Themes

There are three broad thematic areas connecting Foresight's international programme of events and research. These in turn have been divided into a further set of sub-themes, as outlined below:

    Cultural futures »

  • Identity in a global age
  • Migration and cultural diversity
  • Religion and extremism

    Economic futures »

  • Trade and economic integration
  • Social justice
  • Resources and climate change

    Secure futures »

  • Regional security alliances
  • Nuclear weapons and nonproliferation
  • New security threats

    Common futures »

  • Global governance structures
  • International norms and institutions
  • Shifts in global power

The above themes and sub-themes highlight some of the key cultural, economic and foreign policy choices facing today's major global players. Some of the sub-themes are more relevant to certain regions than others, and only a selection of sub-themes are analysed for each region.

Each of the sub-themes point to challenges that:

  • entail choices by the governments of major countries/regions that will have major economic, social and political implications for other major powers;
  • will be approached differently by each major power depending on the assumptions, values and identity of its country/region;
  • depend for their resolution on the quality of international cooperation and therefore on the possibility of improving existing global governance structures.