A live map of how today's crises feed into one another — 4,927 documented transmission links between seven crises over the past 12 months.
A polycrisis is a situation in which several crises unfold at the same time and interact, so that their combined effect is worse than the sum of the parts. The term was revived by historian Adam Tooze and adopted by the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2023. The point is not that there are many crises at once — it is that they are coupled: a strike on a Gulf pipeline moves oil prices, which moves fertiliser and food prices, which moves migration and elections far away.
POLYCRISIS.WORLD makes that coupling measurable. We monitor Iran, Ukraine, Gaza, the South China Sea, climate, US domestic politics and the AI race; extract geolocated events from 100+ news feeds with AI; and record each concrete transmission link between crises — its mechanism (energy, military, supply chain, economic, diplomatic, migration, technology), its strength, and the news events that evidence it.
Seven monitored crises. Line thickness = number of documented links between each pair (past 12 months). Click a line to see how that pair is connected. Strongest right now: Iran ↔ South China Sea (653 links); Iran ↔ Climate (601 links); Iran ↔ Gaza (495 links).
| Pair | Links | Main channels |
|---|---|---|
| Iran ↔ South China Sea | 653 | energy, military, diplomatic |
| Iran ↔ Climate | 601 | energy, economic, military |
| Iran ↔ Gaza | 495 | military, diplomatic, energy |
| Iran ↔ Ukraine | 491 | military, diplomatic, energy |
| Climate ↔ United States | 436 | migration, economic, supply chain |
| Ukraine ↔ Climate | 303 | energy, supply chain, economic |
| Ukraine ↔ AI / AGI | 226 | technology, military, energy |
| South China Sea ↔ Climate | 194 | energy, supply chain, economic |
| Iran ↔ United States | 168 | energy, economic, diplomatic |
| Gaza ↔ United States | 162 | migration, diplomatic, military |
| Climate ↔ AI / AGI | 155 | energy, technology, economic |
| Iran ↔ AI / AGI | 154 | technology, military, economic |
| Gaza ↔ Climate | 146 | supply chain, energy, humanitarian |
| South China Sea ↔ AI / AGI | 136 | technology, supply chain, military |
| Ukraine ↔ South China Sea | 129 | military, diplomatic, supply chain |
| Gaza ↔ South China Sea | 118 | diplomatic, military, energy |
| Ukraine ↔ United States | 104 | diplomatic, migration, military |
| South China Sea ↔ United States | 99 | diplomatic, military, migration |
| United States ↔ AI / AGI | 91 | technology, economic, diplomatic |
| Ukraine ↔ Gaza | 38 | diplomatic, military, supply chain |
| Gaza ↔ AI / AGI | 28 | technology, diplomatic, military |
Each pair page shows both directions separately — how A affects B, and how B affects A — because transmission is rarely symmetric. Iran's pressure on Gulf shipping reaches the South China Sea through energy markets and US naval deployments; the reverse channel is much thinner. Links are grouped by mechanism, rated weak / moderate / strong, and backed by the headlines they were extracted from. Scenario links show how one crisis's possible futures raise the odds of another's.
In the live dashboard the same graph is interactive and updates daily; developers can pull it from the API (/api/v1/connections) or from AI assistants through the MCP server. Teachers: see classroom exercises built on these pages.
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