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Geostrategic Constriction

Geopolitical positioning, influence, choke points or terrain denial.

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Climate Realism: Sovereignty-First Decarbonisation

Feb 11, 2026

Not sacrifice, but systems design. Real climate strategy starts with energy resilience, not behavioural guilt.

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Decentralised Physical Infrastructure: Nation‐Anchored Resilience for Climate and Sovereignty

Feb 10, 2026

Why decentralised physical infrastructure strengthens sovereign agency and climate adaptation.

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India-Russia Jet Deal: Aerospace Realignment in the Global South

Feb 6, 2026

New aviation blocs are forming outside Western defence-industrial corridors.

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End of the Illusion: The Norms Europe Can No Longer Rely On

Jan 26, 2026

Power has always outranked principles. What’s new is dropping the pretence.

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Air Defence & Pre‐Emptive Readiness: Why Ukraine Did Not Fall Within Hours

Jan 16, 2026

Ukraine denied quick dominance by Russia through strategic dispersal, pre‐deployment, and resilient air defence, not luck.

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Iran’s Strategic Weight: Civilization, Energy, and Geo‐Deterrence

Jan 14, 2026

Iran is not peripheral; its geography, resources, influence networks, and deterrence strategy make it a linchpin of Eurasian and Middle Eastern power balances.

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Defense Tech 2026: From Promise to Delivery in the Age of Deep Tech Warfare

Jan 8, 2026

AI, autonomy, drones, energy weapons and resilient systems mark the next phase of military transformation.

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InP Substrates: The Hidden Backbone of AI and Photonics Buildouts

Jan 6, 2026

AI scale‐out now hinges on two substrate champions, revealing a systemic bottleneck in optical and photonic supply chains.

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Subsea Sovereignty and Signal Wars: The Deep Edge is the New High Ground

Jan 1, 2026

Subsea cables and drone swarms redraw escalation thresholds in Taiwan Strait

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Under the Sea: Why the Cloud’s Backbone Is Also a Critical Vulnerability

Dec 17, 2025

The global internet, AI, finance, comms depends on fibre‐optic cables lying on the ocean floor. Their fragility is a silent systemic risk.

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Electromagnetic Shield: China’s Drone Swarm Test Exposes Starlink Vulnerability

Dec 15, 2025

A simulated “drone wall” over Taiwan challenges assumptions about satellite‐internet invulnerability.

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Lithium's Strategic Depth: Where the Battery War Is Actually Fought

Dec 3, 2025

Resilience in the energy transition rests on a few mines, in a few hands.

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Proximity as Payload: Chinese Shell Companies Near Whiteman AFB

Nov 21, 2025

Strategic terrain is now leased in plain sight.

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Critical Minerals, Critical Leverage

Nov 12, 2025

Rare earths, gallium, graphite: supply sovereignty is now a strategic battlefield.

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Indo-Pacific Subsurface Alliance: France and India Extend Submarine Pact

Nov 11, 2025

Submarine sovereignty depends on what’s built below the surface and where.

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