Contours of Conflict in the 21st Century

THE METAFORE PROTOCOL• Can we detect holes – are there any views missing based on, e.g.,findings from other foresight work we have done?• Trends – analyze the findings across times - are there any views thatseem to be receding or ascending? This may also include other thingssuch as patterns (are certain views more typical for certain types ofsources (e.g. think tanks vs. government) or for certain regions.• ‘So what - what does all of this mean? How do we interpret this? Whatdo we know/ not know?) What does it mean for security and defenseplanning?2.6 Committing to Paper and CommunicatingWe then committed the fruits of all previous Cs (Conceptualization,Collection, Coding, Cogitation) to paper in order to communicate them toa wider audience. We would like to express thanks to our principal clientthe Ministry of Defence that it has allowed us to make our results open tothe public.36Contours of Conflict in the 21 st Century