(Perspectives document from Kompass-gruppen's Annual General Meeting (AGM) back in March 2026.) The year 2025 saw continued war between Russia and Ukraine, a fragile ceasefire in Gaza (with continued killings), a terribly bloody civil war in Sudan, Israel’s bombing of Lebanon, and a series of major uprisings – albeit under more or less liberal-democratic auspices – in South Korea, Turkey and Serbia. In addition to these, some fifty conflicts receiving less media attention are taking place around the world.