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Chokepoints

Supply Chain

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Taiwan and the Semiconductor Chokepoint, Explained: Why Reshoring Does Not Close the Gap

Sep 24, 2026

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6 min read

Taiwan and the Semiconductor Chokepoint, Explained: Why Reshoring Does Not Close the Gap

Everyone models the invasion. The binding constraint is eleven days of gas reserves and a packaging plant nobody relocated.

Supply Chain

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Rare Earths, Explained: China's Export Controls and the November 2026 Deadline

Sep 22, 2026

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6 min read

Rare Earths, Explained: China's Export Controls and the November 2026 Deadline

The chokepoint was never the ore. It is separation, magnet know-how, and a legal claim that follows Chinese atoms into factories on the other side of the world.

Energy

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The Bab el-Mandeb Crisis, Explained: Perim Island, Red Sea Shipping and the Suez Chain

Sep 17, 2026

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7 min read

The Bab el-Mandeb Crisis, Explained: Perim Island, Red Sea Shipping and the Suez Chain

The escape route from one closed chokepoint ran through another, and both doors shut in the same week.

Energy

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The Strait of Hormuz Crisis, Explained: Energy, Shipping and Supply Chain Impact

Sep 15, 2026

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7 min read

The Strait of Hormuz Crisis, Explained: Energy, Shipping and Supply Chain Impact

A waterway everyone agreed was too valuable to close has been shut for more than six months, and the assumption that made it safe is not coming back.

Iran War

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The Ceasefire That Isn't

Apr 8, 2026

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15 min read

The Ceasefire That Isn't

Pakistan brokers a two-week pause. Oil crashes 17%. Israel launches its largest Lebanon strike wave. And the enriched uranium question threatens to collapse everything.

Iran War

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The Deadline That Defines the War

Apr 7, 2026

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15 min read

The Deadline That Defines the War

Trump's 8 PM ultimatum arrives. Russia and China veto Hormuz resolution. The MAGA coalition fractures. And the world's most dangerous 12 hours begin.

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