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Indexed issues, last 90 days
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Sep 17, 2026
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Jul 13, 2026

Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 17, 2026

    A Response to Yan Xuetong’s Al Jazeera Oped (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 15, 2026

    The Rise of Frontier Arabic AI (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Aug 31, 2026

    Polycrisis and the Iran War (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="827" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MzNs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c9d409e-e097-43e8-aea4-436d8dced9d5_1663x945.png"

  4. Issue · Aug 11, 2026

    Defend, Disperse, Recover: A New Resilience Model for AI Continuity in Conflict (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="813" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SL9f!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd4355e36-e51f-4307-be5b-2e6af4c1c5a0_2128x1188.pn

  5. Issue · Aug 3, 2026

    Data Center Strikes in the 2026 Iran War (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="575" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ff3v!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa97c1705-ca16-4825-b139-91a0e24c915b_1023x575.png"

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