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Governance, Public Policy and Foresight · International Affairs and Diplomacy · Peace, Conflict and Security

Faculty of Governance, Policy and International Affairs in Reports

The faculty studies how institutions decide on shared risks, from national policy and regulation to international cooperation, conflict and the governance of technology. This page shows the series it feeds, the evidence behind it and how to contribute.

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01In brief

What this area brings to the editions.

The faculty studies how institutions decide on shared risks, from national policy and regulation to international cooperation, conflict and the governance of technology. It teaches governance and public policy, foresight, diplomacy, peace and security, law, research and evidence, technology governance and information integrity.

02In the editions

9 findings of the drafted editions that bear on Faculty of Governance, Policy and International Affairs.

Drawn from the Baseline Edition 2026 drafts through the systems this area reads. Each opens at its anchor in its edition, with its numbered sources.

  1. JPNJapanThe leading compound pathway for 2027 testing is a large earthquake in an ageing region that cuts water, power, roads and care together.EXPERT INPUT · COUNTRY-JPN-SYS-012
  2. GLBGlobal SystemsThe leading compound pathway for 2027 testing is a concurrent breadbasket shortfall coinciding with an energy and fertiliser price shock.EXPERT INPUT · GLOBAL-SYSTEMS-SYS-012
  3. CANCanadaThe leading compound pathway for 2027 testing runs from heat and drought through hydro shortfall, wildfire smoke and rail disruption into health and food logistics in Western Canada.EXPERT INPUT · COUNTRY-CAN-SYS-012
  4. USAUnited StatesThe leading compound pathway for 2027 testing runs from Western heat and drought through wildfire and grid stress into health, water and insurance availability.EXPERT INPUT · COUNTRY-USA-SYS-012
  5. GBRUnited KingdomThe third UK climate risk assessment identified 61 risks and opportunities; the National Risk Register 2023 sets out 89 risks.REPORTED · COUNTRY-GBR-GOV-011
  6. FRAFranceThe leading compound pathway for 2027 testing is a hot, dry summer in which low river flows constrain nuclear cooling while heat, drought, wildfire and clay subsidence load health, food and insurance.EXPERT INPUT · COUNTRY-FRA-SYS-012
  7. DEUGermanyThe leading compound pathway for 2027 testing is a hot, dry summer in which low Rhine water cuts freight and industrial supply while heat, drought and forest fires load health, forests and power.EXPERT INPUT · COUNTRY-DEU-SYS-012
  8. ITAItalyAbout 40% of buildings stand in medium-high seismic zones; the 2016 earthquake killed 299 people, and the Campi Flegrei produced M4.4 and M4.6 earthquakes in 2024–2025.REPORTED · COUNTRY-ITA-GEO-010
  9. GS-01Global Water153 countries share transboundary rivers, lakes or aquifers; most do not yet have operational arrangements covering all of them.REPORTED · SECTOR-WATER-GLOBAL-GOV-011
03Evidence path

From Foundry evidence to the series.

The evidence, step by step, from the systems this area reads to the series it feeds.

How Faculty of Governance, Policy and International Affairs reaches Reports: what it reads, how it reads it, the sealed cut and the series it feeds.

StepWhat happensSource
01 What it readsFaculty of Governance, Policy and International Affairs reads NXS-CMD (integrated posture and executive synthesis) and NXS-NSF (trust, authorisation and assurance): governed sources with their releases, never a value without its source.
02 How it reads themRisk governance and institutions and Risk-informed public policy turn the evidence into findings, with assumptions and limits stated beside each value.
03 The cut is sealedEach quarter the evidence is sealed in one cut, so OBSERVED, REPORTED and ESTIMATED values stay apart and every edition can be rebuilt.
04 The series it feedsThe cut feeds Regional Systems and Strategic Systems, from the Baseline Edition 2026 into the quarterly series.
05 Who decidesDecisions stay with the authorities that hold them, under their own rules; an edition informs a decision and never makes it.

A teaching model of the evidence path, not a forecast and not a record of any run; the systems, methods and series named come from the registries. Sources: Faculty of Governance, Policy and International Affairs in Reports (2026); Faculty of Governance, Policy and International Affairs home (2026).

04Series

The series it feeds, and what backs each.

SeriesFoundry systems it draws onAcademy disciplinesSeries home
Regional SystemsNXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk) transboundary couplings and the shared indicator series
NXS-EOP (earth observation and digital twins) basin, coast and corridor change products across borders
NXS-NET (network topology and continuity) the regional connectivity a shared grid or corridor depends on
Diplomacy, cooperation and the global commons
Water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus
Climate and nature governance
Regional Systems series home
Strategic SystemsNXS-GRX concentration and substitutability analysis of strategic supply
NXS-NET digital backbone dependencies and continuity plans
NXS-NSF the public-safe release decision that keeps sensitive detail out
Critical minerals, mining and extractives
Technology security: dual-use, export controls and compute governance
Trade, supply chains and geoeconomics
Strategic Systems series home
Exponential TechnologyNXS-NXQ (software, models and capability lifecycle) the capability catalogue and fitness assessments of machine capabilities
NXS-LAB (research, experiments and simulations) benchmark comparisons and experiment records for fast-changing technologies
Artificial intelligence and machine learning
Innovation and frontier technology governance
Quantum technologies
Exponential Technology series home
Foresight OutlookNXS-DSS (decision cases and deliberation) reproducible alternative futures over long horizons
The Global Risks Index (NXS-GRX) the weak signals fused from heterogeneous observations
Foresight and futures
Scenario analysis and stress testing
Foresight Outlook series home
Labs EvidenceNXS-LAB what was tried, under which conditions, and what happened, including negative resultsResearch, evidence and the science-policy interface
Complex systems and systems modelling
Labs Evidence series home
Universe Annual SynthesisNXS-CMD the year’s deliberations, gate decisions and portfolio movement
NXS-DSS the option appraisals the exercises produced
NXS-LAB exercise and test records with their limitations
Risk governance and institutions
Capacity development and technical assistance
Universe Annual Synthesis series home
Evidence BriefNXS-GRX the evidence behind one question, with its strength and gaps
NXS-POR (public, client and partner delivery) the public-safe release of a brief and its corrections
NXS-DSS what the evidence settles for the decision in hand
Research, evidence and the science-policy interface
Risk communication and risk literacy
Uncertainty and decision making
Evidence Brief series home
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