2026-10-26 18:01UKRAINE WARUkraine-Russia War: Research DigestThe Ukraine-Russia war reached a dangerous inflection point in the last week of October 2026. Ukraine's Starlink and Starshield satellite communications - the Pentagon-fu…2026-10-26 12:17ANTIFAAntifa: Research DigestThe antifascist movement this week is operating across three continents and multiple fronts: street counter-mobilization against far-right conventions, legal defense infr…2026-10-26 12:17WORLD INTELGeopolitical World Intel: Research DigestThe most consequential geopolitical story this week is the growing transatlantic fracture over Russia sanctions. On October 16, Trump waived a sweeping slate of Russia en…2026-10-26 03:01ANTIFAAntifa: Research DigestThe antifa story this week is centered on France, where the protest movement that began over school conditions has evolved into a political ecosystem that explicitly incl…2026-10-24 18:01ANTIFAAntifa: Research DigestThe wave of unrest that started with French high school students protesting crumbling classrooms and teacher shortages has grown into the most significant European protes…2026-10-24 18:01WORLD REPORTWorld Report: Research DigestThe world outside the main war zones is running hot. France is in its worst street violence in years after cost-of-living protests turned into riots that gutted the histo…2026-10-22 18:00TECHNOLOGYAI News, Research DigestOctober 2026 marked the moment AI regulation stopped being a hypothetical and started biting. The Federal Trade Commission sent civil investigative demands (each more tha…2026-10-21 03:00TECHNOLOGYAI News, Research DigestThe AI policy conversation this month crystallized around a single unresolved tension: the gap between what the industry says it will do voluntarily and what anyone can a…2026-10-21 03:00WORLD REPORTWorld Report, Research DigestThis digest's catch-all section is dominated by two stories that are both, in different ways, about the breaking point of governance under pressure. In France, what began…
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