Global Trends
Global Trends provides a map-first view of developing global events and an easy path to deeper investigation.
Knowing something happened is only the beginning
News feeds and reports can tell you that an event occurred. Analysts still must determine whether it matters, validate the information, understand who or what may be affected, and investigate what’s behind it.
That often means moving between feeds, maps, search tools, source documents, and reporting systems — rebuilding context at every step.
Global Trends brings that work together within Babel Street Insights.
See the situation. Understand the context. Investigate what matters.
The map is where the investigation begins.
Global Trends differs from traditional monitoring approaches by shifting from alert-centric workflows to context-centric workflows. It goes beyond notification to connect developing events with geographic context, supporting sources, identity intelligence, deeper investigation, and reporting.
Alerting platforms tell you something happened. Global Trends helps you determine what to investigate next.
One connected risk intelligence workflow
Discover
Global Trends organizes developing events on an interactive map, making it easier to see where conditions are changing.
Understand
Related reporting, event details, geographic context, and AI-assisted summaries help analysts quickly understand the broader situation.
Investigate
Analysts can move directly into Insights Investigator to ask follow-up questions, explore relevant entities, and develop a deeper assessment.
Assess and report
Carry the context from the original event into analysis and reporting, reducing manual triage and unnecessary tool switching.
Turn global events into actionable intelligence
Global Trends combines AI with defined rules to organize large volumes of global information into relevant events and situations.
Connected event intelligence
Related reporting is organized based on timing, location, and context — helping analysts see a developing situation rather than disconnected articles.
Made for the teams responsible for what happens next
Security operations
Monitor developing events, assess potential threats, and investigate the people and organizations involved.
Business continuity
Understand disruptions that may affect facilities, operations, employees, or critical regions.
Travel risk and executive protection
Assess changing conditions in locations where employees, executives, or other travelers may be present.
Supply-chain risk
Investigate events that may affect suppliers, transportation routes, ports, infrastructure, or regional operations.
National security and mission support
Bring developing events into ongoing analysis and move quickly from geographic awareness to deeper investigation.
Advanced tradecraft made more accessible
Global Trends gives security managers and other operational leaders an intuitive way to explore developing events, while providing trained analysts with a direct path into deeper investigative work.
Together with Insights Investigator, it helps less-experienced users work more efficiently and allows experienced analysts to focus their time on the questions requiring deeper expertise and judgment.
Learn more about Global Trends
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Feature brief about the agentic AI experience inside Babel Street Insights.
Data Sheet
Turn Emerging Risk into Proactive Protection
Global Trends gives analysts a persistent, map-first view of developing global events from within Babel Street Insights and a direct path from geographic awareness to deeper investigation.
See what is changing and know where to investigate next
Explore how Global Trends can help your team move from developing events to informed assessment within Babel Street Insights.
Frequently asked questions
What is Global Trends?
Global Trends is a map-first intelligence capability within Babel Street Insights that helps teams discover developing global events, understand their potential relevance, review supporting sources, and move directly into deeper investigation.
Do I need to be a trained intelligence analyst to use Global Trends?
No. The map provides an intuitive starting point for security managers, business-continuity teams, travel-risk leaders, and other operational users. Experienced analysts can move directly into Insights Investigator when deeper analysis is needed.
Does Global Trends predict threats?
Global Trends does not promise to predict every threat or disruption. It helps teams bring developing events into view, understand their potential relevance, and decide where further investigation is warranted.
What types of information does it analyze?
Global Trends draws on Babel Street’s multilingual open-source information and organizes relevant reporting into geographically-anchored events and situations. Supporting sources remain available for analyst review.
How does Global Trends work with Insights Investigator?
Analysts can move from an event in Global Trends directly into Insights Investigator to ask follow-up questions, examine relevant entities and relationships, and develop a deeper assessment without rebuilding the context in another tool.
Where is Global Trends available?
Global Trends is available within Babel Street Insights.