Prakash Nanda
What key military lessons from 2025 are still going to matter or stay relevant heading into 2026? This question can be addressed in two parts.
One part may address the likelihood of the current wars continuing and the possibility of new wars arising during the year. The second part could explore the types of arms and weapons that will predominate in the wars, on the one hand, and the domains of the wars, ranging from traditional land, sea, and air to include space and cyberspace, on the other.
According to the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, an independent organization that works toward preventing wars, there are 10 conflicts to watch in 2026.
These include the United States-Venezuela; Russia-Ukraine; the involvement of Middle Eastern countries and Turkey in Sudan’s civil war; Ethiopia-Eritrea; Mali-Burkina Faso; Syria-Israel-ISIS; Israel-Palestine; Israel and the United States vs. Iran and the Houthis; the civil war in Myanmar; and Afghanistan-Pakistan.
There is also an assessment from the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations’ 2026 Preventive Priorities Survey, which highlights a highly fragmented landscape with several overlapping flashpoints worldwide. It has graded them in the following manner:
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