• Gig Economy (e.g. rise of short-term contracts and freelance work)

• Automation and Job Loss (e.g. jobs being replaced by machines)

• Digital Divide (e.g. unequal access to digital resources affecting economic opportunities)

• Asset Bubbles (e.g. housing, stock market)

• Banking Crises (e.g. bank runs, financial institution failures)

• Currency Crises (e.g. hyperinflation, currency devaluation)

• Capital Flows (e.g. sudden stops or reversals affecting emerging markets)

• Current Account Imbalances (e.g. unsustainable borrowing from other countries)

• Trade Imbalances (e.g. significant trade deficits or surpluses affecting global economics)

Weakness of Supranational Bodies, (e.g. challenges to the ability of global organizations which settle investor disputes, maintain global trade norms, etc. to fulfill their mandates)

• Rise of New Economic Powers (e.g. China, India, etc.)

• Decline of Traditional Economic Powers (e.g. U.S., European countries, etc.)

• Long-Term Unemployment (e.g. people unemployed for extended periods)

• Underemployment (e.g. people working jobs that don't utilize their skills or provide enough hours)

• Youth Unemployment (e.g. high unemployment rates among young people)

• Gender Pay Gap (e.g. systemic gender-based income inequality)

• Social Mobility (e.g. the ability or inability to move between economic classes)

• Wealth Distribution (e.g. the widening gap between rich and poor)

• Habitat Destruction

• Species Extinction

• Invasive Species

• Extreme Weather Events

• Global Warming

• Sea-Level Rise

• Air Pollution

• Soil Pollution

• Water Pollution

• Deforestation

• Overfishing

• Resource Wars (conflicts over e.g. water, minerals, and other natural resources)

• Water Scarcity

• Climate Migration

• Economic Migration

• Violence-Induced/Coerced Migration 

• Healthcare Denial and Inequality (e.g. unequal distribution of healthcare resources)

• Mental Health Crises (e.g. rising rates of depression and anxiety)

• Pandemics and Epidemics (e.g. COVID-19)

• Ethnic & Racial Inequality

• Gender & Sexual Inequality

• Religious & Sectarian Inequality

• Ethnic or Religious Conflicts (e.g. sectarian violence, hate crimes)

• Social Movements (e.g. protests, revolutions)

• Diplomatic Crises (e.g. breakdown of international relations)

• Proxy Wars (e.g. conflicts where major powers support opposing sides)

• Regionalism (e.g. the rise of regional powers and their impact on global politics)

• Region-Specific Issues (e.g. EU-specific challenges)

• Territorial Disputes (e.g., border conflicts annexation)

• Corruption (e.g. bribery, embezzlement, cronyism)

• Institutional Decay (e.g. erosion of democratic institutions)

• Policy Failures (e.g. ineffective or harmful public policies)

• Sovereignty and Autonomy Conflicts (National interests vs. global priorities)

• Military Conflicts (e.g. wars that have international implications)

• Terrorism (e.g. acts that have global repercussions)

• Cyber Warfare (e.g. critical infrastructure attacks, data breaches, state-sponsored hacking)

• Disinformation Campaigns (e.g. fake news, propaganda)

• Media Censorship (e.g. suppression of free press)

• Authoritarian Statism (e.g. rise of authoritarian regimes with global impact)

• Autonomy of Non-State Actors (e.g. Corporations, NGOs, and other entities acting independently of state control.)

• Failed States (e.g. collapse of government and social order)

• Human Rights Violations (e.g. mass surveillance, torture; ineffective global mechanism for human rights law reinforcement)

• Political Violence (e.g. coups, border skirmishes)

• Rule of Law (e.g. judicial independence, legal equality)