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Geopolitical Conflict

Wars and strategic rivalries involving multiple nations and global interests.

  1. 2026

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    US weighs special forces raid to seize Iran's uranium
    Uranium Enrichment Background
    Uranium Enrichment
    Mar 12

    US weighs special forces raid to seize Iran's uranium

    A uranium stockpile big enough for 11 nuclear bombs is missing underground

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    Iran fires second ballistic missile into NATO member Turkey in one week
    Mar 10

    Iran fires second ballistic missile into NATO member Turkey in one week

    NATO invoked Article 5 only after the September 11 attacks but not for these missile strikes

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    Trump launches 17-nation Americas cartel coalition at Doral
    Mar 7

    Trump launches 17-nation Americas cartel coalition at Doral

    Summit hosted at Trump's own resort with Mexico, Canada, and Brazil conspicuously absent

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    Mar 6

    Russia feeds Iran satellite data on U.S. troops and ships

    Iran's strikes get more precise as a nuclear power joins the war

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    Masoud Pezeshkian
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    Donald Trump
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    Mar 3

    Netanyahu and MBS secretly lobbied Trump for weeks before Iran war

    Private calls and Washington briefings pushed accelerated strike timeline

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    Donald Trump
    Lindsey Graham
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    Multiple Arab states that host US assets targeted in Iran retaliation
    Saudi leader lobbied Trump to strike Iran, despite outwardly favoring diplomacy
    Feb 28

    Gulf states targeted by Iran retaliation despite refusing US base access for strikes

    Gulf states blocked US base access while MBS secretly lobbied Trump to strike Iran

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People

Key figures in Geopolitical Conflict

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Donald Trump
President of the United States
Pete Hegseth
Secretary of Defense
Marco Rubio
Secretary of State and Acting National Security Advisor
Abbas Araghchi
Iranian Foreign Minister
Karoline Leavitt
White House Press Secretary
Masoud Pezeshkian
President of Iran
Mohammed bin Salman
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
President of Turkey
Ali Bahreini
Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations, Geneva
Ali Khamenei
Former Supreme Leader of Iran (killed February 28, 2026)
Ali Larijani
Head of Iran's National Security Council
Allison Hart
NATO Spokesperson
Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi
Foreign Minister of Oman
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel
Burhanettin Duran
Turkish Presidential Communications Director
Don Bacon
U.S. Senator (R-Nebraska), retired Air Force Brigadier General
Ha Nguyen McNeill
Senior Official Performing Duties of TSA Administrator
Hakan Fidan
Turkish Foreign Minister
Javier Milei
President of Argentina
Khalid bin Salman
Saudi Defense Minister
Lindsey Graham
U.S. Senator, South Carolina (Republican)
Mark Esper
Former Secretary of Defense (Trump''s first term)
Mark Rutte
NATO Secretary General
Michael T. McCaul
U.S. Representative (R-Texas), former Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
Miguel Díaz-Canel
President of Cuba
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
Prime Minister of Qatar
Nayib Bukele
President of El Salvador
Richard Feinberg
Former Senior Director, National Security Council; scholar, University of California San Diego
Ro Khanna
US Representative, California (D)
Thomas Massie
US Representative, Kentucky (R)
U.S. Embassy Adana (institutional actor)
U.S. diplomatic mission near Incirlik
Vladimir Putin
President of Russia