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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Hungary Turns a New Page

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán conceded defeat in a parliamentary election on April 12, ending his 16 years in power, after his Fidesz party lost its majority in parliament […]

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The Bromine Chokepoint: How Strife in the Middle East Could Halt Production of the World’s Memory Chips The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, now in an unstable ceasefire, has exposed a structural failure in the global semiconductor memory supply chain.

【美国观察:被忽视的半导体风险——溴钶瓶颈】

War on the Rocks 揭露,中东冲突不仅威胁原油,更暴露出全球内存芯片供应链的结构性漏洞:溴(Bromine)供应。相比备受关注的氦气,溴的供应中断可能对半导体生产造成更深远的打击。

分析:这再次证明地缘政治对高端制造的影响已深入到最基础的化学原材料层。当供应链被简化为单一地理区域依赖时,任何局部冲突都能迅速演变为全球技术危机。

后续看:美国及盟友是否会启动溴资源的战略储备计划,以及芯片巨头是否会加速寻找替代原材料。

#美国观察 #地缘政治 #供应链 #半导体 #WarOnTheRocks

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Strategy Without Hubris: How China Rose by Managing America’s Reaction

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Oriana Skylar Mastro, Upstart: How China Became a Great Power (Oxford University Press […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Tactical Success, Strategic Failure? Washington Walks the Path to Defeat in Iran

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Six weeks after the United States and Israel launched a war against Iran […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
The Bromine Chokepoint: How Strife in the Middle East Could Halt Production of the World’s Memory Chips

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The U.S.-Israeli war with […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Bankova, Budapest, and Bunnies

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Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
A Closed Strait of Hormuz Risks a Global Food Security Crisis

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The war in Iran has done more than rattle energy markets. It has exposed an ordinary farm input as a […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Can a New Bridge Finally Save the Pentagon’s Best Ideas?

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In May 1953, in the desert west of Idaho Falls, a crew powered up the world’s first naval nuclear propulsion system. What […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Regime Change in Iran, Underpants Gnomes, and the Phase II Problem

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started the Iran war off […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
The Hidden System Turning Chinese Tech Companies into Military Suppliers

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In October 2022, Unitree Robotics joined Boston Dynamics, Agility Robotics, and three […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
The Campaign Ends at the Breach: Lessons from Ukraine on Why Armies Fail

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Somewhere behind the Novodarivka breach point in June 2023, Ukrainian armored formations […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
How This Precision Weapon Reengineered Modern War

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This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Jeffrey E. Stern, an award-winning journalist and author of the newly released The […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
The Future Soldier Loadout: Smarter Gear or Dead Weight?

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The tech soldiers carry will shape their performance in combat, missions, safety, and health. If you care about any of […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Closing the Air and Missile Defense Gap in the Indo-Pacific

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During last summer’s 12-day war between Iran, Israel, and the United States, the U.S. military supported Israeli […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Iran’s Other Front: The War Over the Internet

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For a long time, the Iranian government has treated free internet access as a privilege that is extended by the state to those willing to carry […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Iran’s Anti-Access and Area Denial Strategy Is Cruder Than China’s But Still Dangerous

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In past wars, commanders worried about what would happen […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
The Iran War’s Widening Impacts in the Middle East and North Africa

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The war with Iran has had ripple effects across the Middle East and North Africa. The […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
How NATO’s Air Defense Future Is Unfolding

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In 2024, Shaan Shaikh wrote, “Three Visions for NATO Air and Missile Defense,” where he laid out three potential scenarios NATO could take in the […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Update from the Battlefield: Drones, Distance, and Diminishing Returns for Russia

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Michael Kofman joins Ryan to unpack the current state of the […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Reopening the Strait of Hormuz & Saving Downed Pilots

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Two retired U.S. admirals with deep experience at sea and in the air joined Ryan to discuss the military challenge of reopening […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
What is Strategic Rivalry? Why Should We Care?

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The states most likely to draw America into its next major crisis or war are not unknowns. They are the usual suspects: The same handful of […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Iran’s Asymmetric Counterair Campaign: Attacking the U.S. Air Force’s Nests and Eggs

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On March 27, Iranian drones and missiles struck Prince Sultan Air […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Disperse to Survive: The Logic of French Forward Deterrence

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In his long-awaited nuclear deterrence speech, French President Emmanuel Macron laid out his new doctrine of […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Disperse to Survive: The Logic of French Forward Deterrence

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In his long-awaited nuclear deterrence speech, French President Emmanuel Macron laid out his new doctrine […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Iran’s Other Front: The War Over the Internet

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For a long time, the Iranian government has treated free internet access as a privilege that is extended by the state to those willing […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
The Future Soldier Loadout: Smarter Gear or Dead Weight?

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The tech soldiers carry will shape their performance in combat, missions, safety, and health. If you care about […]

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Update from the Battlefield: Drones, Distance, and Diminishing Returns for Russia Michael Kofman joins Ryan to unpack the current state of the Russo-Ukrainian War after his recent trip to the front. They examine how drone warfare has

WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Update from the Battlefield: Drones, Distance, and Diminishing Returns for Russia

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Michael Kofman joins Ryan to unpack the current state of the Russo-Ukrainian War after his recent trip to the front.

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Update from the Battlefield: Drones, Distance, and Diminishing Returns for Russia

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Michael Kofman joins Ryan to unpack the current state of the […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
What is Strategic Rivalry? Why Should We Care?

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The states most likely to draw America into its next major crisis or war are not unknowns. They are the usual suspects: The same […]

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WAR ON THE ROCKS:
Iran’s Asymmetric Counterair Campaign: Attacking the U.S. Air Force’s Nests and Eggs

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On March 27, Iranian drones and missiles struck Prince […]

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