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Strategic Trends offers an annual analysis of major developments in world affairs, with a primary focus on international security. Providing interpretations of key trends rather than a comprehensive survey of events, this publication will appeal to analysts, policymakers, academics, the media, and the interested public alike. This year, Strategic Trends features chapters on China-Russia relations and world order, US tech alliances, extended nuclear deterrence, and India’s foreign policy.

The supply chain for rare earths needed for green technologies is dominated by China. To mitigate supply risks, European countries must invest in domestic mining, processing, and recycling capacities as well as international cooperation, argues Julian Kamasa in this CSS Policy Perspective.

The UN’s counterterrorism framework and its accompanying institutional architecture have grown rapidly since the attacks on 11 September 2001. While UN counterterrorism has made important contributions to certain aspects of the global fight against terrorism, it is also plagued by a number of deep flaws, argues Fabien Merz in this CSS Analysis.

Rapidly developing life sciences produce many exciting and useful innovations, for example in the fight against disease. However, with such powerful advancements also comes the possibility of military misuse. There is therefore an urgent need to strengthen the Biological Weapons Convention. The results of the Ninth Review Conference of this Convention may make this possible, argue Sophie Reiners and Oliver Thränert in this CSS Analysis.