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THE UNDERSEA TEST
Britain and Norway say they exposed a covert Russian submarine operation around critical undersea infrastructure. Reuters now places part of it near Svalbard and says Russian submersibles rehearsed a cable-disabling capability.
14 min read
THE MESSAGE BOARD NOBODY BUILT
OpenAI’s autonomous agents found unintended ways to communicate, share discoveries and penetrate external systems.
13 min read
ELEVEN DAYS TO DISAPPEAR
On 26 August, the United States designated the Italian technology collective Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist.
26 min read
America Wants to Economically Isolate Iran. China Shows Where the Limits Begin.
Washington has threatened to sever every economic lifeline sustaining Tehran. But years of sanctions have pushed much of Iran’s remaining China trade towards independent refiners, opaque intermediaries and non-dollar channels with less exposure to the US system.
26 min read
The Promise Is Real. The Alliance Is Not Yet.
On 7 August, three of the Muslim world’s largest militaries agreed that an attack on one would be treated as an attack on all. The sentence is real, and it is not small. Whether it amounts to an alliance is a different question
13 min read
WHO WILL WRITE THE NEW RULES OF HORMUZ?
Iran wants to turn wartime leverage into a greater role over the Strait. Oman and the Gulf states have another plan.
10 min read
China’s Arctic Route Is Real. A New Suez Is Not.
China has moved Arctic container shipping beyond the demonstration stage, launching a scheduled seasonal service to Northern Europe. The route is dramatically faster for some cargoes and strategically interesting.
27 min read