The Pressure Is Spreading: Cuba, Iran and the Next 90 Days
A full Pattern Nexus geopolitical assessment across Cuba, Venezuela, the Americas, Greenland, Europe, Russia–Ukraine, Korea and the Middle East, with ...
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A full Pattern Nexus geopolitical assessment across Cuba, Venezuela, the Americas, Greenland, Europe, Russia–Ukraine, Korea and the Middle East, with ...
Connected ArticleTrump announced on October 11, 2026, that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an immediate “energy ceasefire,” but AP and Reuters reported that he gave n...
Connected ArticleTing-Wei “Willy” Sun, a contractor linked to Super Micro Computer, pleaded guilty on October 8, 2026, to four counts tied to an alleged scheme to ille...
Connected ArticleThe Iran escalation ladder is active again. I examine the October strike risk, the infrastructure-war danger, rising tanker attacks alongside recoveri...
Connected ArticleGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz used an Oct. 4, 2026 visit to Kyiv to announce more than €1.3 billion in new support for Ukraine. The package include...
Connected ArticleG7 leaders agreed on October 2, 2026 to coordinate an IEA-linked release of 100 million barrels of diesel and crude over four months, with a substanti...
Connected ArticleThe United States is dispatching the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group and the Makin Island amphibious ready group toward the Middle East, a...
Connected ArticleMoldova’s parliament approved a nationwide 60-day state of emergency in the energy and hydrological sectors beginning September 26, 2026. The governme...
Connected ArticleIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran has sent Washington a seven-day roadmap through Qatar that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and r...
Connected ArticleGreenland wasn't sold or annexed. The September 22, 2026 U.S.–Denmark–Greenland security agreement expands Pituffik, provides for defense areas at Nar...
Connected ArticleBritish Prime Minister Andy Burnham has approved limited defensive air-to-air refueling support for Saudi Arabia after Riyadh requested help counterin...
Connected ArticleFor the first time, the United States has publicly acknowledged that it operates "on-orbit space control weapons." The hardware remains classified, bu...
Connected ArticleU.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island near the Strait of Hormuz on August 30 after U.S. officials said IRGC personnel were preparin...
Connected ArticleA U.S. District Court judge ruled for Anthropic after the Pentagon labeled the company a supply-chain risk over its refusal to permit unrestricted mil...
Connected ArticleThe United States can arm Ukraine while temporarily easing pressure on Russian oil, convert stockpile transfers into new procurement, court North Kore...
Connected ArticleThe U.S. and Iran traded warnings before a planned Monday sanctions announcement by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Reuters, AP and Bloomberg report...
Connected ArticleAP reported on August 17, 2026, that Trump again threatened Oman while Iran said it had reached an understanding with Muscat over a Strait of Hormuz t...
Connected ArticlePresident Trump extended a Jones Act waiver for another 90 days, with the new window taking effect on August 17, 2026, after the prior waiver period e...
Connected ArticleUSS Abraham Lincoln was supposed to return home in May. More than 265 deployment days later, the Navy is pulling USS George Washington—the only forwar...
Connected ArticleFresh reporting and defense analysis point to a widening U.S. magazine-depth problem. The Iran war has drawn heavily on long-range strike weapons and ...
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