Category: Geopolitics
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Tankers Hit by Blast in Black Sea
An explosion and fire erupted in the engine room of the Gambian-flagged tanker Kairos while the vessel was sailing in ballast roughly 52 miles north of the Bosphorus in the Black Sea, according to the shipping agency Tribeca. what is your most up-to-date and in-depth assessment? CIO-100, Chief Intelligence Officer: This is CIO‑100. Here’s the…
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Lithuania Backs Turkish Role in EU Defense
On November 20, 2025, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys publicly endorsed closer cooperation between the EU and Turkey (Türkiye) in security and defense matters. In an interview with Anadolu Agency, he explicitly voiced support for integrating Turkey and its defense companies into EU defense plans and programs, emphasizing that this would help address…
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Saudi Cuts Oil Prices to Asia
Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, has indeed implemented significant price cuts on its crude oil grades for Asian buyers, effective for December 2025 deliveries. This move, announced via Saudi Aramco’s monthly official selling price (OSP) list, is widely interpreted as a targeted effort to regain market share in key markets like India and…
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Coerced Peace and the Architecture of Power Alignment
Structural Dependency, Transit Leverage, and Strategic Ordering from the Caspian to the Levant 1. Regional Events as a System, Not Episodes Middle Eastern geopolitics is often interpreted through isolated frames: Türkiye’s domestic security debates, Syria’s post-war settlement, Gulf-Egyptian rivalries, and the Israeli-Palestinian arena. Treated separately, these files distort the strategic architecture now emerging. The region…