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Past OFAC, Past Destroyers.
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The Gap Between Guarantors
Former MINUSMA camp, Kidal, Mali the facility Africa Corps held until negotiating its withdrawal under FLA escort, April 26-27, 2026. Source: satellite imagery via Copernicus.
Mali’s junta was quietly returning to Washington when JNIM struck Bamako and Russia began negotiating its retreat from the north.
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Iran
Past OFAC, Past Destroyers.
Three IMO numbers, two database searches, and a shadow fleet built for exactly this moment.
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Dispatches
- 01ABU DHABI’S THREE MOVESApril 28, 2026
- 02THREE BUDGET LINES, ONE BOTTLENECKApril 28, 2026
- 03CENTCOM’s Conditional Contraband Doctrine Outlasts the CeasefireApril 17, 2026
- 04AZEC+ as China’s Hormuz Problem Made VisibleApril 17, 2026
- 05Defense Contractors Are Building Golden Dome Before the Pentagon Buys ItApril 17, 2026
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