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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Detail-rich David B. Roberts piece about how the Gulf monarchies have prioritized buying fancy high-end air defense systems when, in fact, cheaper, simpler things could have done more to protect them against Iran. @warontherocks.bsky.social warontherocks.com/fences-not-f...
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Fences Not F-35s: Drone Attacks and the Illogic of Gulf Procurement
One of the most effective counter-drone systems in the largest drone war in history between Ukraine and Russia is a German anti-aircraft gun designed
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Thanassis Cambanis @tcambanis.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Rubble is Israel’s doctrine, not an improvisation. Nathan J Brown pierces through the BS on @orderfromashes.bsky.social to identify a clear, intentional strategy — which won’t produce security for anyone.
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Thanassis Cambanis @tcambanis.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Hezbollah supposedly was finished. @simaghaddar.bsky.social explains what we know about its comeback on Order from Ashes @centuryintl.bsky.social Listen here www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... open.spotify.com/show/7rJWTOp... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o... thecenturyfoundation.podbean.com
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Thanassis Cambanis @tcambanis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Israel is trying to erase Bint Jbail. World powers could put a stop to the ethnic cleansing. What war looks like now with @mbazzi.bsky.social on Order from Ashes @centuryintl.bsky.social
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Aron Lund @aronlund.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Useful crash course in the history of Middle East oil pipelines by Zack Cuyler, who argues that regional conflict isn’t an engineering problem. @centuryintl.bsky.social @tcfdotorg.bsky.social tcf.org/content/comm...
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New Pipelines Won’t Solve the Hormuz Crisis
Just a few weeks into the U.S.–Israeli assault on Iran, it became clear that the Islamic Republic would not collapse. On the contrary, the war provoked
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Order from Ashes @orderfromashes.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
No one has been able to constrain the Houthis. Why? Using OSINT research, our report reveals how the Houthis built an astonishing arsenal in secret using a complex web of global supply chains. By @peterjsalisbury.bsky.social @veenaa.bsky.social and Henry Thompson & w support from @XCEPT_Research
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Thanassis Cambanis @tcambanis.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Iraq’s weak new prime minister faces a terrifying welcome: ongoing war, renegade militias, allies that undermine, and a fiscal cliff. @sajadjiyad.bsky.social charts Ali Zaidi’s perilous agenda on Order from Ashes @centuryintl.bsky.social
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Michael Hanna @mwhanna.crisisgroup.org · 21/05/2026
This is instructive in quantifying the burdens this war has created for the U.S. and its impact on preparedness. But, importantly, it also makes clear that Israel’s capacity to wage regional wars is a product of U.S. cooperation or acquiescence. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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U.S. bears brunt of Israel’s missile defense, Pentagon assessments show
Amid hostilities with Iran, the American military expended far more advanced interceptors to protect Israel than Israeli forces did, according to Defense Department data.
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Sam Heller | سام هيلر @abujamajem.com · 15/05/2026
My latest for @foreignpolicy.com, on U.S.-sponsored Israel-Lebanon talks that mainly seem premised on embarrassing and discrediting Lebanese leaders without even offering a real ceasefire in exchange: foreignpolicy.com/2026/05/15/t...
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Trump’s Lebanon Negotiations Are Breaking the Country
Rather than acting as a good-faith mediator, Trump is humiliating the Lebanese government.
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