Conflict
The topics this product tracks, the most attention first. Attention is measured against each topic’s own history — 50 is its usual level — so a high figure means unusually busy for that topic, not the most-discussed topic in the world.
Ordered by each topic’s current Attention figure: 0–100 against that topic’s own recent history, with 50 its usual level. Topics with no figure yet are listed last, A–Z. How attention is measured.
- Military coups91Attentionunusually high · +2.4 ptsup over 24 hoursMilitary seizures of power and the juntas that follow them.
- North Korea73Attentionelevated · −3.7 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Haiti63Attentionabout usual · −2.5 ptsdown over 24 hoursHaiti's government and the gang violence contesting it.
- Missiles and air defence62Attentionabout usual · +1.3 ptsup over 24 hoursMissile arsenals and the systems built to intercept them.
- Nuclear weapons61Attentionabout usual · +8.8 ptsup over 24 hours
- Iran58Attentionabout usual · −4.5 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Greenland and the Arctic58Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursGreenland's status and the geopolitics of the Arctic — sovereignty, sea routes and military presence.
- US military55Attentionabout usual · ±0.0 ptsunchanged over 24 hoursThe armed forces, the Defense (War) Department's leadership, and where US troops are sent.
- The Sahel53Attentionabout usual · −12.7 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Terrorism and political violence52Attentionabout usual · +12.0 ptsup over 24 hours
- Peace talks and ceasefires52Attentionabout usual · +3.3 ptsup over 24 hoursCeasefires, truces and peace negotiations in any conflict.
- Somalia51Attentionabout usual · ±0.1 ptsunchanged over 24 hours
- Defence industry and arms trade51Attentionabout usual · −7.0 ptsdown over 24 hoursWeapons makers, defence contracts, arms sales and embargoes.
- Sanctions50Attentionabout usual · −12.2 ptsdown over 24 hoursEconomic sanctions regimes in general — designations, relief, secondary sanctions and evasion.
- Syria50Attentionabout usual · +3.6 ptsup over 24 hours
- South China Sea50Attentionabout usual · +1.0 ptsup over 24 hoursTerritorial disputes, coast-guard confrontations and naval activity in the South China Sea.
- NATO49Attentionabout usual · −11.7 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Myanmar49Attentionabout usual · +2.9 ptsup over 24 hoursMyanmar's military government and the civil war against it.
- India–Pakistan47Attentionabout usual · +0.7 ptsup over 24 hours
- Sudan47Attentionabout usual · −8.0 ptsdown over 24 hours
- Libya47Attentionabout usual · +7.1 ptsup over 24 hours
- Cyber operations46Attentionabout usual · ±0.5 ptsunchanged over 24 hours
- Drone warfare46Attentionabout usual · −4.6 ptsdown over 24 hoursMilitary drone strikes, loitering munitions and drone incursions.
- International courts45Attentionabout usual · −8.6 ptsdown over 24 hoursThe International Criminal Court, the International Court of Justice and war-crimes proceedings.