Iran Update Special Report, July 2, 2026: Iran has signaled that it will continue to use force to compel vessels to exclusively use the Iranian traffic separation scheme in the Strait of Hormuz as part of the broader Iranian effort to assert claimed control.
— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) July 2, 2026
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Africa isn't scattered geology.... It's the most strategically concentrated mineral map on Earth.
— Jack Prandelli (@jackprandelli) July 3, 2026
□□ DRC: cobalt + copper giant
□□ Zambia: copper belt
□□ Zimbabwe: lithium surge
□□ Namibia: uranium + lithium
□□ South Africa: PGMs + manganese
□□ Morocco: phosphates
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Former South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun's statement in court:"I fear more than any punishment that South Korea will become a vassal state of China and North Korea."What truly terrifies me is that this trial could be the first step in South Korea's descent into a… pic.twitter.com/ANfvIZNlLG
— Wanjun Xie (@xie_wanjun) July 2, 2026
Yemen under Houthis isn’t Turkey or Syria, high fertility in Sudan despite war isn’t the same thing as ok fertility in today’s Syria, you need to take into consideration the difference in governance and impact on refugees and on other countries. "Arab world" isn’t a monolith. https://t.co/jEDdJbV9fJ pic.twitter.com/3uudoSCN0g
— Zineb Riboua (@zriboua) July 2, 2026
Doha’s “progress”: no nuclear discussion, $6 billion closer to release, and more leverage for Tehran at Hormuz.
— Middle East Forum (@meforum) July 2, 2026
In Issue 015 of Middle East Insider, @greggroman calls “progress” fiction as Iran tightens its grip on Hormuz.https://t.co/0RFAvqydYc pic.twitter.com/J1wn345M8y
Iran’s moves to blockade the Strait of Hormuz reignites interest in maritime chokepoints, but the stakes are even higher in the South China Sea. New CSIS data shows the South China Sea's major straits collectively handled $6.4 trillion worth of goods in 2024.
— CSIS (@CSIS) July 2, 2026
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is poised to use the NATO summit in Anakara on July 7–8 to burnish his own credentials as a global power broker—and to signal his increasingly absolute power domestically, argues expert @hbarkey.
— Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) July 2, 2026
Erdoğan "intends to present himself as 'the… pic.twitter.com/c8GjyCXIVp
NEW I Iranian forces may have launched an effort against Kurdish militancy around the Iran-Iraq border. The exact military objectives are unclear at this time. (1/7) pic.twitter.com/D5ypJBLnJb
— Critical Threats (@criticalthreats) July 2, 2026
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