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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...
Sep 06, 2026 · Wedgetail Analysis DeskReading the Airspace: What the Wedge-tailed Eagle Teaches Strategists
Australia's largest raptor hunts by holding altitude, watching a huge territory, and committing late. There is a strategic lesson in that.
Jul 21, 2026 · A. HarrierRansomware as Statecraft: The Deniability Dividend
Criminal ecosystems give states coercive reach with built-in deniability. Treating them as mere crime misses the strategy.
Jul 20, 2026 · R. ChenOriginally on Cyberstrategy
Cislunar Traffic Management Is a Governance Problem First
The volume between GEO and the Moon is filling up faster than the rules for operating in it.
Jul 19, 2026 · S. VegaOriginally on Astrostrategy
Borders After Empire: Why Old Lines Keep New Conflicts Alive
Most of the world's active disputes trace to boundaries drawn for someone else's convenience.
Jul 18, 2026 · D. OkaforOriginally on Geopolitics
Sanctions Fatigue and the Workaround Economy
Every sanctions regime trains its targets. The longer one runs, the better the evasion infrastructure it leaves behind.
Jul 17, 2026 · L. MeyerOriginally on Geofinance
Chokepoint Arithmetic: Eight Straits That Price the World
A handful of narrow waters carry most of global trade. Their insurance premiums are the world's honest risk index.
Jul 16, 2026 · J. CallasOriginally on Geostrategy
The LNG Swing Supplier Problem
Gas markets now clear through a handful of flexible cargoes — and whoever controls them holds quiet leverage over three continents.
Jul 15, 2026 · P. NordvikOriginally on Global Energy
Darwin Rotations and the Logistics of Presence
Rotational forces are cheaper than bases politically, but the fuel, water and hardstand mathematics still have to be paid in full.
Jul 12, 2026 · A. HarrierPrepositioning in Critical Infrastructure: Reading Intent from Access
Quiet persistence inside water, power and port systems is best understood as battlespace preparation, not espionage.
Jul 10, 2026 · R. ChenOriginally on Cyberstrategy
The Lunar South Pole: Small Craters, Large Stakes
Permanently shadowed regions concentrate the Moon's most useful real estate into a few square kilometres — a recipe for friction.
Jul 08, 2026 · S. VegaOriginally on Astrostrategy
The Carrier Question, Asked Honestly
Carriers are simultaneously the most useful and most targetable assets afloat. Both facts are true; policy must hold them together.
Jul 06, 2026 · J. CallasOriginally on Geostrategy