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Washington, United States · Sep 17, 2026Senators sought to add AI antitrust exemption to defense bill
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Washington, United States · Sep 17, 2026SIPRI hosts dialogue on state–industry collaboration for lawful military AI
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Stockholm, Sweden · Sep 17, 2026An Army General Talks Fusing Sensors and Shooters on the Eastern Flank
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Mainz, Germany · Sep 17, 2026BIND 9 Update Fixes 14 Flaws, Including an Unauthenticated Crash Over DNS-over-HTTPS
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Cambridge, United States · Sep 17, 2026U.S. Congress Passes ‘Sanctions From Hell’ Bill Against Russia
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Tokyo, Japan · Sep 17, 2026Cisco Warns of New Zero-Day ISE Auth Bypass (CVSS 10.0) Exploited in Active Attacks
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San Jose, United States · Sep 17, 2026On research security, our divisions are the real vulnerability
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Washington, United States · Sep 17, 2026North Korea warns US-ROK WMD cooperation could trigger nuclear response
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Seoul, South Korea · Sep 17, 2026US Congressmen Call for Tougher Actions Against Key Southeast Asian Scam Enablers
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Washington, United States · Sep 17, 2026Weekly Analysis
Geopolitical Summary 7 September 2026
In the week to 6 September the United States and Iran resumed open exchange of fire around the Strait of Hormuz, and the effects showed up in American diesel prices, world food prices, European gas storage, and the bond markets of every G7 economy. Washington spent the week insisting none of it was a war.
GDP growth, military spend, energy import dependency, trade openness, population and displacement — rendered for every country the network tracks.
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| Series | % of GDP (% of GDP) |
|---|---|
| Algeria | 7.97 |
| Armenia | 5.48 |
| Eritrea | 20.9 |
| Israel | 8.78 |
| Myanmar | 6.79 |
| Oman | 5.59 |
| Other (4) | 19.9 |
| Qatar | 6.5 |
| Russian Federation | 7.05 |
| Saudi Arabia | 7.3 |
| Ukraine | 34.5 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5.64 |
Source: World Bank / SIPRI · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0
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Criminal ecosystems give states coercive reach with built-in deniability. Treating them as mere crime misses the strategy.
Jul 20, 2026Originally on Cyberstrategy
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