Public opinion


Strong worldwide support for new international institutions and agreements led by democratic countries

Ipsos poll for Halifax International Security Forum highlights concerns about compliance by China, U.S. and Russia.

Election fairness, confidence in democracy remain a partisan issue

New Axios/Ipsos poll finds overall sentiment consistent with 2019, but that masks significant partisan shifts

World divided on whether COVID is contained, but increasing optimism we are turning the corner

Ipsos poll for Halifax International Security Forum finds New Zealand, Canada, Germany and Sweden seen as providing best leadership on COVID, while China and U.S. underperformed; support growing for opening borders.

Hacking, natural disasters seen as biggest threats facing world next year as fear of health epidemic subsides

Ipsos poll for Halifax International Security Forum finds wide gap between citizens’ level of concern about cyberattacks and epidemics and their confidence in governments’ ability to address them.

Food

We have conversations with the difference-makers in the food sector about how our food gets to us, where that food comes from today and will come from tomorrow. The answers to these seemingly straightforward questions are in a surprising amount of flux.

Beauty

Our What the Future Beauty issue explores several market forces creating seismic shifts in the cosmetics and personal care industries.

Vice

What even is a vice anymore? This issue of WTF, backed by a global survey, explores the changing morality of “vices.” Will consumer interest be enough to fuel the projected growth in industries like cannabis?

Gender

The discussion about gender is evolving from representation to a broader definition of expression. In this issue, industry executives and thought leaders weigh in about how these changes will shape business to health care in the coming years.

Pandemic: Travel

What does the COVID-19 crisis mean for industries? We created three vignettes of possible futures as a narrative exploration of how events could unfold and experts in different sectors to react and send us some virtual postcards about how their industries might react. Their thoughts, and original, timely data are included here.