This episode assesses intensifying global security pressures driven by concurrent crises in the Caribbean, Indo-Pacific, Middle East, and Europe, with emphasis on great-power risk management under escalation. China is shown maintaining a deliberately bounded posture toward Venezuela during Operation Southern Spear—condemning U.S. actions and safeguarding oil interests while avoiding military guarantees or direct confrontation, prioritizing regime stability and energy security over alliance cr...
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This episode assesses intensifying global security pressures driven by concurrent crises in the Caribbean, Indo-Pacific, Middle East, and Europe, with emphasis on great-power risk management under escalation. China is shown maintaining a deliberately bounded posture toward Venezuela during Operation Southern Spear—condemning U.S. actions and safeguarding oil interests while avoiding military guarantees or direct confrontation, prioritizing regime stability and energy security over alliance cr...
The LOWDOWN: China’s Shadow Moves, Russia’s War Calculus, Iran’s Nuclear Gambit, and North Korea’s Cyber Mercenaries – Aug 5–11, 2025
The LOWDOWN
14 minutes
4 months ago
The LOWDOWN: China’s Shadow Moves, Russia’s War Calculus, Iran’s Nuclear Gambit, and North Korea’s Cyber Mercenaries – Aug 5–11, 2025
Stay ahead of the week’s most critical national security developments. In this episode of The LOWDOWN, we break down the latest from August 5–11, 2025 — with a sharp focus on China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. China: Political maneuvering, military activity, and strategic influence moves across the Indo-Pacific.Russia: War updates, battlefield trends, and evolving diplomatic pressure over Ukraine.Iran: Covert nuclear cooperation with Russia, alignment with China’s BeiDou system, currency c...
The LOWDOWN
This episode assesses intensifying global security pressures driven by concurrent crises in the Caribbean, Indo-Pacific, Middle East, and Europe, with emphasis on great-power risk management under escalation. China is shown maintaining a deliberately bounded posture toward Venezuela during Operation Southern Spear—condemning U.S. actions and safeguarding oil interests while avoiding military guarantees or direct confrontation, prioritizing regime stability and energy security over alliance cr...
