1、Photo by Rachael Rinchiuso Kearney,ChicagoNexus pointThe Middle East at the center of global changeJune 2025Kearney ForesightNational Transformations InstituteThe National Transformations Institute,part of the Kearney Foresight network,is dedicated to helping senior government and business leaders a

2、nticipate and drive the diverse and accelerating transformations under way globally.The work of our National Transformations Institute centers on the application of the formal techniques of strategic foresight,policy design and analysis,and economic modeling.The Middle East sits at the very center o

3、f this period of intensifying changegeographically and demographically,geopolitically and economically.Over the next five years,the global forces outlined in this report will increasingly converge on the Middle East,positioning the region at a crucial nexus point of disruptive transformation.The ada

4、ptive pressure on the region will be intense.If it is unable to respond effectively,the ramifications will be globaland in the direction of disorder.The regions leading countries,however,have seen these forces comingand they have relentlessly prepared.To the extent they succeed in navigating,harness

5、ing,and capitalizing on these forces,not only will they accelerate their own transformations and that of the wider region,but they will also shape the global trajectory of these dynamics in the direction of order,stability,and inclusive progress.This report outlines the internal logic and direction

6、of six global forces of change that will reshape the world and the Middle East region through 2030,and it explores how the decisions of the regions leading countries will in turn decisively influence the evolution of these forces with profound implications for the world.These include:1.Deepening geo