Category Infrastructure Warfare

Was the Kamchatka Earthquake Just the Beginning? Aftershocks, Foreshocks, and the Real 2025 Tsunami Threat

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Was the Kamchatka Earthquake Just the Beginning? Aftershocks, Foreshocks, and the Real 2025 Tsunami Threat Introduction: A Quake Felt Across the Pacific On July 29, 2025, at approximately 17:46 local time, a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck off the eastern coast…

The Deep End: Trump, the Great Lakes, and Canada’s Invisible Sovereignty Crisis

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The Deep End: Trump, the Great Lakes, and Canada’s Invisible Sovereignty Crisis I. Introduction – “The Border Beneath the Surface” In the dying days of his first term, Donald Trump floated the idea of buying Greenland. It was absurd—until it…

Breaking the Columbia River Treaty: Why the U.S. Just Gambled with the Future of the Pacific Northwest

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Breaking the Columbia River Treaty: Why the U.S. Just Gambled with the Future of the Pacific Northwest 1. Introduction – When the Floodgates Close For over half a century, the Columbia River Treaty quietly kept the Pacific Northwest from descending…

USAID’s Top 10 Failures – No. 10: The Gomal Zam Dam Failure

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USAID’s Top 10 Failures – No. 10: The Gomal Zam Dam Failure Introduction: A $114 Million Money Pit That’s Already Falling Apart The Gomal Zam Dam was supposed to be a modern engineering marvel, bringing hydropower and irrigation to a…

Infrastructure Warfare: Vulnerabilities and Protection

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Infrastructure Warfare: Vulnerabilities and Protection Introduction The January 2025 drone strike on Russia’s Ryazan Oil Refinery demonstrates how modern precision attacks against infrastructure targets can create economic effects far beyond physical damage. This new era of infrastructure warfare transforms not…