GEOPOLITICS7 October 2026· 10 min

Critical Infrastructure Under Fire: Rethinking Supply Chain Resilience in Conflict Zones

Only 3% of companies rate their supply chains as 'very resilient' — yet geopolitical conflict now ranks as the most likely black-swan scenario of the next five years. Here is what executives must do now.

InekIA Editorial Team

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[1]Critical Infrastructure — https://www.cisc.gov.au/resources-subsite/Documents/critical-infrastructure-annual-risk-review-first-edition-2023.pdf

[2]Global supply chains: a foresight report on risk and resilience — https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/global-supply-chains-a-foresight-report-on-risk-and-resilience/annex-a-evidence-and-trends-for-supply-chain-vulnerability-and-resilience

[3]Navigating Supply Chain Resilience — https://www.spglobal.com/en/research-insights/market-insights/geopolitical-risk/supply-chain-resilience

[4]Conflict-Driven Chokepoint Disruptions | Council on Foreign Relations — https://www.cfr.org/reports/conflict-driven-chokepoint-disruptions

[5]Cyber resilience is becoming a supply-chain problem — https://www.scworld.com/resource/cyber-resilience-is-becoming-a-supply-chain-problem

[6]Allianz Risk Barometer 2026 - Business interruption | Allianz... — https://commercial.allianz.com/news-and-insights/expert-risk-articles/allianz-risk-barometer-2026-business-interruption.html

[7]AI, supply chains, quantum computing, geopolitics reshape cyber threats — https://techgig.com/news/cybersecurity/ai-supply-chains-quantum-computing-geopolitics-reshape-cyber-threats/134576538

[8]Resilience has a cost. So does complacency. — https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/resilience-has-a-cost-so-does-complacency/