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Three big escalations for Iran
Welcome to day seven of the Third Gulf War which (per a line via Holly Dagres) is now more of a Gulf War than the first two Gulf Wars. Right now, the three big questions revolve around succession, secession, and suppression (always applaud outstanding alliteration). So let’s start with… Any list of folks denied their […]
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Scratch regional: this war has gone global
Iran thought it was fighting the US and Israel. The US and Israel thought they were fighting Iran. But then others started getting added to the group chat without consent. Welcome to Thursday, Intriguers, because there are some new situations to monitor, starting with… You’ll have seen a US submarine sank the Iranian naval frigate […]
Three things you need to watch in Iran
Again, with everything shifting so rapidly, here’s your quick recap since our last briefing: So with that quick update, here are the three things you need to track ahead: If 2024 was the year of the Red Sea, and 2025 was the year of the Panama Canal, 2026 is shaping up as the year of […]
This is already a regional war
Things are moving fast, so let’s start with a quick “previously on The West Wing” recap. Since our last briefing, the US has achieved full air superiority over Tehran, broadened its target list (eg, a state TV broadcaster got hit), and its Israeli allies have broadcast a Netanyahu message in Farsi over Iran’s hacked TV […]
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