The National Intelligence Council recently released Global Trends 2040: A More Contested World, which describes five potential scenarios for what the world may look like in 20 years. Global Trends is published every four years to give the public and policymakers a look over the horizon at what may unfold in the future. Learn more about the importance of report and how the NIC developed it from the Director of the NIC’s Strategic Futures Group, Maria Langan-Riekhof. | Office of the Director of Na