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#3336: Why "Entombed" Uranium Won't Stay Buried
Iran's enriched uranium is "entombed" after strikes — but debris removal, tunneling, and seismic risks make recovery likely.
#3129: Holden Caulfield vs. the War Briefing
What Salinger’s phoniness detector reveals about how the war with Iran is being reported.
#3068: The Feral Cat Strategy: Iran Deal Theater Explained
Israel's public opposition to the Iran deal isn't a failure—it's leverage. Here's how the contradiction works.
#2986: China and Russia's High-Speed Pipeline to Iran
How China and Russia resupplied Iran in weeks, not months — and what it means for US power.
#2876: When Iran Recruits Your Iran Experts
How a DIA contractor with top secret clearance gave Iran dossiers on US intelligence officers — and why cultural expertise can be a vulnerability.
#2868: Measuring Hidden Opinions in Iran and China
How researchers use digital snowball sampling and list experiments to gauge real public sentiment under authoritarian rule.
#2630: Ahmad Vahidi: Iran's Most Dangerous Insider
The IRGC's new commander is wanted by Interpol for the 1994 AMIA bombing. Here's why he matters now.
#2588: The Golden Crust Ceasefire
A ceasefire is declared, but threats, strikes, and secret deployments suggest the conflict is far from over.
#2552: The IAEA's Only Weapon: Credibility
The IAEA has fewer inspectors, less access, and more enrichment to verify in Iran than ever before.
#2532: When the Internet Goes Dark: Censorship's Unseen Consequences
From Iran’s historic blackout to UK age verification laws — the global picture on pornography regulation is more complex than you think.
#2522: How Science Bridges Hostile Borders
Ireland, Slovenia, and Spain push to exclude Israel from Horizon Europe—while history shows science cooperation works across enemy lines.
#2519: Who Really Blinks in the Iran-U.S. Standoff?
Iran offers to reopen the Strait of Hormuz—but only if the U.S. ends its blockade. Is either side ready to blink?
#2488: Hybrid Pipelines for Entity Resolution
Classic NLP pipelines vs. lightweight LLMs for handling Hezbollah’s half-dozen spellings.
#2416: Ghost Murmur: Heartbeat Detection or Disinformation?
Did the CIA locate an airman by his heartbeat from 40 miles away? We examine the physics and the story.
#2395: Engineering a News Pipeline for the Edges
Building a news pipeline that goes beyond headlines to reveal underreported developments in Israel-Iran coverage—without amplifying noise.
#2376: When States Mine Their Way Out of Sanctions
How Iran turns cheap electricity into cryptocurrency to bypass sanctions—and the tradeoffs of this digital alchemy.
#2367: Iran's Contradictory Signals: Strategy or Chaos?
How Iran uses contradictory signals to shape its adversaries' decisions, and why this strategy is so hard to decode.
#2305: Ceasefire or Chess Move? Decoding the US-Iran-Israel Triangle
Is the Lebanon ceasefire a diplomatic breakthrough or a strategic maneuver? A deep dive into the hidden dynamics between the US, Iran, and Israel.
#2259: The Ceasefire That Wasn't: Hezbollah's Rocket Test
A U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon is immediately tested by Hezbollah rockets, while the U.S. announces a global campaign against...
#2244: When "Global" Recession Means Rich Countries Sneeze
The IMF calls it a global recession when growth dips below 1%—but India grew 6.4% in 2009's "worst recession in decades." Who actually counts?
#2212: The Cost of Winning Every Battle
Israel's military dominance masks a strategic trap: each victory costs more than the last, and the enemy keeps rebuilding. A pattern that repeats a...
#2210: When Every Interceptor Fired Is a Data Point
When Iran launches 574 ballistic missiles, the interceptors Israel fires back tell a story—and adversaries are listening. How open-source intellige...
#2209: Two Wars, One Airspace
The US and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury together—but they're fighting for completely different goals. Islamabad exposed why.
#2202: April Twenty-First: Israel's Ceasefire Collapse Moment
As Iran's ceasefire with Israel expires on Yom Hazikaron, the IDF signals maximum readiness through deliberate leaks while Netanyahu hints at "othe...