MODERN · 2026
Today’s World
2026 · the tense balance of great powers
1 June 2026240 countries
Welcome. I am Humi.
At the table
NATOUNBRICS+EU
Simmering tensions
- Escalation in the Strait of Hormuz
- A blockade drill around Taiwan
- A shift on the Ukrainian front
- A NATO burden-sharing rift
- Missile tension on the Korean peninsula
- Rivalry over Greenland and the Arctic
Sparks the scenario knows about. They have no fixed dates: they surface when the state of the world allows.
