Global security intelligence · September 15, 2026

Understand the wars
reshaping our world.

Evidence-first dossiers on battle lines, casualties, combatants, costs, military lessons and the outcomes most likely to come next.

8 conflict dossiers32 forecast scenarios4 time horizons
Global conflict pulseLatest verification
7.8/ 10
SevereComposite systemic risk
Active high-intensity theaters8
Escalating or fluid5
Fragile ceasefires2
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Primary global shockHormuz disruption links the Iran war to energy, inflation and military budgets far beyond the region.

Iran war: EscalatingUkraine: FluidGaza: Fragile ceasefireSudan: EscalatingMyanmar: StalemateEastern Congo: Ceasefire erodingSahel: EscalatingAfghanistan–Pakistan: FluidIran war: EscalatingUkraine: FluidGaza: Fragile ceasefireSudan: EscalatingMyanmar: StalemateEastern Congo: Ceasefire erodingSahel: EscalatingAfghanistan–Pakistan: Fluid
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Eight conflicts shaping the world

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Current conflict dossiers

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Each report separates verified evidence, disputed claims and analyst judgment.

ExtremeMiddle EastEscalating
01

The U.S.–Israel–Iran War

A long-range strike campaign has become a contest over the Strait of Hormuz, air defense endurance, economic coercion and the survival of Iran’s regional deterrent network.

Balance nowU.S.–Israel tactically; Iran strategically denies closure
Regional wideningConflict phase
Severely disruptedHormuz
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ExtremeEuropeFluid
02

Russia’s War Against Ukraine

A fifth year of full-scale war is defined by drones, industrial endurance, manpower, long-range strikes and a front that moves slowly despite extraordinary losses.

Balance nowContested; Russia holds more territory, Ukraine regained local initiative
~19–20%Russian control
2,800+August drone attacks
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ExtremeAfricaEscalating
03

Sudan’s Civil War

The army holds the east and retook Khartoum; the RSF dominates Darfur. Kordofan is the hinge in a de facto partition with mass atrocities, famine and drone warfare.

Balance nowSAF institutionally; RSF in western theater
World’s worstHumanitarian status
East–west splitTerritorial pattern
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SevereMiddle EastFragile ceasefire
04

The Israel–Hamas War and Gaza Conflict

The high-intensity campaign has shifted into a coercive post-ceasefire struggle over disarmament, withdrawal, governance, hostages, reconstruction and the future of Palestinian statehood.

Balance nowIsrael militarily; political end state unresolved
73,000+Reported Palestinian deaths
1,300+ PalestiniansPost-ceasefire deaths
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SevereAsiaStalemate
05

Myanmar’s Civil War

A nationwide democratic resistance overlaps with older ethnic wars. Resistance forces control more territory, while the junta retains aircraft, cities and external support.

Balance nowResistance territorially; junta in airpower and state core
100,000+Killed since coup
5.2MDisplaced
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SevereAfricaCeasefire eroding
06

The Eastern Congo and M23 Conflict

Rwanda-backed M23 holds Goma, Bukavu and major eastern territory despite peace agreements, while Kinshasa relies on a fragmented coalition and struggles to restore state authority.

Balance nowM23 / Rwanda territorially
7M+Displaced
Goma & BukavuKey cities held
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SevereAfricaEscalating
07

The Central Sahel Insurgencies

Jihadist groups are expanding through Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger while military governments trade Western partnerships for Russian support and struggle to hold rural territory.

Balance nowJNIM and other insurgents
10,000+2025 violent deaths
7,000–8,000JNIM strength
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HighSouth AsiaFluid
08

The Afghanistan–Pakistan War

Pakistan’s campaign against alleged TTP sanctuary has become an open interstate border war with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, mixing airstrikes, artillery, drones and militant attacks.

Balance nowPakistan conventionally; outcome unresolved
~2,600 kmBorder
100,000+Displaced in first weeks
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Built to resist false certainty

Numbers are easy.
Knowing what they mean is harder.

Battlefield claims are propaganda targets. Casualty categories conflict. Military budgets hide costs. Our system preserves those disagreements instead of flattening them into one impressive-looking number.

Read the methodology
01
Separate fact from judgment

Verified events, party claims and our analytical inference use different labels.

02
Prefer ranges to fake precision

Especially for killed, wounded, spending, territorial control and force strength.

03
Forecast with alternatives

Probabilities, observable signals, time horizons and confidence—not prophecy.

04
Show the limits

Every map is dated and schematic. Every dossier links directly to its evidence.

Early warning

The wars that have not started.

Probability is not destiny. It is a prompt to watch the mechanisms that could turn pressure into combat.

26%Rising pressure

China–Taiwan

A blockade/quarantine, political red line or collision during gray-zone operations

Potential severity · Catastrophic
30%Rising

South China Sea treaty clash

Fatal China–Philippines encounter around Second Thomas or Scarborough Shoal

Potential severity · High
17%Elevated

Korean Peninsula

Misread missile launch, border deaths or command-and-control crisis

Potential severity · Catastrophic
22%Watch

India–Pakistan

Mass-casualty militant attack in India linked to Pakistan

Potential severity · Catastrophic
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Quick answers

What this tracker is—and isn’t.

Is this a real-time military intelligence map?+

No. It is a dated public-source research product. Maps show strategic geography and generalized control, never live unit locations or targeting information.

How do you decide which wars are “major”?+

We prioritize conflicts with high battle deaths, mass displacement, interstate escalation, major-power involvement, large humanitarian effects or systemic economic consequences.

Can the forecasts be wrong?+

Absolutely. The useful part is the explicit probability, horizon and observable signals. Forecasts are revised as those signals change.

Why don’t casualty rows add to one global total?+

Because sources count different periods and categories. Adding incompatible figures creates a precise-looking number that is less true.