International Conflict Studies https://internationalconflictstudies.com Factual open-source intelligence analysis, geopolitical risk forecasting, and hybrid warfare telemetry. en-us Tue, 29 Sep 2026 04:30:03 +0000 <![CDATA[The Subsurface Chokepoint: How Autonomous Underwater Warfare Is Changing Maritime Conflict]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-subsurface-chokepoint-autonomous-underwater-warfare-hormuz/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-subsurface-chokepoint-autonomous-underwater-warfare-hormuz/index.html Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The Enrichment Expansion: How Satellite Intelligence Tracks a Nuclear Program Without Inspectors]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-enrichment-expansion-satellite-intelligence-nuclear-tracking-yongbyon/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-enrichment-expansion-satellite-intelligence-nuclear-tracking-yongbyon/index.html Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The Gigawatt Chokepoint: Why AI Sovereign Compute Is Being Militarized as Physical Critical Infrastructure]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-gigawatt-chokepoint-ai-data-center-power-grid-vulnerability/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-gigawatt-chokepoint-ai-data-center-power-grid-vulnerability/index.html Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The Million-Dollar Interceptor Trap: Asymmetric Attrition Economics in the Bab-el-Mandeb]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-interceptor-trap-asymmetric-attrition-economics-red-sea/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-interceptor-trap-asymmetric-attrition-economics-red-sea/index.html Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The Subsea Sabotage Doctrine: Inside Russia's Benthic Grey-Zone Threat to NATO's Energy Grid]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-subsea-sabotage-doctrine-benthic-grey-zone-undersea-warfare/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-subsea-sabotage-doctrine-benthic-grey-zone-undersea-warfare/index.html Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The Kinetic Threshold: Grey-Zone Ramming, Sonar Blinding, and Treaty Lawfare in the South China Sea]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-kinetic-threshold-grey-zone-ramming-south-china-sea/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-kinetic-threshold-grey-zone-ramming-south-china-sea/index.html Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[Cognitive Warfare & Narrative Weapons: How Autonomous AI Agents Fight Bloodless Conflicts]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/narrative-warfare-ai-agents-cognitive-conflict-guide/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/narrative-warfare-ai-agents-cognitive-conflict-guide/index.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[What Is Grey Zone Warfare? Strategy, Tactics and Modern State Conflict]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/what-is-grey-zone-warfare-strategy-tactics-guide/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/what-is-grey-zone-warfare-strategy-tactics-guide/index.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[Asymmetric Warfare in the Algorithmic Age: From Backyard Rocketeers to Autonomous AI Missile Cells]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/asymmetric-warfare-algorithmic-age-ai-missiles-chokepoints/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/asymmetric-warfare-algorithmic-age-ai-missiles-chokepoints/index.html Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[Financial Polycentrism: The 18th BRICS+ Summit and Non-Western Settlement Rails]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/financial-polycentrism-the-18th-brics-summit-and-non-western-settlement-rails/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/financial-polycentrism-the-18th-brics-summit-and-non-western-settlement-rails/index.html Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[Forensic Debunk: The Israeli Strike & The "Earthquake Bomb" Myth]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/forensic-debunk-israeli-strike-earthquake-bomb-myth/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/forensic-debunk-israeli-strike-earthquake-bomb-myth/index.html Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[Deconstructing the "Single BRICS Currency" Myth]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/deconstructing-the-single-brics-currency-myth/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/deconstructing-the-single-brics-currency-myth/index.html Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The Asymmetric Fracture: GTI 2026, Cognitive Warfare & The Chokepoint War on CPEC]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-asymmetric-fracture-gti-2026-cognitive-warfare-cpec-smuggling-nexus/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-asymmetric-fracture-gti-2026-cognitive-warfare-cpec-smuggling-nexus/index.html Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The Nepal Crisis: $2.5B BRI Dam Collapse & Border Shock]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-himalayan-chokepoint-tibet-glacial-collapse-nepal-hydropower-grid-vulnerability/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-himalayan-chokepoint-tibet-glacial-collapse-nepal-hydropower-grid-vulnerability/index.html Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The Distributed Chokepoint Strategy: How Proxy Warfare Is Connecting Hormuz, the Red Sea, and Gulf Energy Infrastructure]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-distributed-chokepoint-strategy-proxy-warfare-hormuz-red-sea-energy-infrastructure/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-distributed-chokepoint-strategy-proxy-warfare-hormuz-red-sea-energy-infrastructure/index.html Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[How Hidden Nuclear Programs Are Discovered: Intelligence, IAEA Verification and the Deir el-Zour Case]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/how-hidden-nuclear-programs-are-discovered-iaea-verification-satellite-osint-guide/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/how-hidden-nuclear-programs-are-discovered-iaea-verification-satellite-osint-guide/index.