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The effects of spaceflight on human brains
A new study published in Frontiers in Neural Circuits is the first to analyze the structural connectivity changes that happen in the brain after long-duration spaceflight....
Treating babies with antibiotics in the first week of life decrease healthy bacteria to...
Treating babies with antibiotics in the first week of life is linked with a decrease in healthy bacteria necessary amongst others to digest milk...
Cyber Threats to Orbital Infrastructure: Strategic Exposure of Italy, Europe, the United States and...
Comparative assessment of satellite-system vulnerabilities, regulatory readiness, hostile cyber activity and resilience requirements, 2026–2031
Baseline Date: 16 July 2026Forecast Period: July 2026–December 2031Geographic Scope: Italy,...
Strait of Hormuz: The Iran–Oman Compact Under Fire
Executive Summary
BLUF: the Iran–Oman relationship remains a durable strategic compact, but it no longer functions as an unconstrained alliance.The Strait of Hormuz has become...
Iran War Exit: Hormuz, Attrition and U.S. Overstretch
Executive Summary
BLUF: The Iran war is evolving from a strike campaign into a coercive contest over who determines the acceptable risk and price of...
Operation Dawn: Inside Iraq’s Corruption Purge and Washington’s Hand
Executive Summary
Iraq's late-June 2026 anti-corruption sweep, dubbed Operation Dawn, broke from a decade-long pattern of arrests limited to low-level bureaucrats. Backed by Counter-Terrorism Service...
Photonic-FPGA Hybrids: 149× Latency Shift & GPU Decline
Executive Summary
Contemporary artificial intelligence acceleration is experiencing a structural rupture driven by silicon photonics and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) hybridization. Empirical data confirms latency...
France–Russia Shadow War: Five-Year Escalation
Executive Summary
BLUF: France and Russia are entering a sustained confrontation below the threshold of direct armed conflict.The Anna Novikova proceedings may become a symbolic...
Pickaxe Mountain: Iran’s Deep-Nuclear Fortress
Executive Summary
BLUF: “Pickaxe Mountain” is the informal English label for Mount Kolang Gaz La, a large tunnel complex adjoining Iran’s Natanz enrichment site; its...
India-Russia NSR MoU: Arctic Shipping Realignment Impacts on US/NATO Logistics (2026-2031)
Executive Summary
The impending intergovernmental memorandum between Rosatom and India on Northern Sea Route (NSR) cooperation formalizes expanded cargo transit frameworks, leveraging Rosatom's role...
Europe’s Ukraine Force: Deterrence or Escalation?
Executive Summary
BLUF: The Paris decisions of 13 July 2026 convert the Coalition of the Willing from a diplomatic forum into an embryonic European security...
Türkiye’s Strategic Overreach: The S-400–F-35–Israel Nexus
Executive Summary
BLUF: Washington is attempting to convert Türkiye’s geographic indispensability, military-industrial expansion and influence over Syria into a strategic instrument for redistributing regional security...
Spain Breaks From the 5% Club — But Germany Is Winning the Race
Executive Summary
Spain is refusing NATO's 5% of GDP defence target, arguing capability and delivery matter more than percentages.
Madrid backs this with real numbers: 2%...
Hormuz Protection Rents: Security as Revenue
Executive Summary
BLUF: The proposed conversion of U.S. maritime protection into a charge on cargo would transform the Strait of Hormuz from a protected international...
Chinese FDI Proximity to NATO Bases – Security Risks 2026-2031
Executive Summary
(BLUF)
Chinese state-linked entities have secured strategic footholds in European critical infrastructure, notably ports and logistics hubs proximate to NATO facilities, via equity...
Sino-MENA Space Diplomacy: 5-Year Strategic Outlook
Executive Summary
The strategic calculus governing the People’s Republic of China’s expansion into the Middle East and North Africa space domain represents a paradigm...
OpenAI and Anthropic Can’t Stay Above: The Economics of the AI Arms Race
Executive Summary (BLUF)
OpenAI burned $3.7 billion in the first quarter of 2026, more than half its $5.7 billion in revenue, with both figures roughly...
