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The Periphery

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Substack Author - The Periphery The Periphery will seek to analyze geopolitical situations that, from the mainstream point of view, are on the edges. Just outside the normal field of view.

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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
In August 1991, Boris Yeltsin climbed on top of a tank to defy a coup and save Russian democracy. In October 1993, he ordered tanks to open fire on the same building. Same man. Same tanks. Opposite outcome.
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
While the US was fighting in Vietnam, another war was quietly being fought 2,200 miles to the north. Between 1966 and 1969, 300 ROK and 81 US troops were killed along the Korean DMZ. Kim Il-sung called it a "second front." Almost nobody in the West knows it happened.
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
In 1971, South Korea spent three years training 31 men to assassinate Kim Il-sung. They never got the chance — not because they failed, but because Seoul and Pyongyang started talking. So the state decided to erase the unit instead.
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
In Syria and the CAR, Wagner extracted resources and propped up governments with relative ease. In Mozambique, they refused to patrol on foot, alienated their hosts, got ambushed twice, and were sent home within months. Same playbook. Completely different result. Link in comments :)
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Egypt deployed 70,000 troops to Yemen between 1962 and 1967. Used chemical weapons. Lost 20,000 men. And then walked directly into the Six-Day War with its best units exhausted and bogged down. The origins of Israel's greatest victory were written in the Yemeni mountains. Link in comments :)
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
On January 25th, 1995, Boris Yeltsin opened Russia's nuclear briefcase for the first and only time in history. The cause? A Norwegian scientific rocket studying the northern lights. The world came within ten minutes of nuclear war, and almost nobody knows it happened. Link in comments!
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Israel simultaneously hosts the largest US air base in the Middle East and maintains a working relationship with Russia. Russia simultaneously arms Iran and allows Israel to bomb Iranian targets in Syria. The most complicated relationship in international relations, and the one nobody talks about.
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
China's only overseas military base is seven miles from America's largest base in Africa. Both are in Djibouti, a country smaller than New Hampshire with a population of one million. Welcome to the world's most competitive military landlord. Check out the link in the comments!
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
US scientific panel concluded 2 to 1 in favor of a nuclear explosion over the South Atlantic in 1979. A second panel, convened by the Carter administration, concluded it was probably a meteorite. The difference between those two conclusions may be the most consequential cover-up in nuclear history.
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Azerbaijan broke a Russian-brokered ceasefire. Turkey provided the drones. Israel provided the weapons. Belarus armed Azerbaijan on the eve of the offensive. And Russia's peacekeepers, stationed there specifically to prevent this, watched. The war nobody watched. Link in comments :)
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Thursday Short Form piece: A French intervention, an Israeli drone, an Ivorian civil war, and Belarusian mercenaries… Link in the comment :)
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
When a soldier goes down, the drones don't leave. They wait. The stretcher party becomes the next target. warontherocks.com/2026/05/conf...
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Conflict, CASEVAC, and the Golden Hour in the Age of Persistent Surveillance
Editor's Note: This article contains frank descriptions of battlefield conditions, including accounts of soldiers dying by suicide following injury.
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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The Threshold States
The nations that can go nuclear
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Pakistan deployed pilots to defend Saudi Arabia in 1969. Advised the assault on the Grand Mosque in 1979. May have built the Islamic world’s first nuclear deterrent. The September 2025 defense pact didn’t come out of nowhere. Link in comments :)
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
When Western forces left, so did the surveillance networks, intelligence hubs, and early warning systems. You can't shape what you can no longer see.
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Western Withdrawal, Jihadist Expansion: How the Sahel Became Ground Zero for Global Terrorism
On April 25, armed groups launched near-simultaneous attacks against military installations and key strategic sites across Mali. Claimed by Jama'at Nusrat
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
A US delegation flew to Moscow to confront Russia over the biggest cyberattack in American history. A general admitted everything, produced the logs, took them sightseeing, and then was never seen again. New piece link comments
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The world declared Boko Haram defeated. They were wrong. The group didn’t die — it evolved into something the West is even less equipped to confront. Latest from The Periphery. 🔗 [link]
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The Takaichi administration has moved to remove barriers to offensive weapon exports. To be clear, Japan can’t just become a major arms exporter overnight, but the message is clear. This goes hand-in-hand with the very real right-wing turn the Japanese government has taken.
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Wars over oil defined the 20th century. Wars over water may define the 21st. New piece on the Nile, the Indus, and the Jordan — three river basins, three powder kegs. [link in comments]
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
In 1979, Anwar Sadat said: “The only matter that could take Egypt to war again is water.” He wasn’t being dramatic. He was being prophetic. New piece on the coming resource wars. 🔗 [link in comments]
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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Coming very soon to a Substack, or inbox, near you! :)
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
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Check out my latest short form piece! :)
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
My latest piece on Substack!
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The Bishkek Shooting
An obscure attack that set the SCO in motion
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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Snippet from my latest post about the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. Like, share, or subscribe :)
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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How Syria Lost Lebanon…
…and maybe broke the Middle East
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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One last excerpt from my latest piece, you’ll have to click and read for the the rest of :) like, share, and maybe subscribe!
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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Snippet from my latest piece, it’s a little lengthy ;) Like, share, subscribe!
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
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AQ Khan: The World’s Greatest Salesman
The Man Who Sold the Bomb… and how he did it
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
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“Something Wicked” Came…
The F-117 Shootdown
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
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The Malacca Syndrome
Dilemma or Bluff?
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
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Oh my have things changed…
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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Another excerpt from my latest piece! Please like, share, or subscribe, or all three :)
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
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What Makes a "Sphere of Influence"?
A Comparative Look
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
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UAE Reborn, Again?
Another Middle Power Plays its Hand…
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
From my latest Substack piece!
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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New post out! A little different than my normal kind of article, something a little more narrative driven. Hope you all enjoy!
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The Periphery @peripheryanalysis.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Hi all, I’ve started a Bluesky account to help promote my Substack page: substack.com/@peripheryan...
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The Periphery | Substack
The Periphery will seek to analyze geopolitical situations that, from the mainstream point of view, are on the edges, just outside the normal field of view.
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