World News: 3 Aug – 9 Aug
Pressure climbed 3 points across the week, 62 to 65. It peaked at 66 on 5 Aug.
65
pressure at the week’s end, 0–100
+3
move across the week
7
editions published
76
sources read behind them
The arc · 7 days with a board
The band each day fell in.
No written analysis for this week
Everything on this page is measured from the week’s own boards and editions. The written read is added when the engine runs its report pass; a week without one still has its record.
What we said to watch
The beat ended the week Realigning.
The beat ended the week Realigning.
The beat ended the week Realigning.
The beat ended the week Realigning.
The beat ended the week Realigning.
The beat ended the week Realigning.
The beat ended the week Realigning.
The honest half. These are the markers the boards named at the time — kept on the record whether or not they turned out to matter.
The board on Monday, and the board at the end
Opened
3 Aug- Ukraine-Russia war 80
- Gulf oil chokepoint 70
- Trade-war escalation 68
- China-West rivalry 64
- Europe migration strain 55
- Back-channel diplomacy 34
Ended
9 Aug- Great powers realigning 84
- Middle East war risk 78
- Trade turned into a weapon 68
- Youth revolts spreading 62
- Mutual restraint 34
Both boards exactly as they were written at the time — not a diff. The engine names the forces fresh every morning, so "The cheap-yen gap" on Monday and "Money leaving the dollar" on Friday may well be the same pressure under different words. Comparing the labels would measure the labels; comparing the two boards yourself is the honest version.
The week’s editions · 7
India's Gen Z protests dent Modi, as South Asia's youth revolts keep spreading
Lebanon and Israel pick who will watch the peace they both fear to start
Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign a defence pact as the Gulf braces for a wider war
China turns its supply-chain grip into a weapon as the US trade truce cracks
The US steps back as the world's guarantor, and its allies rush to realign
The world arms itself around a rising China, and nobody has fired a shot
China draws a line around the model that made it
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