National Security
National Security: 2026 National Capability Ratings
Nations on the Global Capability Frontier for National Security
National Capability Framework
An open-source framework for measuring and benchmarking national strategy and capability
Iran
🇮🇷 Iran: 2025 National Capability Ratings
Iran is notably a T4 Frontier, National Security nation with a clear strength in Hard Power and much weaker Soft and Economic Power profiles
Australia
🇦🇺 Australia: 2025 National Capability Ratings
Australia sits 19th on the Global Capability Frontier, with strong performance all around, but lacking a T1 role in any of the nine capability domains.
Africa
🌍 Africa: 2025 National Capability Ratings
🇲🇦 Morocco leads Africa's Capability Frontier in T4 Information & Influence followed by T5 in National Security. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia sits on T4 for Productivity and Innovation and 🇪🇬 Egypt T5 for National Security
Estonia
🇪🇪 Estonia: 2025 National Capability Ratings
Estonia sits on the global frontier (T1) for Human Capital, Governance & Integrity and Investment & Trade, positioning 🇪🇪 Estonia in 7th place globally.
China
🇨🇳 China: 2025 National Capability Ratings
China is ranked 2nd in the Hard Capability domain behind the US, however ranks 15th across all nine capability domains, reflecting still emerging Soft Capabilities and Economic Capabilities.
National Capability Framework
Future of Power. 2026 National Capability Ratings.
Mapping the global capability frontier across nine strategic domains
Information & Influence
Information & Influence: 2026 National Capability Ratings
How nations project influence: GINC assesses social cohesion, diplomacy, diaspora networks, and cultural reach—revealing Nordic leaders and US dominance in different domains.
Capability Ratings
Understanding Capability Profiles: The Shape of Competitive Advantage
GINC analyzes national competitive position through three capability profiles, Balanced, Specialized or Asymmetric, using Pareto methodology to reveal how nations structure their strengths.
Hard Power
Future of Hard Power: 2026 National Capability Ratings
QUICK TAKE · AI Summary * 🇺🇸 The United States is the only nation to reach the Capability Frontier (Tier 1) across all three Hard Capability domains: Critical Technology, Strategic Infrastructure and National Security. * 🇨🇳 China and 🇮🇱 Israel share second place overall. China holds Tier 1 in Strategic Infrastructure, and Israel holds Tier 1
National Capability Framework
Mapping the Capability Frontier. Power, Capability Tiers and Pareto Domination.
Mapping national capability through Pareto frontiers, revealing structural strengths, constraints, and power tiers beyond weighted indices.
Artificial Intelligence
Building Synthetic Expert Panels for National Capability Analysis
How GINC uses synthetic expert simulation to rigorously test and refine national capability measurement before human validation.