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Armenia 2026 Election Follow-up

This follow-up audits the original Armenia election forecast against post-election collection from web sources, public Telegram posts and narrative-monitoring channels.

The report is deliberately conservative: the collected evidence does not yet include official or credible vote shares, turnout, seat allocation, certification, concession statements or government-formation signals.

The strongest supported finding is a partially supported legitimacy-risk environment, driven by bribery investigations, arrests, CEC and prosecutorial motions, opposition mobilization and unresolved observer/result evidence gaps.

Russian Narratives on the Baltic States

This briefing tracks Russian official, state-media, state-aligned and regional narratives about Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania from March to June 2026.

The report emphasizes week-by-week story evolution, trend analysis, transmission chains, narrative families and claims verifiability across 259 extracted source texts.

Main issues include drone-airspace complicity claims, coercive threat language, NATO escalation framing, Baltic denials, public-service fact-checking and source gaps from blocked Russian official domains.

Hungary After the 2026 Leadership Change

This briefing tracks Hungary after the April-May 2026 transfer of executive power from Viktor Orban to Peter Magyar and the Tisza government.

The evidence base combines Hungarian official sources, legal databases, EU institutions, Reuters reporting and Russian-state framing to separate policy change from institutional and foreign-policy continuity.

Main issues include rule-of-law reform, EPPO accession, EU funds, anti-corruption audits, inherited legal baselines, civil liberties, Russia and Ukraine policy, Paks II, state contracts, police and military leadership.

Malta 2026 Election Follow-up

This follow-up compares the pre-election Malta forecast with the actual 30 May result and post-election evidence.

The audit finds Labour retention matched the baseline, the reduced-margin scenario was supported, the PN upset scenario was contradicted, and smaller-party protest gains were limited.

The report also tracks turnout, seat signals, Gozo and district-level shifts, concessions, mandate claims, and remaining evidence gaps from blocked official result pages.

Taiwan Strait Scenario Report

A crisis in the Taiwan Strait may not announce itself as a single dramatic break. It may arrive as patrols, inspections, cable faults, fuel anxiety and shipping hesitation that slowly change what normal looks like.

This report lets you walk through those possibilities on the map: offshore-island pressure, quarantine stress, connectivity disruption, and the harder escalation paths that test whether daily systems keep working.

The scenario is grounded in baseline project material and the Department of Defense's 2025 report on military and security developments involving the People's Republic of China.

Turkey Geopolitics and Defense Briefing

This briefing tracks Turkey's domestic mood, state messaging, municipal signals, geopolitics, security posture and defense-industrial base.

The evidence base combines official Turkish sources, national and independent media, municipal and regional outlets, defense manufacturers, trade media and policy institutes.

Main issues include CHP and opposition pressure, local-service politics, NATO and regional security, Syria and Iraq, Russia and Ukraine, the Eastern Mediterranean, defense exports, unmanned systems, inflation, energy, trade and corridors.

Cuba Country Risk Briefing

This briefing tracks Cuba's domestic political situation, governing leadership, opposition and civic challengers, fuel and food stress, and the roles of the United States, Russia and China.

The evidence base starts with Cuban official sources and state media, then adds provincial outlets and independent Cuba-focused media to separate official positions, public-service stress, opposition reporting and external influence.

Main issues include leadership stability, opposition and civil society, fuel, electricity, food, inflation, migration, sanctions, Russian interests and Chinese financing, technology and trade.

Malta 2026 General Election

Malta votes on 30 May 2026 in a general election for the House of Representatives. The report tracks official notices, candidate activity, party finance, campaign messages, turnout signals and election-integrity issues.

The contest centers on the governing Partit Laburista, the opposition Partit Nazzjonalista, and smaller registered parties including ADPD, Momentum, Volt Malta and local challenger lists.

Main issues include governance, cost of living, public services, transport, planning, migration, Gozo, media scrutiny and Malta's European and Mediterranean context.

Armenia 2026 Parliamentary Election

Armenia votes on 7 June 2026 in regular elections for the National Assembly, the country's parliament. The official campaign runs from 8 May to 5 June, followed by a silence day on 6 June.

The field includes 19 political forces: 17 parties and two alliances. The project tracks Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract against major opposition forces including Samvel Karapetyan's Strong Armenia, Robert Kocharyan's Armenia bloc, and Gagik Tsarukyan's Prosperous Armenia.

Main issues include the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace track, Russian political and economic pressure, election-integrity cases, campaign finance and bribery allegations, disinformation, public confidence, and whether opposition forces can clear the parliamentary thresholds.