Insight
Title:
Increased nationalism
Description:
As evidenced by Brexit, Trump, and the Scottish and Catalan independence movements.
This will:
- make immigration harder,
- exacerbate the refugee crisis, and
- exacerbate the impact of
ageing populations on developed nations.
This will extend to the digital sphere:
- China is developing a shadow internet, and
- some non-European firms are choosing to block European web visitors rather than comply with GDPR regulations.
PESTEL:
Political