MULTIPLE FUTURES PROJECT THE TYPOLOGY OF FUTURE CONFLICTS FROM THE NATO PERSPECTIVE

Globalization has created an unprecedented boost in technology and an increase in wealth and knowledge for many countries. But not every body has benefited equally from its blessings. In some nations it has brought social and cultural fragmentation, which resulted in bloody wars and fragile or even failed states. On top of globalization there are other drivers of change and uncertainty, such as demographic change, climate change, pandemics, terrorism, scarcity of natural resources and many others. Nobody knows what the resulting vector from all these drivers will be. To prepare for what cannot be predicted is the challenge we face. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]