Representative Image of Global Leaders in Telephonic Conversation Created by Wix AI WEEK 5 - 2026 WEEKLY GLOBAL TRENDS AND FORECAST 29 JAN – 04 FEB 2026 COVERING GLOBAL, MIDDLE EAST, INDO PACIFIC, SOUTH ASIA AND INDIA GLOBAL TRENDS AND FORECAST VECTOR REGION/COUNTRY TREND FORECAST CHANGE IN TREND UNILATERAL USE OF MILITARY POWER GLOBAL, U.S AND OTHER MAJOR POWERS NEGATIVE NEGATIVE NIL GEOPOLITICAL UNCERTAINTY GLOBAL NEGATIVE NEGATIVE NIL MULTILATERALISM GLOBAL CONCERN CONCERN

Representative Image by Wix AI Bangladesh Elections Security WEEK 4 - 2026   WEEKLY GLOBAL TRENDS AND FORECAST 22-28 JANUARY 2026   COVERING GLOBAL, MIDDLE EAST, INDO PACIFIC, SOUTH ASIA AND INDIA   GLOBAL TRENDS AND FORECAST   VECTOR REGION/COUNTRY TREND FORECAST CHANGE IN TREND UNILATERAL USE OF MILITARY POWER GLOBAL, U.S AND OTHER MAJOR POWERS NEGATIVE NEGATIVE NIL GEOPOLITICAL UNCERTAINTY GLOBAL NEGATIVE NEGATIVE NIL MULTILATERALISM GLOBAL CONCERN CONCERN +VE GREAT POWER

Screen Grab China Milittary.com Even as most commentaries are dwelling on conspiracy theories, China’s announcement of investigation into two senior military officials, Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli, suspected of serious violations of discipline and law is expected to cause major geopolitical concerns far beyond the impact on the Chinese national command or the military. Zhang Youxia With Zhang a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Comm

Front Page US NDS 2026 The U.S. National Defence Strategy 2026 outlines strategic priorities of the United States with many of the issues having debated extensively over the past year, may not come as a surprise, yet the NDS is the basis on which the Trump administration is set to employ the miiltary as a part of an extensive domestic and global agenda. It was unusual for the high-profile United States Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to release the National Defense Strategy [

Global Who's Who in Davos - Image Source Courtesy WEF WEEK 3 - 2026 WEEKLY GLOBAL TRENDS AND FORECAST 15- 21 JANUARY 2026  COVERING GLOBAL, MIDDLE EAST, INDO PACIFIC, SOUTH ASIA AND INDIA GLOBAL TRENDS AND FORECAST   VECTOR REGION/COUNTRY TREND FORECAST CHANGE IN TREND UNILATERAL USE OF MILITARY POWER GLOBAL, U.S AND OTHER MAJOR POWERS NEGATIVE NEGATIVE NIL GEOPOLITICAL UNCERTAINTY GLOBAL NEGATIVE NEGATIVE NIL MULTILATERALISM GLOBAL NEGATIVE NEGATIVE NIL GREAT POWER COMPETITI

Iran Flag Source Wikimedia Commons Simulating the State of play in Iran with protests curbed with heavy casualties, possibility of immediate US intervention receding and the way ahead for the regime. Iran's protests and government crackdown from December 28 last year to January 17th have led to an ‘official’ tally of approximately 5,000 people killed as per Reuters report  quoting sources.  The protests and ‘rioting,’ has stopped for now and normalcy is returning to the stree

SOURCE: INSTITUTE OF STUDY OF WAR The current economic state of Iran is unsustainable, thus a transition in the medium term is inevitable, what form it takes and when it happens remains to be seen, an inevitable long game is evident.   The past few weeks, starting December 28, protests in Iran have dominated the global headlines despite the United States Operation Absolute Resolve launched just a few days later on January 03.   With success in replacing a recalcitrant head of

Source White House Pool Photograph from Wikipedia The US Donroe Doctrine implies a possible contestation with China in the long term in the spheres of economic influence globally, here is how India can exploit this as an opportunity to expand national interests. The “Donroe,” Doctrine has taken the world by storm as US Special Forces and the Central Intelligence Agency [CIA] took over the Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela on the early morning of January 03 to whisk aw

Image source World in Maps 2025 was a bloody year. 2026 promises little better remarks the ICG in 10 Conflicts to Watch during the Year, one has already escalated three days into New Year, Venezuela Over the last year, fighting raged on in Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar and the Sahel, as did gang turf battles in Haiti. The war in Gaza wound down, but only after Israel, having resumed its assault in March, razed much of what was left of the strip. Israel and Iran traded blows, with t