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The AGI Deterrence Illusion: OpenAI Astra, the 99.9% ARC Benchmark, and the Realist Geopolitics of Machine Sovereignty]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-agi-deterrence-illusion-openai-astra-arc-benchmark-realist-analysis/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-agi-deterrence-illusion-openai-astra-arc-benchmark-realist-analysis/index.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The Armed Shipping Lane: Coalition Escorts and the Militarization of Commercial Navigation]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-armed-shipping-lane-hormuz-coalition-escorts-maritime-navigation-analysis/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-armed-shipping-lane-hormuz-coalition-escorts-maritime-navigation-analysis/index.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The Attribution Trap: Critical Infrastructure Sabotage and the New Logic of Grey-Zone Conflict]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-attribution-trap-critical-infrastructure-sabotage-grey-zone-guide/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-attribution-trap-critical-infrastructure-sabotage-grey-zone-guide/index.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The Circulation War: How Precision Infrastructure Strikes Target National Export Financing]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-circulation-war-infrastructure-strikes-export-logistics-analysis/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-circulation-war-infrastructure-strikes-export-logistics-analysis/index.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The Cognitive Chokepoint: What Simultaneous AI Outages Reveal About Critical Infrastructure Vulnerabilities]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-cognitive-chokepoint-simultaneous-ai-outages-critical-infrastructure-analysis/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-cognitive-chokepoint-simultaneous-ai-outages-critical-infrastructure-analysis/index.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The Eastern Flank: Why Taiwan's Pacific Approaches Define the Next Phase of Island Blockade]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-eastern-flank-taiwans-pacific-approaches-island-blockade-strategy/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-eastern-flank-taiwans-pacific-approaches-island-blockade-strategy/index.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The Shadow Blockade: Maritime Insurance, Floating Logistics and the Economics of Chokepoint War]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-shadow-blockade-maritime-insurance-floating-logistics-chokepoint-war/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-shadow-blockade-maritime-insurance-floating-logistics-chokepoint-war/index.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The Chokepoint War: Mines, Insurance and the New Economics of Maritime Coercion in the Strait of Hormuz]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/strait-of-hormuz-chokepoint-war-mines-insurance-maritime-coercion/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/strait-of-hormuz-chokepoint-war-mines-insurance-maritime-coercion/index.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The Malacca Cork: How Great Nicobar Island Transforms China's Deadliest Maritime Chokepoint]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-malacca-cork-great-nicobar-island-chinas-maritime-chokepoint-analysis/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-malacca-cork-great-nicobar-island-chinas-maritime-chokepoint-analysis/index.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[Cartographic Warfare: How Digital Maps & Geographic Lawfare Alter Borders]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/cartographic-warfare-digital-maps-territorial-lawfare-guide/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/cartographic-warfare-digital-maps-territorial-lawfare-guide/index.html Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[Why Cheap Travel Is Not a Defence: Geopolitical Risk, Airspace Closures, and the True Cost of Frontier Mobility]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/why-cheap-travel-is-not-a-defence-geopolitical-mobility-risk-guide/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/why-cheap-travel-is-not-a-defence-geopolitical-mobility-risk-guide/index.html Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The Silicon Monoculture Chokepoint: How the 'GPUThor' Hardware Exploit Shatters Multi-Tenant Sovereign AI Security]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/gputhor-nvidia-hardware-exploit-sovereign-ai-chokepoint/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/gputhor-nvidia-hardware-exploit-sovereign-ai-chokepoint/index.html Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[Machine-Speed Sabotage: When AI Discovers 0-Days in 30 Seconds, Human Incident Response Is Already a Post-Mortem]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/machine-speed-sabotage-ai-zero-days-autonomous-ot-exploit-guide/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/machine-speed-sabotage-ai-zero-days-autonomous-ot-exploit-guide/index.html Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[The 30-Second Strait: How Autonomous AI Drone Swarms Break Amphibious Invasions Before Humans Can React]]> https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-30-second-strait-taiwan-autonomous-ai-drone-swarms-hellscape-strategy/index.html https://internationalconflictstudies.com/articles/the-30-second-strait-taiwan-autonomous-ai-drone-swarms-hellscape-strategy/index.html Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000