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Survival Is Not Victory: How Iran Is Trying to Outlast a Militarily Superior Coalition

Archive, Defense & Security, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesAxis of Resistance, drones, economic pressure, Gulf States, Iran, Israel, maritime coercion, military escalation, missiles, naval mines, negotiated settlement, oil exports, political denial, regional proxies, sanctions evasion, sea denial, shipping disruption, Strait of Hormuz, strategic endurance, United States

Survival Is Not Victory: How Iran Is Trying to Outlast a Militarily Superior Coalition

Mohamed ELDoh0 Comments

Published: November 3, 2026 The renewed early September exchange of attacks between Iran and the US, including US strikes on three Iranian tankers after missiles targeted American warships, has not…

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White Hulls, Gray Zones: China, Russia, and a Habituated World

Archive, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesAlaska, Aleutian Islands, Arctic, Baltic Sea, Batanes, BRP Sierra Madre, China Coast Guard, China-Russia coordination, coast guard militarization, Estonia, Gray Zone Tactics, Gulf of Finland, Hybrid Warfare, Indo-Pacific, international legitimacy, Japan Coast Guard, Kaliningrad, Lake Peipus, maritime coercion, maritime law, maritime security, Narva River, Philippines, Russian FSB Border Service, Senkaku Islands, shadow fleet, South China Sea, sovereignty claims, Taiwan Strait, territorial waters

White Hulls, Gray Zones: China, Russia, and a Habituated World

Jack Lindstrom0 Comments

Published: October 22, 2026 Pale hulls painted with “China Coast Guard” cut the waters around Taiwan, the Philippines, near Alaska, and across the deep blue of the Pacific. Such actions…

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Beyond a Pacific Defense Pact 2: Gray zone campaigns and activities conducted by China, North Korea, and Russia in the Indo-Pacific

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Strategic Adversariesallied resolve. , China, Cyber Espionage, cyber operations, Deterrence, Disinformation campaigns, economic coercion, gray zone, hybrid tactics, Indo-Pacific, Information Warfare, lawfare, maritime coercion, military provocations, North Korea, nuclear security architecture, regional stability, resilience, Russia, sanctions-evasion networks, strategic competition, strategic signalling

Beyond a Pacific Defense Pact 2: Gray zone campaigns and activities conducted by China, North Korea, and Russia in the Indo-Pacific

Natalie Treloar0 Comments

Published: April 6, 2026 Strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific is increasingly taking place in the “gray zone”—the space between routine state competition and open warfare. Rather than relying solely on…

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