Weekly Preflight: 5 Things to Watch in Global Security | Week of August 10, 2026

Netanyahu publicly killed Trump's signature peace plan while Trump stayed silent. Taiwan throttled its own internet while rehearsing an amphibious defense, and more...

US Airmen assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, perform various duties within the cockpit of a US Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker over the Ozarks, May 5, 2026. (US Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Olivia Monk)

Think of this as your weekly strategic weather report exclusively for paid subscribers. Five things to watch and what could break next in war, defense tech, and geopolitics. Just the pressure points most likely to shape the next seven days.

I try to keep this a no-nonsense, high-level brief to start your week… But snark occasionally creeps in.

If you want to understand how I build my OSINT dashboard, I wrote about my workflow here:

My Guide to OSINT, Noise Reduction, and Modern War Forecasting

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BLUF:

Netanyahu publicly killed Trump’s signature peace plan while Trump stayed silent. Taiwan throttled its own internet while rehearsing an amphibious defense in the pre-dawn dark. The Strait of Hormuz is at 3.9% odds of normalizing this month. Someone can fake air traffic control instructions to commercial pilots over the radio. And Germany says Russia is running hybrid attacks on its infrastructure every day. Stay sharp.