# Strategic Foresight Group: Anticipating and Influencing Global Future > Explore how to prevent war through wisdom and human insight rather than relying solely on technology and artificial intelligence\. Generated by Yoast SEO v28.2, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [Question and Answer](https://strategicforesight.com/question-and-answer/) - [About Us](https://strategicforesight.com/about-us/) - [Publications](https://strategicforesight.com/publications/) - [Conference Reports](https://strategicforesight.com/conference-reports/) - [The Normandy Manifesto](https://strategicforesight.com/the-normandy-manifesto/) ## Posts - [Can wisdom triumph over artificial intelligence?](https://strategicforesight.com/can-wisdom-triumph-over-artificial-intelligence/) - [Is there any way of delivering humankind from the menace of war?](https://strategicforesight.com/is-there-any-way-of-delivering-humankind-from-the-menace-of-war/) - [Can we imagine there’s no countries, nothing to kill or die for?](https://strategicforesight.com/can-we-imagine-theres-no-countries-nothing-to-kill-or-die-for/) - [What is the Real Tragedy?](https://strategicforesight.com/what-is-the-real-tragedy/) ## Archives - [Looking Forward, Looking Back](https://strategicforesight.com/archives/looking-forward-looking-back/): In January 2008, SFG published a report titled Global Security and Economy, which identified 20 issues that would impact the world from 2011\-2020\. Ilmas Futehally re\-read the report recently and found that most the issues that we had identified did indeed play a significant role in the last decade\. - [Saving Humanity from the Scourge of War](https://strategicforesight.com/archives/saving-humanity-from-the-scourge-of-war/): First published by the Global Governance Forum - [Reflections on a dialogue on A World Without War](https://strategicforesight.com/archives/reflections-on-a-dialogue-on-a-world-without-war/): Reflections on a dialogue on A World Without War - [Progress or Precipice???](https://strategicforesight.com/archives/progress-or-precipice/): The shore of Atlantic Ocean at Estoril is quiet\. In May 2018, Frank\-Jurgen Richter chose it for debating the most unquiet question facing the world over dinner with former Heads of States and Governments\. Is humankind actualizing its unlimited potential or is it heading towards complete annihilation? - [A matter of survival](https://strategicforesight.com/archives/a-matter-of-survival/): A Matter of Survival ## Conferences Reports - [India Bangladesh Round table on Blue Peace in the Eastern Himalayas, July, 2013](https://strategicforesight.com/conferences-reports/india-bangladesh-round-table-on-blue-peace-in-the-eastern-himalayas-july-2013/): On 1\-2 July, 2013, SFG convened a high level roundtable of diplomats and political leaders from India and Bangladesh to discuss water relations\. - [P5 Experts Roundtable\- Online on AI\- Nuclear Nexus](https://strategicforesight.com/conferences-reports/p5-experts-roundtable-online-on-ai-nuclear-nexus/): The Normandy P5 Initiative on nuclear risk reduction launched by the Strategic Foresight Group and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy \(together the Co\-Convenors\) has been running since 2021\. The Initiative seeks to engage the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to find solutions to catastrophic risk through dialogue with non\-government experts from China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and United States\. - [Exploring the Water\-Peace Nexus: Blue Peace in West Asia, March 2015](https://strategicforesight.com/conferences-reports/exploring-the-water-peace-nexus-blue-peace-in-west-asia-march-2015/): About 100 policy makers, Members of Parliament, serving and former Ministers, media leaders, academics, and water experts from across the Middle East and the representatives of successful transboundary water cooperation institutions from Africa participated in the International Conference on Exploring the Water\-Peace Nexus: Blue Peace in West Asia held in Amman, Jordan on 18\-19 March, 2015\. The participants strongly emphasised high level political commitment to regional cooperation and joint management of transboundary water resources as a prerequisite for sustainable peace\-building in the region\. - [Open Debate on Water, Peace and Security in the UNSC](https://strategicforesight.com/conferences-reports/open-debate-on-water-peace-and-security-in-the-unsc/): On November 22, 2016, Strategic Foresight Group President Dr Sundeep Waslekar briefed the United Nations Security Council during an Open Debate on Water, Peace and Security that was being held for the first time\.\ Dr Waslekar was one of the four briefers along with UN Secretary General Ban Ki\-Moon, Chairman Danilo Turk of the Global High\-Level Panel on Water and Peace and ICRC Vice President Christine Beerli\.\ In his note, he urged the Council to proclaim water as a “strategic asset of humanity”, protect water infrastructure in times of crisis and negotiate occasional ceasefires in conflict zones to restore and repair water systems\.\ Dr Waslekar also urged the Council members to mull creation of a Blue Fund to incentivise cooperation among neighbouring countries in developing large water\-related infrastructure\. - [First International Roundtable on Constructing Peace Deconstructing Terror, June, 2004](https://strategicforesight.com/conferences-reports/first-international-roundtable-on-constructing-peace-deconstructing-terror-june-2004/): The First International Roundtable on Constructing Peace Deconstructing Terror marked SFG's preliminary efforts at bridging the divide between West \-Islam relations post 9/11\. The conference aimed at eliminating several misconceptions about terrorism and focused on identifying the root causes and solutions to this problem in the future\. ## Latest News - [Normandy Forum for Peace](https://strategicforesight.com/latest-news/normandy-forum-for-peace/) - [Beyond the Hype: Many Realities of AI](https://strategicforesight.com/latest-news/beyond-the-hype-many-realities-of-ai/) - [Launch of The Essential Convergence](https://strategicforesight.com/latest-news/launch-of-the-essential-convergence/) - [India’s