Geopolitical analysis and intelligence reports
The June 17 US–Iran memorandum promised a 60-day cooling period. By mid-July it was a memory. Strikes have resumed, Kuwait has been hit, commercial shipping remains under fire.
The alliance’s July summit in Ankara produced the largest single-cycle European defense-spending increase in NATO history — plus $80B pledged to Ukraine and a stark Russia timeline.
CFR experts map China’s critical-mineral dominance, nuclear arms control collapse, Trump tariff spillover, and the rise of the electrostate — all with direct fraud and due-diligence implications for investigators.
