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Fed's $1.7T Balance Sheet Cut Risks Halving Liquidity

Threat Matrix Alert: The Fed's long-term plan to cut its balance sheet by $1.7 trillion could plunge liquidity by half, accelerating QT and heightening financial stability risks into 2026.

capitalwars.substack.com

Could Fed Liquidity Plunge By Half?

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Rising Cyber Incident Costs in Wireless/Financial Nets Signal CI Underinvestment

Trend Briefing: Staffing shortages and legacy systems drive escalating costs in critical wireless/financial networks, amplifying CI risks into...

IT talent looks the other way as wireless security incidents pile up

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IT talent looks the other way as wireless security incidents pile up

2h ago

Black Sea Tactics Redefine Warfare Rules vs Russia

Macro risk alert: Unprecedented track record achieved against Russia in Black Sea—no one else has done it.

Financial lens reveals blind spots:...

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Trump's Nuclear Posture: Diversifying Forces Against Peer Threats to 2026

Trump's new nuclear architecture drives force posture diversification amid Russia/China risks.

Escalation management focus in 2026 NDS prioritizes...

Trump’s New Nuclear Architecture for Modernization and Arms Control

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Trump’s New Nuclear Architecture for Modernization and Arms Control

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AI/Data Fusion Trend: Force Multiplier in Warfare and Cyber Amid Geopolitical Strain

Trend alert: AI/data integration is reshaping warfighting and enterprise cyber defenses, amplifying speed and resilience but strained by...

WATCH: Parsons’ Candice Frost & Navy’s Scott St. Pierre on AI as a Force Multiplier in Cyber & Defense

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WATCH: Parsons’ Candice Frost & Navy’s Scott St. Pierre on AI as a Force Multiplier in Cyber & Defense

2h ago

Trend: Firms Adapt Operations to Enduring ME Volatility and Supply Disruptions

Key operational shifts in geopolitical risk management:

Resource diversification: >50% of US executives diversified amid global trade disruptions,...

Geopolitical Risk: When Uncertainty Is the Operating Model

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Geopolitical Risk: When Uncertainty Is the Operating Model

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Iran Cyber Probes Surge: Energy, Water, Medtech as Hybrid Warfare Precursors

Escalating Trend: Iran-linked actors probing US critical sectors amid war, signaling hybrid escalation risks into 2025-26.

Energy/Water Targets:...

Iranian hackers are targeting US energy and water sectors, federal agencies warn

politico.com

Iranian hackers are targeting US energy and water sectors, federal agencies warn

2h ago

Belgium Secures Sovereign EW Data Center via QinetiQ

NATO Europe pillar advances EW data sovereignty:

UK-based QinetiQ builds Belgium's Joint Electromagnetic Warfare Support Centre under 5-year deal
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QinetiQ to Build Belgian Electronic Warfare Data Center

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QinetiQ to Build Belgian Electronic Warfare Data Center

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Hormuz Ceasefire Timeline: Escalation, Disruptions, and 2026 Energy/Bio Risks

Key timeline in US-Iran standoff maps Strait vulnerabilities and Iranian grid fragility:

Escalation phase: US strikes bridge near Tehran; Trump...

Report: Trump Advisers Back Strikes on Iran Infrastructure

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Report: Trump Advisers Back Strikes on Iran Infrastructure

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Middle East War Spurs FinTech Shift to Hardened Payments Infrastructure

Geopolitical Risk Reshapes Investments: Amid regional conflict, Middle East FinTech funding pivots to resilient payments infrastructure and embedded...

Middle East FinTech Investors Shift Toward Resilient Infrastructure

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Middle East FinTech Investors Shift Toward Resilient Infrastructure

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Iran's Hormuz Blockade Ignites Oil Surge, Pressuring Fed into 2025 Inflation Trap

Strait of Hormuz chokepoint crisis: Iran has blocked nearly all traffic through the strait, where 20% of global oil flows, driving prices over...

Oil surge complicates Fed path as inflation risks rise again

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Oil surge complicates Fed path as inflation risks rise again

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Grid Underinvestment Trend: Blackouts to Military Base Outages

Systemic vulnerabilities mounting:

Major blackouts (Iberian 2025, ERCOT 2021) from voltage surges, freezing impacts, aging infra—not renewables.
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The Data Center Scapegoat: Masking Decades of Grid Underinvestment

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The Data Center Scapegoat: Masking Decades of Grid Underinvestment

2h ago

Transatlantic Tensions: NATO Pillar vs. China Competition

Key US-EU divides on alliance evolution through 2026:

Europe strengthens NATO pillar: France boosts defense/nuclear dialogue; Germany ramps...

