As Armenia leaves Russia's security orbit but stays inside its economy, the real test lies not in the election it just won, but in a guarantee no one will give.

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What a potential nuclear incident at Iran's Bushehr plant means for Central Asia - water supply, shipping corridors, and regional risk assessed through open-source intelligence tools.

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On March 8, 2026, Israeli and U.S. aircraft struck fuel storage depots in and around Tehran. The fires burned into the next day and beyond. Then it rained. What fell on a city of about 10 million people was black, oily and acidic. This piece documents the event through open sources: fire engineering literature, the 1991 Kuwait precedent, and satellite data. The aim is to record what happened in verifiable terms while the evidence is fresh.

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The Strait of Hormuz is closed. Five governments are evacuating citizens simultaneously. And virtually every trade corridor connecting the region to global markets runs through Iran, with no ready alternative.

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