Articles · 2026

Policy analysis

Deera Editorial publishes analytical briefs on foreign affairs, defense innovation, and geopolitical risk. Each piece is built to inform a specific decision.

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On Port-Au-Prince

A capital without a state. A diagnostic of the Haitian security crisis — the history that built it, the structural reasons the prevailing strategy will not suffice, and five interlocking measures that offer a workable path forward.

Foreign Affairs · 23 Apr 2026 · 9 pages
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SIGHT

The decisive layer of modern conflict is no longer steel; it is software. An introduction to SIGHT — Deera’s sovereign data-fusion and analytics platform for GCC partners — placed in the context of the Anduril, Palantir, and Helsing landscape, and the Edge–Anduril Production Alliance now active in the U.A.E.

Defense Technology · 25 Apr 2026 · 8 pages
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Linguistic Neurogenesis and Politics

The most underrated instrument of political power is the second language. From Cleopatra’s nine tongues to Mandela’s Afrikaans on Robben Island, leaders who learned the language of their counterparties have, across two thousand documented years, achieved more than those who did not. The neuroscience now offers an account of why.

Cognition & Statecraft · 27 Apr 2026 · 9 pages
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The Kyiv Doctrine

Code, drones, and distributed defense. How Ukraine has built the largest distributed autonomous-systems fleet in modern warfare — through the TerMIT ground robot, the Brave1 cluster, and a transparent procurement architecture that treats software as the durable advantage.

Defense Technology · 28 Apr 2026 · 9 pages
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Madinat al-Hareer: A Blueprint

A working blueprint for Kuwait's Silk City. From material flow to greenery, scaled to fifty-degree desert conditions, aligned with Vision 2035. Copenhagen's playbook, translated — sea-water cooling, low-carbon cement, native xeriscape, a sovereign data layer, and a sequencing plan.

Urban Strategy · 30 Apr 2026 · 10 pages
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The Middle Market in West Asia

A navigation strategy. Most Western analyses of the Gulf consumer economy share a single error: the GCC middle market is, structurally and numerically, an expatriate economy. The quid pro quo beneath the numbers, the El-Erian barbell, and five questions before any GCC investment trade.

Markets & Investment Risk · 2 May 2026 · 9 pages

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