Forward Look 2025 : time for leadership

The Forward Look 2025, the fourth in the series, aims to provide a reflection on how leadership may be articulated across critical domains during the course of the year ahead. Who will lead, and who will follow? What forms will leadership take? What leadership shifts may be unfolding, and what leadership vacuums seem poised to emerge? In the following pages, the theme of leadership is explored in relation to five key topics: the world's conflict landscape; great power competition; the medium to long-term economic outlook; electoral and societal polarisation; and the ever-present threat of climate change.