There are currently four series published by the NDC Research Division:
The War Series: focuses on possible trajectories of ongoing or possible future conflicts, including how and where actors fight.
The Strategy Series: provides the platform for concepts, doctrines, strategies, or other frameworks that leaders and states use to make sense of how to deal with a larger goal or problem.
The Future Series: zeroes in on possible future developments that matter to NATO outside of specific wars and conflicts.
The Hindsight Series: looks at past futures and what we can learn from them to inform our own foresight analysis.
Tactical datalinks: why they matter to the future of war
24.00 KB
by Thomas Withington
Outlook 08-2026 - July 2026
Betting on blue: how to improve NATO military forecasting for acquisitions
19.07 MB
Betting on blue: how to improve NATO military forecasting for acquisitions
by Ben Connable
Outlook 07-2026 - July 2026
Mind the minds - China’s education strategy and its implications for NATO
4 MB
NDC Outlook 06-2026 - Strategy Series, by Veronica Strina
Moscow’s views of the war of tomorrow
4 MB
NDC Outlook 05-2026 - Future Series by Andrew Monaghan
Beam me up: leadership skills in space
4 MB
NDC Outlook 04-2026 - Strategy Series By Captain Maria Soto
NATO Defense College