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America’s Export Controls Are Becoming a Strategic Liability

Joey Gagnard

America’s Export Controls Are Becoming a Strategic Liability

Welcome to The Iron Triangle, the Cipher Brief column serving Procurement Officers tasked with buying the future, Investors funding the next [...] More

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Politician speaks at podium with American and Israeli flags in the background.

Global Intelligence Report for Friday, January 16, 2026

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A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, flanked by two F-22 Raptor fighter jets, flies over Washington, D.C., during Independence Day celebrations on July 4, 2025.

Global Intelligence Report for Thursday, January 15, 2026

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People gather during protest on January 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Demonstrations have been ongoing since December, triggered by soaring inflation and the collapse of the rial, and have expanded into broader demands for political change.

Global Intelligence Report for Wednesday, January 14, 2026

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The Pentagon building, located in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.

Global Intelligence Report for Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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US President Donald Trump (R) arrives to address the nation, alongside US Vice President JD Vance (L), US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C) and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (2nd R), from the White House in Washington, DC on June 21, 2025, following the announcement that the US bombed nuclear sites in Iran.

Global Intelligence Report for Monday, January 12, 2026

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Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Kermanshah, Iran on January 8, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran's Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities, and included economic slogans, to political and anti-government ones.

Global Intelligence Report for Friday, January 9, 2026

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US President Donald Trump, alongside (L/R) Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026.

Global Intelligence Report for Thursday, January 8, 2026

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​This combination of pictures created on January 6, 2026 shows Greenland's Head of Government Jens-Frederik Nielsen (L, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on October 8, 2025), and US President Donald Trump (at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026)

Global Intelligence Report for Wednesday, January 7, 2026

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Nicolas Maduro is seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed Federal agents as they make their way into an armored car en route to a Federal courthouse in Manhattan on January 5, 2026 in New York City.

Global Intelligence Report for Tuesday, January 6, 2026

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A helicopter carrying Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores arrives at the West Side Heliport on January 03, 2026 in New York City.

Global Intelligence Report for Monday, January 5, 2026

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An MH-6 Little Bird helicopter, piloted by members of the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR), flies overhead during a capabilities demonstration at Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week at the Tampa Convention Center on May 8, 2024 in Tampa, Florida.

Global Intelligence Report for Wednesday, December 24, 2025

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Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, speaks after the first working session at the EU summit.

Global Intelligence Report for Tuesday, December 23, 2025

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