Region Intelligence
Conflict, force posture, energy security, and state competition across the region.
A $20,000-$50,000 drone against a $4 million interceptor. 57,000 launched at Ukraine. Now the engine changed — and the cost exchange is being contested back.
2026-08-29 · 13 min read
A surface-to-air missile threat over Ankara triggered a rehearsed presidential deception — a catering truck, a C-32A, and a decoy 747 carrying Cabinet secretaries and the press pool.
2026-08-12 · 9 min read
Analysis of the loitering munitions market: Switchblade, Lancet, Shahed-136, LASSO procurement, unit economics, and a $13B market forecast by 2030.
2026-08-05 · 13 min read
Reuters reports the US has used 'virtually all' of its ATACMS and PrSM missiles after five months of war with Iran. Why it's a readiness story, not a supply story.
2026-08-04 · 6 min read
Six years after the Beirut port blast: 220+ dead, 70 defendants, a 1,000-page file referred in March 2026 — and still no indictment issued.
2026-08-04 · 14 min read
Nineteen sites, ten countries, all inside Iran's missile envelope. What Operation Epic Fury did to the US base network — and where the posture goes next.
2026-08-03 · 16 min read
Trump says a deal reopening the Strait of Hormuz is close. Oil prices, travel advisories, and Tehran's crackdown say the war isn't actually over.
2026-08-02 · 6 min read
Lebanon and Israel return to Rome on August 4 to expand the pilot-zone framework. What's on the table — and why disarmament is the deal's real fault line.
2026-08-02 · 6 min read
Six months after the strikes that killed Iran's Supreme Leader, the ceasefire is fragile, the nuclear question is unresolved, and Hormuz is still contested.
2026-08-02 · 12 min read
The Houthis have opened a second maritime front against Saudi Arabia while Iran keeps attacking tankers in Hormuz. What it means for oil, Gulf politics, and the war's endgame.
2026-07-29 · 7 min read