JNIM’s month-long fuel siege has converted Mali’s logistics crisis into a political reckoning, pushing Bamako toward either a coerced accommodation with jihadists, a destabilizing military rupture, or a capital shock with regional spillover.

The RSF’s conquest of El Fasher signals the collapse of Sudan’s unity, unleashes mass atrocities and famine, and exposes how foreign arms and proxy rivalries have enabled a modern genocide in Darfur.

The FBI’s first Antifa-related terrorism indictments test the limits of Trump’s unprecedented domestic terror designation, revealing a deep clash between security imperatives, constitutional law, and the politicization of counterterrorism.

As open-source intelligence becomes indispensable to modern espionage, warfare, and accountability, Washington’s internal struggle over its institutionalization will determine whether the U.S. intelligence community leads or lags in the information age.

JNIM’s fuel blockade and newly imposed Sharia-style road laws mark the transformation of al-Qaeda’s Malian affiliate from insurgent force to parallel government, deepening Mali’s economic collapse and exposing the junta’s failure to govern.

The U.S. Army’s SkyFoundry and acquisition reforms mark a decisive shift toward rapid, industrial-scale drone warfare—restoring tactical parity with global adversaries will depend on whether mass production is matched by integrated counter-UAS and resilient command networks.