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May 2026 — The Month Access Started to Cost More
The world still worked in May 2026. But access — to corridors, minerals, water, compute, and cargo — became more conditional. A public operating environment brief.
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The World Still Works — But the Gates Are Multiplying
April 2026 did not show collapse. It showed a world still functioning, but with more conditions attached. Across water, shipping, semiconductors, energy, and digital infrastructure, access is becoming more gated, coupled, and expensive.
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Ukraine’s Nuclear Grid: Reactors Are Not the Weakest Link
A Raven Intelligence report on infrastructure strangulation warfare, nuclear-grid vulnerability, and the operational pressure points shaping Ukrainian energy sovereignty.
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The Colorado River Is No Longer Just a Water Story
The Colorado River is no longer just a water story. It is becoming a system-exposure issue linking reservoirs, hydropower, cities, agriculture, industry, and long-term planning across the American West.
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Governed Access and the Operating System of the Next Era
A structural analysis of how modern power is shifting from ownership to governed access across sovereignty, citizenship, class, money, and war.
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Gulf Compute: Why Saudi Arabia and the UAE Matter in the New Permissioned AI Order
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are making a serious bid to turn capital, energy, and infrastructure into frontier AI compute capacity. The key question is whether Gulf states can become true compute powers or remain hosted extensions of the U.S.-led AI system.
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March 2026 Was the Month the AI Buildout Lost Its Neutral Ground
March 2026 suggested that the AI buildout had not stalled, but that the systems beneath it were becoming less neutral, more conditional, and harder to scale smoothly across power, water, semiconductors, logistics, and infrastructure.
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Oil Is Not the Story. Access Control Is
A strategic brief on why energy power is no longer defined by reserves alone, but by who controls routing, insurance, refining, legal access, and protected continuity.
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Top 50 Oil Producers: Who Controls the World’s Crude
A data-led snapshot of the world’s top 50 crude oil producers, mapping output, refinery infrastructure, and the companies that control critical energy capacity.
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February 2026 Public Brief
February 2026 showed AI scaling through narrower gates, where power, compliance, logistics, water, and lawful access now shape usable capacity.
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January 2026 Public Brief
Most people still look for systemic stress in the obvious places.