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December 2025 Look Ahead
The most critical global security flashpoint this week is the diplomatic-military interface in the Ukraine–Russia war. Negotiations for a “peace framework” are actively underway, with high stakes for European security architecture, alliance cohesion, territorial norms, and downstream cascading risks.
When Global Markets Get the Geopoli-Jitters
Markets have the “geopoli-jitters” as global tensions shake stocks, crypto, and supply chains. In 2026, resilience, not certainty, will ultimately define success. Consider contacting RMSI’s Intelligence Services for access to analysts and a customized threat assessments on the threats posed by the stagnant or down-trending global market events and the potential impact on an organization’s people, assets, operations, and reputation.
Shifting Ground: What the Treasury’s $9 Billion Audit Means for the US Defense and Contracting Environment
The defense contracting landscape is evolving. Between Treasury’s audit, shifting procurement rules, and the government’s growing appetite for accountability, it’s a good time to stay informed, stay compliant, and stay proactive. If you’re in — or trying to enter — the world of defense, intelligence, or government contracting, understanding these compliance trends isn’t just good business sense. It’s professional security in a sector where trust, integrity, and precision are the new competitive edges.
RMS International: Global Threat Assessment — Q4 2025
Major interstate wars and protracted high-intensity conflicts (notably the Russia–Ukraine war and the Israel–Gaza war) will remain the primary drivers of acute humanitarian crises, regional instability, and global political polarization through Q4 2025. Continued kinetic operations, strikes on infrastructure, and large population displacements will sustain refugee flows, food-security shocks, and pressure on regional states and humanitarian organizations.
Following Up: Notable Increase in Vigilantism and Targeted Assassinations
Following two assassination attempts on then–Presidential Candidate Donald Trump and the murder of the UnitedHealth Group CEO, RMS International’s Intelligence Services forecasted continued and potentially escalating incidents of vigilantism and domestic terrorism throughout 2025. Tragically, this projection has proven accurate.
Crypto Kidnappings: Why Your Digital Wealth Isn’t as Safe as You Think
As cryptocurrency increasingly becomes more mainstream, a new trend has emerged: violent kidnappings and attacks targeting people just for their crypto holdings. Over the last 18 months there have been 231 documented physical incidents — abductions, home invasions, and other coercive attacks — aimed at individuals known or believed to hold significant.
Poland Grounds for Concern: Russian Drones Get a Rough Landing
In the early hours of September 10-11, 2025, 19 to 23 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) crossed into eastern, central, and northern Poland—some via Belarus—during a broader Russian attack targeting Ukraine.
Update: France’s Political Crisis and Nationwide Strike
Change flight plans if traveling through France on September 10th due to disruptions in airport services, ground transportation and businesses due to a large-scale public strike. Avoid air travel in France and throughout Europe on September 18th and 19th due to air traffic controller strike that will halt the majority of all air travel in France and cause cascading delays throughout Europe with cancellations and rerouting of flights.
Happening Now: France’s Political Crisis and Nationwide Strike
France stands at the center of a deepening political and fiscal crisis as Prime Minister François Bayrou’s minority government braces for a confidence vote on September 8 that he is widely expected to lose. If Bayrou’s government falls, President Emmanuel Macron currently intends to appoint a new prime minister rather than call snap elections, although he has ruled out dissolution for now.