Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a new battlefield, giving state and non-state actors new ways to operate at unprecedented speed in military intelligence, surveillance and information warfare. A narrow waterway off Yemen could become the next pressure point for the global economy, as the Houthis have been expanding their reach along Yemen’s Red Sea coast, raising fresh concerns over the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. A new development is raising questions about the impact of the war in Ukraine far beyond the battlefield, with uncertainty appearing to reshape lives, livelihoods and decisions about the future thousands of miles from the front lines.