Straight from the channel
The written brief behind the videos.
You watch the deep-dives. This is the same analysis in writing, every week — the Indo-Pacific reads I can't fit into a video, in your inbox before the news cycle catches up.
Written by Ben Brand, former British Army intelligence analyst. Free. No upsell.
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Why it reads differently
Assessment, not a news roundup
Every issue tells you what happened, what it means, and how confident I am in the read. Confidence-rated judgements, not a feed of headlines.
Written like an intelligence product
NATO Admiralty source grading and PHIA likelihood language — likely, highly likely, almost certain. Each word means a specific thing. Three sourced links per issue.
One theatre, properly
Indo-Pacific only. China, Taiwan, the South China Sea, Korea, AUKUS, the regional defence economy. Depth over breadth.
Five minutes, any morning
~1,000 words you can read with a coffee. No video to sit through, no thread to scroll. The signal, then your day.
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Free, every week. If it isn't sharper than the feed you're reading now, one click and you're out.
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