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Escorting Through a Minefield: The Reality of Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Strategy
Iran's sea mines are in the water. We revisit the IRGC's February signaling that telegraphed this exact scenario as a deterrent.
Mar 12
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Fatima Abo Alasrar
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The Red Death: Iran-backed Houthis Prepare for a Ground War in Yemen.
Iran-backed Houthis spent months converting northern Yemen's entire civilian infrastructure into a conscription apparatus. The force they built is for a…
Mar 8
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Fatima Abo Alasrar
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Khamenei Killed in Tehran, What Happens to Iran's Proxy Network Now?
Ali Khamenei is dead and his command structure with him. But the system he built is still running, and no one in Washington is clear on what comes next.
Mar 2
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February 2026
Axis Week in Brief
Confidence grows across the axis that U.S. action on Iran is not coming, Huckabee tells Carlson Israel can take land from the Nile to the Euphrates…
Feb 26
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Axis Week in Brief
Iran talks move from Muscat to Geneva, the IRGC tests Hormuz, Russia and China mock NATO at Munich, and the Epstein files ripple across the axis…
Feb 21
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Fatima Abo Alasrar
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Axis Week in Brief
A weekly synthesis of coordinated authoritarian information operations across select Iran-led Axis (Hezbollah & Houthis) and aligned state media (Russia…
Feb 12
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Sacred Cloth and Secular Rot: Why the Houthis and Russia Are Obsessed With Jeffrey Epstein
The DOJ released three million pages. Moscow, Tehran, and Sanaa knew exactly what to do with them
Feb 7
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Axis Week in Brief
January 26–February 1, 2026
Feb 4
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Axis Week in Brief
January 19-23, 2026
Feb 2
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January 2026
Axis Signal Report | January 27–28, 2026
A daily synthesis of coordinated authoritarian information operations across the Iran-led Axis and aligned state media ecosystems.
Jan 29
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Signal Report: January 26, 2026
A daily analytical summary of Iran-backed Houthi media output, narrative patterns, and strategic signaling. Main signal today is that the Axis and…
Jan 27
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Pressure on Iran, Price in the Red Sea
The Houthis are sending deterrence signals to Washington and Riyadh in defense of Iran, despite their diminishing capacity.
Jan 24
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