AI Gambit](https://strategicforesight.com/latest-news/indias-ai-gambit/) - [Podcast: How to Resolve Conflicts](https://strategicforesight.com/latest-news/podcast-how-to-resolve-conflicts/) ## Media - [Beyond the Hype: Book Launch](https://strategicforesight.com/media/beyond-the-hype-book-launch/): 3 July 2026, Sakal \(Marathi\) - [America and China can be allies against AI catastrophe](https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3362572/america-and-china-can-be-allies-against-ai-catastrophe/): 1 August 2026, South China Morning Post - [America and China can be allies against AI catastrophe](https://ari.nus.edu.sg/app-essay-thomas-greminger/): 1 August 2026, National University of Singapore - [Global Perspectives \- Interview with Sundeep Waslekar](https://cgaig.fudan.edu.cn/cf/1a/c54513a773914/page.htm): 25 March 2026, Centre for Global and Innovative Governance - [Strategic Foresight Group: Foresight for Peace, Water Diplomacy, and Conflict Prevention](https://signalb4noise.com/en/strategic-foresight-group-history-blue-peace-and-global-impact/): 22 July 2026, Signal Before Noise ## Publications - [The Essential Convergence](https://strategicforesight.com/publication/the-essential-convergence/): The Essential Convergence focuses on extreme AI risks\. It explores the convergence between various subnational, national and regional solutions presented in the Global North, as well as the Global South\. It introduces a menu of a few integrated global proposals for discussion in diplomatic fora and elsewhere\. It is prepared in collaboration with experts from several regions of the world\. - [Water Cooperation Quotient 2017](https://strategicforesight.com/publication/water-cooperation-quotient-2017/): Strategic Foresight Group \(SFG\) has developed the second edition of Water Cooperation Quotient \(WCQ\) which entails a methodology to quantify the extent and success of water cooperation between riparian nations through an extensive analysis of 146 countries, 286 transboundary watercourses as well as any cooperative arrangements \(RBOs/RBCs\) existing between these nations on water resources\. \ “The Water Cooperation Quotient is an effective decision\-making tool for water cooperation and a badly needed barometer for assessing risks of war; one that the InterAction Council urges be employed around the world to promote peace, ensure security and improve human and planetary health through cooperation over shared waters, now and in the future\.”\ \- Bertie Ahern, former Prime Minister of Ireland, and Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, co\-chairs of the InterAction Council, stated in their Foreword to WCQ 2017\. - [Water and Violence: Attacks on Water Infrastructure](https://strategicforesight.com/publication/water-and-violence-attacks-on-water-infrastructure/): The Global High Level Panel on Water and Peace called for protection of water resources and infrastructure from violent conflicts and terrorist acts\. In this volume, we look at how attacks on water infrastructure have been carried out since ancient times by state as well as non\-state actors\. - [Interactive Map \- Water Cooperation for a Secure World, 2013](https://strategicforesight.com/publication/water-cooperation-quotient-2015-this-publication-presents-a-refined-version-of-the-water-cooperation-quotient-which-was-created-as-a-tool-to-measure-intensity-of-cooperation-in-shared-river-basins/): This interactive map shows the water cooperation quotient between countries, as published in Strategic Foresight Group new report \Water Cooperation for a Secure World \- Focus on the Middle East\.\ The water cooperation quotient is a calculation of the degree of cooperation between countries sharing transboundary water resources \- a higher number indicating a greater level of cooperation in trans\-boundary water\. The map also demarcates countries that face the risk of war\. Thus the map shows that countries with a high water cooperation quotient do not go to war for any reason whatsoever\. The map clearly indicates that East Africa, Middle East, and Asia fall at the bottom of the quotient scale and face a higher risk of war\.\ Out of 148 countries sharing water resources, 37 do not engage in active water cooperation\. These 37 countries face the risk of war and are home to more people on the earth than others\. \https://strategicforesight\.com/water\-cooperation\-map/\ - [The Final Settlement: Restructuring India\-Pakistan Relations, 2005](https://strategicforesight.com/publication/the-final-settlement-restructuring-india-pakistan-relations-2005/): The International Herald Tribune calls it Kashmir's real story\! The Final Settlement: Restructuring India\-Pakistan Relations, is an honest, though biting analysis of the psychology and ground realities of the two countries based on the comprehensive understanding of developments taking place over the last three decades\. The conflict between India and Pakistan currently extends to the entire South Asian region, from Afghanistan to Bangladesh\. Of this wide spread conflict, the Jammu \& Kashmir component is known internationally\. The Jammu \& Kashmir issue itself has several dimensions\. To India, it is a test of secularism\. To Pakistan, it is a source of strategically important rivers\. To the people of Jammu \& Kashmir, it is a matter of living in peace with dignity\. Therefore, in all its complexity, the search of a final settlement between the two must be based on an analysis of the three essential elements in the bilateral relationship fire, water and earth\. In this report, SFG states that a final settlement between the two will have to be based on realistic analysis of the water situation in the entire Indus River Basin an element, hitherto unknown\. \\US$ 22 INR Rs\.250\ ## Categories - [Question and Answer](https://strategicforesight.com/category/question-and-answer/) ## Tags - [Peace](https://strategicforesight.com/tag/peace/) - [Global Foresight](https://strategicforesight.com/tag/global-foresight/) - [Future](https://strategicforesight.com/tag/future/) - [Conflict](https://strategicforesight.com/tag/conflict/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://strategicforesight.com/sitemap_index.xml)