Sanctions
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#3952: How Sectarian Identity Predicts Middle East Politics
Why sectarian identity predicts political views across the Muslim world more reliably than income, education, or age.
#3899: US-IRGC Talks: Betrayal or Breakthrough?
CENTCOM sits down with the IRGC in Qatar while still bombing them. Israel's Netanyahu signals a strategic decoupling.
#3889: What the UN Actually Does (And Who Would Fill the Gap)
A stress test on the UN's actual operational footprint — what would break, what wouldn't, and who's already doing it better.
#3861: How a Tiny Gulf State Became Indispensable to Israel-Hamas Mediation
Why does a country with 380,000 citizens hold the keys to the Middle East's biggest conflict?
#3856: Does Economic Peace Actually Work?
Decades of theory, billions spent—yet extremism rose. What the data actually shows.
#3845: Telegram’s Espionage Pipeline: How the IRGC Recruits Israelis
One Israeli spotted an IRGC recruitment channel on Telegram. He reported it. Then nothing.
#3844: Front Companies vs Shell Companies: What's the Real Difference?
Front companies have real employees and offices. Shell companies are just paper. Here's how to tell them apart.
#3843: Tracing the Grey Economy's Hidden Pipes
How journalists trace fraud from Tel Aviv boiler rooms to trafficking networks using public records and patience.
#3771: How Mossad Built a Fake Factory to Pager-Bomb Hezbollah
Mossad didn't just intercept pagers — they manufactured them from scratch, explosives included, through a multi-layer fake company network.
#3765: How Enrichment Percentages Actually Work for Nuclear Weapons
Why 60% enrichment is the red line, what makes 90% weapons-grade, and the physics of breakout timelines.
#3763: How Iran Could Hide a Nuclear Stockpile
What if Iran's enriched uranium isn't at Natanz or Fordow — but split across dozens of hidden basements?
#3760: Three Days to a Bomb: Iran's 60-Day Window
Iran is 95% of the way to weapons-grade uranium. Three days of centrifuge work could finish the job.
#3669: The Dewey Decimal System for Things That Go Boom
Standardized codes that let investigators, diplomats, and deminers speak the same language about munitions.
#3634: When Building Your Own Island Goes Wrong
A real estate mogul tried to build a libertarian utopia on artificial islands. A king showed up with convicts and a brass band.
#3611: Who Are Trump’s Iran Negotiators?
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are Trump’s top Iran negotiators. What does their real estate background mean for diplomacy?
#3609: The PDF Diplomacy Era: US-Iran's Secret MoU
What does a secret, electronically-signed MoU between the US and Iran actually mean — and why is opacity the point?
#3594: When Europe Tilts and America Cracks: Israel's Compound Scenario
What happens when Europe's politics shift and US support fractures simultaneously? A scenario analysis on Israel's future.
#3514: Coercive Diplomacy: Negotiating Under Fire
How the U.S. is using calibrated military strikes to force Iran to the negotiating table — and why it's a risky gamble.
#3470: How Antisemitism Amplifies Online: Reality vs. Perception
Are we seeing more antisemitism, or just seeing it more? The data says both.
#3415: What a UN Security Council Seat Actually Buys You
No army, no police — so why do countries spend billions for a seat at the table?
#3397: Is the UN One Voice or a Maze of Agencies for Israel?
How Israeli professionals can navigate the UN’s conflicting political statements and technical partnerships.
#3393: Ireland's Moral Cost Accounting Problem
When moral stances meet economic reality—examining Ireland's pattern of avoiding costs for its stated principles.
#3390: How Manhattan Real Estate Shapes Iran Nuclear Talks
Manhattan developers negotiate like survivalists. That same toolkit now drives nuclear diplomacy with Iran.
#3388: How US Midterms Actually Change the World
Why the 2026 US midterm elections matter far beyond America’s borders.