World News: 10 Aug – 16 Aug
Pressure held steady across the week (65 to 67) — a flat week is a real result, not a missing one.
67
pressure at the week’s end, 0–100
+2
move across the week
7
editions published
121
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 Stretched thin.
The beat ended the week Stretched thin.
The beat ended the week Stretched thin.
The beat ended the week Stretched thin.
The beat ended the week Stretched thin.
The beat ended the week Stretched thin.
The beat ended the week Stretched thin.
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
10 Aug- Middle East war 86
- US pullback 80
- Trade war 64
- Arms build-up 68
- Popular unrest 57
- Diplomatic channels 34
Ended
16 Aug- US forces stretched 84
- The Iran war grinding 82
- Sea lanes shut 78
- Allies buying their own cover 68
- Rulers closing the exits 56
- Talks getting somewhere 32
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
The US empties the Pacific of carriers in the same week it tells allies to pick a side
Israel moves to hand settler policing to the police as a West Bank siege enters its sixth day
Venezuela's rulers and their rivals sit down to talk, each boxed in at home
The truce both sides say they want, and neither can lock in
Russia bars its last anti-war party from the ballot, leaving critics one door out
Nigeria's oil economy booms for its companies and cracks for its people
Houthis strike a Saudi refinery and a Red Sea port, deepening the fight over the world's oil chokepoints
The same week, another beat