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  • August 11, 2026·Jakub Dudek

    Nobody had to open the camera

    The cameras on the Royal Navy's drone boats travelled with a compliance claim that everyone above them relied on. The standard behind it names companies rather than a country, and defines diligence as an inquiry that never requires anyone to look inside.

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NATO shoots down a drone

NATO fires over Lithuania as courts block Trump and EPA loosens carbon limits

The day’s sharpest stories shared a theme: institutions were forced to react faster than their rulebooks expected. NATO jets fired, judges halted improvised election rules, and regulators in Washington tried to erase a decade of climate law in one stroke.

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The Middle East after Gaza

CBO assessment documents a sustained US-Iran war costing $38 billion and depleting missile arsenals, adding a direct great-power conflict layer to the chokepoint crisis.

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