When the Systems Fail: The Next Threat to Global Stability May Not Come From the Battlefield

A Week in Review 1Nov2026 Thru 6Nov2026

Nov 7 • Nuri Shakoor

El Salvador Has Entered Haiti’s Gang War. But Can Military Force Restore a Broken State?

The arrival of Salvadoran troops in Haiti raises a question that military operations alone have rarely answered: What happens after the fighting stops?

Nov 6 • Nuri Shakoor

DR Congo’s Referendum Law Has Passed Parliament. Its Democratic Test Is Only Beginning

Flashpoints & Frameworks Commentary 2-Nov2026

Nov 3 • Nuri Shakoor

The Hidden Weakness of Strong Governments: Why Political Control is Not the Same as Stability

From Senegal’s parliamentary standoff to Tunisia’s protests and Burkina Faso’s military government, political events reveal why the strength of a…

Nov 1 • Nuri Shakoor

October 2026

Examining A System of Fear, Distrust, a Health Crisis, and The Inevitable Threats

Digital Navigator Series: Opinion/Analysis

Oct 27 • Nuri Shakoor

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Systems Under Strain |Flashpoints & Framework Week Ending 24-Oct 2026 Special Report

Why the next strategic surprise may come from the failure of food, health, infrastructure, warning, or supply systems rather than from a dramatic change…

Oct 25 • Nuri Shakoor

Sudan’s Converging Crisis: Drone Warfare, Civilian Protection, and the Famine-Risk Equation

Flashpoints & Frameworks | 17 October 2026

Oct 18 • Nuri Shakoor

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August 2026

Global Security: Strategic Intelligence Briefing

20 August 2026 | Information current through 07:30 EDT

Aug 20 • Nuri Shakoor

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Africa Conflict Risk Watch

Flashpoints & Frameworks: 19 August 2026 | Monitoring Alert

Aug 20 • Nuri Shakoor

May 2026

Mali's security crisis is not a story of a partnership collapsing.

It is a story of what happens when a partnership survives without being capable.

May 7 • Nuri Shakoor

April 2026

The Coalition That Was Always Coming: What the Mali offensive reveals about Tuareg mobilization, the limits of fragile peace,

and what our Q1 2026 Sahel assessment now requires us to update

Apr 30 • Nuri Shakoor

Sudan and the Normalization of Sustained Crisis

What three years of data, a vanishing institution, and $1.5 billion in unmet needs tell us about how atrocity persists.

Apr 28 • Nuri Shakoor