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Strategic Intelligence Brief

Consequential developments through an operational, geopolitical and technology lens.

Priority coverage: the Middle East and Africa, the United Kingdom and Europe, and Nigeria and ECOWAS.

Published briefs

The daily intelligence watch runs continuously, but public editions are issued selectively when the intelligence picture warrants publication.

Edition 3 · 5 October 2026

The New Industrial Attack Surface

Why VPNs, gateways and enterprise trust infrastructure now matter as much as PLCs.

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Edition 2 · 3 October 2026

Contingency Has Become the Operating Model

Five developments show emergency measures, contested routes and autonomous systems moving from exceptional risk into normal executive planning.

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Edition 1 · 1 October 2026

The Hidden Risk Is Usually One Layer Below the Capability

Five developments across Gulf energy, UK state threats, research security, Ukraine air defence and East African refining.

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