DCDC’s Strategic Trends Programme aims to provide a detailed analysis of the future
strategic context for defence out to 2040. This will be an essential input into policy and
concept development. Major outputs include:
 trends-based analysis of the future strategic context
 analysing alternative futures, key risks and shocks, including an assessment of
their probability, frequency and magnitude
 identifying how shocks might impact on the future strategic context
identifying broad defence and security implications.