On the back of the unfolding turmoil in Afghanistan, Hong Kong Radio 3’s James Ross wondered how different fighting skirmish’s, battles and wars might be fought in the future. War technology has come along way in the past few decades, with ever more precise and long distant capab.

The window between a signal arriving and it demanding a response is shortening. Future of War is already shaping strategy conversations in forward-looking organisations. Treating it as a future concern rather than a present one builds a preparedness gap that will have to be closed under pressure.

The most important question is not whether Future of War will matter, but how quickly it will matter in your specific context. Leaders benefit most from mapping the ripple effects early — not just the direct impact but the second and third-order consequences that arrive later and hit harder. That is the practical work of foresight.