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7 reports · Geopolitics
How the sanctions against Russia since 2022 connect to energy prices, industry, Russian revenue, the shadow fleet, China and the immobilised assets, and whether they limited the war: seven chains of evidence, four readings of the same facts and four scenarios, with an evidence dossier.
Where the hundreds of billions go: what Russia and Ukraine spend on war, who finances them, how the world is rearming, which companies, banks and states earn, who bears the cost and what rebuilding Ukraine will take.
How Ukraine emerged as a state, what the status of Crimea is, how the war came about, who backs which side, what people want, where the money goes and what is likely in the next twelve months.
How the conflict arose from the 19th century, how Israel was founded and Palestinians lost their land, why peace efforts failed, who backs which side and what could come next.
How the Houthi movement rose, who fights Yemen's war and what they want, why the conflict entered a more dangerous phase in September 2026, and four scenarios for the year to September 2027.
What the official investigations concluded about the collapses, the Pentagon and the intelligence failures, what engineers and inspectors general have disputed, and which questions the public record still does not answer.
Thirty episodes since 1945, sorted by whether the illegality is established or contested, with the reactions of governments in the West, the East, Asia and the Global South.