Elias Maren · Intelligence Briefing · 2026
The Global Chokepoints
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Fifteen briefings on the world's most dangerous flashpoints — from the Strait of Hormuz to the Taiwan Strait, Suez to the Arctic.
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Fifty volumes. Ten vectors.
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A curated reading list across the ten-vector framework — from Iran and Hormuz to the Weaponized Trade, the Great-Power Waters to the Frontier Domains of Arctic and cislunar space. The credentialed range: the defenders of American strategy alongside the credentialed critics. Not a syllabus to complete — an analytical map to navigate.
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