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OpenAI Turns False-Front Personas Into an AI Information-Warfare Map

OpenAI said on October 8, 2026 that it banned two covert influence operations originating in Russia and Iran that used ChatGPT to support false-front entities and media-placement workflows. Independent reports from The Record, Channel NewsAsia, and Anadolu Ag…

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Washington Turns Iran Sanctions Into a China Oil-Flow Loyalty Test

The U.S. and Iran traded warnings before a planned Monday sanctions announcement by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Reuters, AP and Bloomberg report that Washington is preparing a wider secondary-sanctions push that could reach Iran’s remaining trading part…

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CHINA: Scarborough and the Slow Manufacture of Sovereignty

China’s new “clearing operation” language near Scarborough Shoal is not just another maritime incident. It is the next layer in a longer control sequence: presence becomes enforcement, enforcement becomes administration, and administration is meant to harden …

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Geopolitical Activity Report: Mid-December 2025

A systems-level geopolitical breakdown of Dec 10–21, 2025, as sanctions hardened into blockades, deterrence shifted toward modular escalation, and multiple theaters—from Venezuela to Taiwan to Southeast Asia—quietly reset global risk baselines.

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Iran: Escalation Ladder — Reactivation Enabled

The Iran escalation ladder is active again. I examine the October strike risk, the infrastructure-war danger, rising tanker attacks alongside recovering exports, the Gulf defense response, financial isolation, current oil inventories and the Federal Reserve’s…

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