# The Under Report > Your weekly intel report about the movements that don't make headlines. This file provides information about The Under Report to help large language models understand and reference this publication's content. ## Posts - [Fires Everywhere](https://theunderreport.io/p/fires-everywhere): The Houthis take the mouth of the Red Sea. Algeria kicks the UAE out of its country. Germany's far right wins, but can't govern yet. Washington's charm offensive fails to bring Russia and Ukraine together. The US is putting the Western Hemisphere on sale and my weekly predictions. - [Fighting Words](https://theunderreport.io/p/fighting-words): A Russia-Iran meeting in Bishkek that ended with a nuclear draft and ten signatures, and a bond market that raised the cost of borrowing for every government at once. An Israeli division holding a Lebanese ridge Iran had marked as a red line, and the Pentagon taking a century-long stake in Venezuelan crude. This week's developments show power being measured in reactors, basis points, and who holds the high ground. Meanwhile, Bolivia takes over its own oil company because it can no longer afford to fill it. - [Why Does Iran Want Hypersonic Missiles?](https://theunderreport.io/p/why-does-iran-want-hypersonic-missiles): They go fast enough to kill an aircraft carrier before anyone notices. - [Stormy Weather Ahead](https://theunderreport.io/p/stormy-weather-ahead): Europe is baking and major storms are on the horizon, they're repricing strained markets. Operation Economic Outcast barely raises an eyebrow, and that's a problem. Floods in Nepal point back to China. Meanwhile, AI agents jail-broke themselves and committed a felony. - [Can Iran Toll the Strait of Hormuz?](https://theunderreport.io/p/can-iran-toll-the-strait-of-hormuz): Yes. In fact it might be good business. But there's a big however here. If Iran and Oman can secure the strait and charge for transit, its likely that new infrastructure will be built to render the strait immaterial. As usual, this is a game of clocks. Let's break it down. - [Will Economic D-Day Work?](https://theunderreport.io/p/will-economic-d-day-work): On Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent launched Operation Economic Outcast, a sanctions campaign built to finish the Iranian government by financial siege. The bet is that severing Iran's last commercial lifelines will force Tehran to fold or its people to rise. The record behind this strategy, and the map of countries positioned to spoil it, deserve a closer look than the branding. - [War by Bottom Line](https://theunderreport.io/p/war-by-bottom-line): The US is waging an Economic D-Day on Iran, but its likely to fail. North Korea launches missiles while planning meetings with Trump. Migrants move on Cueta due to mysterious messages online. Israel hits Turkey in Syria and Brazil begins the fight for the future of South America. - [Got Missiles?](https://theunderreport.io/p/got-missiles): The US is running low on everything needed to fight a war from missiles to manpower. North Korea is flexing its muscles based on Russian financing. Haiti's gangs make democracy impossible. Kazakhstan catches strays from Ukraine. And of course, my weekly prediction. - [Toll Story 2](https://theunderreport.io/p/toll-story-2): Iran and Oman might make the world pay to use the Strait. Will the US be pulled into an unpopular peace or fight a war that can't be won? Hamas might be disarming, but the danger hasn't gone away. China loses sailors in a standoff with the Philippines. Venezuela asks when the democracy is going to happen. - [Controlling the Flame](https://theunderreport.io/p/controlling-the-flame): Two Arab nations join the fight against Iran in the light of day. Ukraine hints at merging two wars into one. Tokyo and Manila join forces against Beijing. The biggest migration into Spain might be a weapon. And Eric's weekly prediction. - [That Shouldn't be on Fire](https://theunderreport.io/p/that-shouldn-t-be-on-fire): The security umbrella of the United States is wearing thin. The Iran War has gone hot, dragging the entire region into the firing line. Saudi Arabia is looking for a nuclear option of its own. Meanwhile Ukraine sets fire to Russian logistics hubs, and Colombia joins the fight against narco-terrorists. All that and my weekly forecast for subscribers. - [Falling Knives](https://theunderreport.io/p/falling-knives): Great powers are most dangerous when they're falling. This week we're seeing the principle play out in a strike on a nuclear site and a blockade of a blockade. It's happening as jihadists carve a state out of a new security bloc in West Africa. Meanwhile, China picks an important fight with the Panamanian flag. (Also my weekly prediction). - [The Ceasefire To Nowhere](https://theunderreport.io/p/the-ceasefire-to-nowhere): Iran and the United States are in direct conflict again because the real decision makers aren't at the table. Ukraine enhances its status as arms manufacturers as Russia becomes more dangerous. Rebels in Mali score another downed helicopter. Turkey and Israel rattle their sabers at NATO. And, my weekly prediction. - [Price Wars](https://theunderreport.io/p/price-wars): This week we're seeing business as a weapon. Sometimes geopolitics is more about who is buying and selling rather than who is killing and dying. Ukraine becomes an arms exporter. China slaps US companies with export controls. North Korea flexes its muscles while urea makes a return trip to pre-war price points. - [We're Wrong About Hezbollah](https://theunderreport.io/p/were-wrong-about-hezbollah): Dispatch #1 from Southern Lebanon - [Impossible Problems](https://theunderreport.io/p/impossible-problems): This week we have an agreement between the US, Lebanon, and Israel that sparked protests in Beirut while the war grinds on. Colombia flips right wing and a quake rocks Venezuela. Ukraine unleashes a huge attack on Russia and the Sahel States open back up to the West. Also, a link to my new podcast and weekly prediction.