Threats and security challenges with global impact:

• The increase in the threat of global conflicts in the context of intensifying competition and confrontation between superpowers
• The threat posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
• Hybrid and cyber threats  – read more in the menu Hybrid and cyber influencing (link).

• Terrorism
• Conflicts and wars caused by ethnic and religious conflicts
• The struggle for ownership of scarce energy resources and control of transport routes
• The consequences of global warming, industrialisation and urbanisation – read more in the menu Security impacts of climate change (link).

• The increase in migration and refugees
• Epidemics and pandemics
• The growing dependence of societies on the proper functioning of energy, water, food and data transmission and transport
• Organised crime, drug and human trafficking, smuggling