This map illustrates the major geopolitical fault lines across the globe, highlighting areas of tension and potential conflict. These fault lines are not merely geographical boundaries, but rather zones of contention shaped by a complex interplay of factors, including territorial disputes, ethnic and religious conflicts, resource competition, ideological clashes, and great power rivalry.

This series will start with these major players, outlining their value for high-level monitoring. In future posts, we will dive deeper, breaking down the best local media sources country by country. Below is the list of the top 50 English language news websites in the world based on monthly visits.

To guarantee the reliability of our crowdsourced threat platform, we use a multi-layered process that begins with mandatory training for every reporter. This system combines powerful verification tools with a trust-based model to vet all data, ethically reward contributors, and provide a far more complete picture than automated data scraping.

Crowd Threat is sponsoring the Association of International Risk Intelligence Professionals (AIRIP)