Global Strategic Trends ( GST ) describes a strategic context for those in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and wider government who are involved in developing long term plans, strategies, policies and capabilities. Without a strategic context there is a risk that planners, policymakers and capability developers may assume a future that adheres to preconceived thoughts and assumptions.

Global Strategic Trends: The future starts here

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As well as providing a strategic context, this sixth edition of GST identifies long-term threats and opportunities. It also identifies 16 focus areas where the potential for profound change to humanity is high, and describes a series of short alternative future scenarios.

GST does not attempt to predict the future, it cannot. Rather, it describes those phenomena that could have a significant impact on the future and combines these differing perspectives to produce a multifaceted picture of possible outcomes.

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