Euro-Atlantic security: U.S. and European partner perspectives

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Euro-Atlantic security: U.S. and European partner perspectives

2h ago

Electricity Maps: Geospatial Tool for Power CI and Emissions Risks

Key geospatial intel for 2025-2026 threat matrix:

Real-time/historical global electricity data: production mix, CO2 emissions
Tracks prices,...

Electricity Maps: Map

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USAF FID Doctrine: By, With, Through Partners

US Air Force doctrine (AFDP 3-22) centers Foreign Internal Defense (FID) on working 'by, with, and through' foreign partners to build their security...

[PDF] AFDP 3-22, Foreign Internal Defense, Final - Air Force Doctrine

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Global Shift to AI-Enhanced, Tailored Systemic Risk Frameworks

Key developments signaling adaptation to 2025-2026 volatility:

Central bankers testing AI for systemic risk detection, amid rising fintech AI...

Central bankers test AI’s ability to detect systemic risk - Central Banking

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Central bankers test AI’s ability to detect systemic risk - Central Banking

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ME State-Proxy Dynamics: Spillover Threats Hit Singapore

Geospatial threat elevation: Middle East conflict involving state actors, proxies, and militants has raised global attack/spillover risks, explicitly...

Middle East conflict has elevated global security threat, including for Singapore: Shanmugam - CNA

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Middle East conflict has elevated global security threat, including for Singapore: Shanmugam - CNA

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Evolving Trade Blocs Heighten Geopolitical Risks to Global Ties

New and changing trade blocs are reshaping global political and economic relationships, amplifying connected geopolitical risks. Analysts must track these qualitative shifts in the threat matrix ahead to 2025–2026.

Evolving Trade Blocs and Geopolitical Risk: Qualitative Narratives and ...

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Fed's $1.7T Balance Sheet Cut Risks Halving Liquidity

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Rising Cyber Incident Costs in Wireless/Financial Nets Signal CI Underinvestment

IT talent looks the other way as wireless security incidents pile up

Black Sea Tactics Redefine Warfare Rules vs Russia

Trump's Nuclear Posture: Diversifying Forces Against Peer Threats to 2026

Trump’s New Nuclear Architecture for Modernization and Arms Control

AI/Data Fusion Trend: Force Multiplier in Warfare and Cyber Amid Geopolitical Strain

WATCH: Parsons’ Candice Frost & Navy’s Scott St. Pierre on AI as a Force Multiplier in Cyber & Defense

Trend: Firms Adapt Operations to Enduring ME Volatility and Supply Disruptions

Geopolitical Risk: When Uncertainty Is the Operating Model

Iran Cyber Probes Surge: Energy, Water, Medtech as Hybrid Warfare Precursors

Iranian hackers are targeting US energy and water sectors, federal agencies warn

Belgium Secures Sovereign EW Data Center via QinetiQ

QinetiQ to Build Belgian Electronic Warfare Data Center

Hormuz Ceasefire Timeline: Escalation, Disruptions, and 2026 Energy/Bio Risks

Report: Trump Advisers Back Strikes on Iran Infrastructure

Middle East War Spurs FinTech Shift to Hardened Payments Infrastructure

Middle East FinTech Investors Shift Toward Resilient Infrastructure

Iran's Hormuz Blockade Ignites Oil Surge, Pressuring Fed into 2025 Inflation Trap

Oil surge complicates Fed path as inflation risks rise again

Grid Underinvestment Trend: Blackouts to Military Base Outages

The Data Center Scapegoat: Masking Decades of Grid Underinvestment

Transatlantic Tensions: NATO Pillar vs. China Competition

Euro-Atlantic security: U.S. and European partner perspectives

Electricity Maps: Geospatial Tool for Power CI and Emissions Risks

Electricity Maps: Map

USAF FID Doctrine: By, With, Through Partners

[PDF] AFDP 3-22, Foreign Internal Defense, Final - Air Force Doctrine

Global Shift to AI-Enhanced, Tailored Systemic Risk Frameworks

Central bankers test AI’s ability to detect systemic risk - Central Banking

ME State-Proxy Dynamics: Spillover Threats Hit Singapore

Middle East conflict has elevated global security threat, including for Singapore: Shanmugam - CNA

Evolving Trade Blocs Heighten Geopolitical Risks to Global Ties

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