This map reveals the real front lines of the 21st century—where belief itself is at war. Each color marks a civilization shaped by a dominant idea; each icon shows where those ideas clash, crumble, or spread. Below you will find a detailed breakdown of each front. The Global Battliefield Map works in conjuction with the The War of Ideas Scoreboard: The Map shows where the major battles are being fought; the Scoreboard tracks the momentum of this conflict over time, measuring which forces are advancing and which are in retreat.
The United States is the main battlefield of the War of Ideas. It exports both the gospel and the ideologies that undermine it—Hollywood, social media, and radical secularism. Though built on Enlightenment liberalism, America still contains tens of millions of practicing Christians and vibrant faith movements. That tension—living faith inside liberal institutions—makes it the central struggle of our age.
The US is being under External Pressure through both legal and illegal migration that is putting pressure on both Christian culture and the Liberal order.
Canada is liberalism’s cautionary tale: free speech curbed in the name of tolerance, religion driven from public life, and state power enforcing conformity. The poison over Canada marks the broader rot across Western liberal democracies—rights without meaning, freedom without faith.
Across Latin America, socialism and Christian populism battle for the soul of nations. Brazil, Chile, and Colombia swing between Marxist governments and Christian-rooted populist movements. The region remains broadly Christian, but much of that faith is cultural, not lived—leaving it vulnerable to corruption and ideological capture.
Venezuela is Marxism’s warning label: a collapsed state held together by repression, exporting refugees and instability across the hemisphere.
Europe, once Christendom’s core, has become Gray—liberal, secular, weary. Yet unrest brews beneath the surface: movements defending family, nation, and children echo old Christian values. Whether that unrest matures into revival or decays into resentment will decide Europe’s future.
Eastern Europe stands divided. Poland’s government leans liberal while its presidency claims Catholic nationalism. Hungary resists Brussels under the banner of “Christian Europe,” though its faith often shades into nationalism. True conviction here is mixed with politics, and the line between faith and identity blurs.
Ukraine’s war with Russia is a literal clash—liberal West versus an Orthodox power that wields faith as weapon.
Russia is outwardly Christian but inwardly poisoned. Its Orthodox faith is at times fused with state power, turning religion into imperial ideology. The faith survives—but in a compromised form.
Across Europe, collapsing birthrates meet mass Islamic migration. A demographic and ideological shift is underway, reshaping the continent’s identity.
Turkey’s Islam is politicized and nationalist. Once secular, now authoritarian, it uses faith for control, not salvation.
Iran’s clerical regime enforces Islam by coercion, not conviction. Its youth rebel, revealing a faith hollowed out by tyranny.
Israel, the lone Jewish state, exerts constant pressure on Islam’s heartland. Further, this conflict pull both Liberalism and Christianity into the region’s ideological fire.
Iran-backed Houthis threaten global trade and expose the liberal world order’s fragility. The cost imbalance—cheap drones versus billion-dollar defenses—reveals a shifting power dynamic.
In Nigeria, Christianity and Islam fight village by village with over 50,000 Christians killed since 2009. In Ethiopia, an ancient Christian civilization struggles to hold its ground against internal chaos and Islamic encroachment. One fight is active, the other defensive—both decisive for Africa’s future.
Africa’s population explosion will reshape the world—billions of young people pressing against stagnant, aging societies in the West. Whether that wave carries renewal or collapse depends on which ideas take root.
Christian in heritage but crippled by corruption and division, South Africa stands as a warning that faith can rot from within as easily as it can be attacked from without.
China remains the world’s last great Marxist power—but its ideology now serves control, not equality. Marxism survives, poisoned by nationalism and surveillance.
India’s Hindu nationalism is civilizational, not universal. It stands as a regional fire—pushing back against both Islam and Marxism, shaping Asia’s balance of power.
Modern, secular, and dying. These societies are not conquered—they are disappearing under their own demographic collapse.
A devout Catholic nation faces a persistent Islamic insurgency in the south. The struggle here—faithful Blue versus militant Green—embodies the frontline between Christianity and Islam in Asia.