Anticipatory governance

Very technical; useful in analysis but not in practitioner communication. Included because you will encounter it in complexity and systems literature. In conversation, 'dominant pattern' or 'default state' works better. . Plain version: "Governing with the future in mind" i.e. Governance that systematically considers long-term and future impacts when making decisions today.

Growing fast in EU and UN language since the 2024 Summit of the Future Declaration committed all governments to it. Still quite abstract for practitioners -- the gap between the aspiration and institutional incentive structures (which reward short-term crisis response) remains wide

Governing with the future in mind.