Nil
S19
Affordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness
Health
Nil