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The Architecture of Chokepoint Statecraft

China’s downstream processing dominance creates a strategic bottleneck for defense, technology, energy, and advanced manufacturing supply chains.

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This Sentinel Meridian assessment integrates official public reporting, open-source intelligence, and clearly identified analytic judgments. Download the full publication for key judgments, threat architecture, timelines, charts, case studies, implications, intelligence gaps, and methodology.

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China’s Purchase of Iranian Oil

Chinese purchases of Iranian crude are sustained by a distributed ecosystem of refiners, front companies, opaque settlement, and shadow-fleet shipping.

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The CRINK Convergence

Overlapping bilateral corridors are lowering the cost of sanctions evasion, war sustainment, weapons exchange, and diplomatic resistance.

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Cyber Sleeper Access

Quiet, durable access embedded in ordinary infrastructure gives adversaries options for espionage, disruption, and crisis activation.

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This Sentinel Meridian assessment integrates official public reporting, open-source intelligence, and clearly identified analytic judgments. Download the full publication for key judgments, threat architecture, timelines, charts, case studies, implications, intelligence gaps, and methodology.

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The report is designed for executives, security leaders, government partners, investors, and operators who require a concise assessment of strategic risk and practical indicators.