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Click any country on the globe to open a full-page intelligence dossier — a comprehensive analysis synthesizing news, threat signals, market data, and infrastructure exposure.

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Opening a Country Brief

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Click a country on the map

The map uses local geometry detection (polygon ray-casting) for instant country resolution — no network latency.
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Or use Cmd+K command palette

Press Cmd+K (Mac) or Ctrl+K (Windows/Linux), then type a country name. All ~250 ISO countries are searchable with flag emoji icons.Search aliases: Typing “kremlin” or “putin” finds Russia, “pentagon” finds USA, etc.
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Brief loads in full-screen view

A two-column layout displays all intelligence modules for that country.

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Country Instability Index (CII)

Every country receives a real-time instability score (0–100) computed from four components:

Unrest

20% weightProtests scored logarithmically for democracies (routine protests don’t trigger), linearly for authoritarian states (every protest is significant).Boosted for:
  • Fatalities
  • Internet outages during protests

Conflict

20% weightActive conflict zones with escalation tracking (UCDP + ACLED data).Countries with active wars (1,000+ battle deaths/year) receive automatic floor scores.

Security

20% weight
  • Own military flights: 3pts each
  • Own naval vessels: 5pts each
  • Foreign military presence: doubled weight
  • GPS/GNSS jamming: up to +35pts
  • OREF rocket alerts (Israel): up to +50pts

Information

20% weightNews mention frequency weighted by event severity, log-scaled for high-volume countries.

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Baseline Risk

The remaining 40% weight comes from pre-configured baseline risk profiles:
  • 23 curated tier-1 nations (US, Russia, China, Ukraine, Iran, Israel, Taiwan, North Korea, etc.) have individually tuned baselines
  • All other countries receive a universal default baseline of 15 when any event data is detected

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Additional Boosts

  • Travel advisories — Do-Not-Travel warnings force CII ≥ 60
  • Hotspot proximity — Being near a conflict zone increases the score
  • Focal point urgency — When a country appears in convergence alerts
  • Conflict-zone floors — Ukraine ≥ 55, Syria ≥ 50, Yemen ≥ 48
The CII score updates in real-time as new events are detected. Refresh the brief to see the latest calculation.

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Brief Layout

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Left Column

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Instability Index Ring

An animated SVG score ring (0–100) with:
  • Color-coded severity: Green (0–30) → Yellow (31–60) → Red (61–100)
  • Four component bars: Unrest, Conflict, Security, Information
  • Trend indicator: ↑ rising, ↓ falling, → stable
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AI-Generated Intelligence Brief

A narrative analysis synthesized by your configured LLM (Ollama → Groq → OpenRouter fallback).Inline citations: Click [1]–[8] anchors to scroll to the corresponding news source below.
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Top News (8 headlines)

The most relevant headlines for this country, filtered using:
  • Alias matching — Each country has a curated alias map (e.g., US → ["united states", "american", "washington", "pentagon", "biden", "trump"])
  • Negative-match algorithm — If another country’s alias appears earlier in the headline, the headline is excluded (prevents “Washington sanctions Venezuela” from appearing in the US brief)
  • Threat-level color coding — Critical (red), High (orange), Medium (yellow), Low (blue)

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Right Column

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Active Signals (Real-time Chips)

Live indicators with counts:
  • 🚨 Protests
  • ✈️ Military aircraft
  • ⚓ Naval vessels
  • 🌐 Internet outages
  • 🌍 Earthquakes
  • 🚶 Displacement flows
  • 🌡️ Climate stress
  • ⚔️ Conflict events
  • 📈 Stock market index (1-week change)
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7-Day Event Timeline

A D3.js-rendered chart with 4 severity-coded lanes:
  • Protest (blue)
  • Conflict (red)
  • Natural (green)
  • Military (gray)
Hover over events for detailed tooltips. The timeline is responsive and resizes with the window.
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Prediction Markets

Top 3 Polymarket contracts by volume, with:
  • Probability bars
  • External links to Polymarket
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Infrastructure Exposure

Critical assets within 600km of the country centroid, ranked by distance:
  • Pipelines
  • Undersea cables
  • AI datacenters
  • Military bases
  • Nuclear facilities
  • Strategic ports

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Exporting Country Data

Every country brief is exportable in multiple formats:
Structured data with all scores, signals, and headlines.
{
  "country": "Ukraine",
  "cii": 73,
  "components": {
    "unrest": 18,
    "conflict": 42,
    "security": 31,
    "information": 28
  },
  "signals": {
    "protests": 12,
    "militaryFlights": 8,
    "conflicts": 23
  },
  "news": [...],
  "timeline": [...]
}
Use case: API integration, automated analysis, data pipelines
All export formats include a timestamp and are named with the country code (e.g., ukraine-brief-2026-03-01.json).

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Universal Country Coverage

Every country with incoming event data receives a live CII score automatically — not just the 23 curated tier-1 nations.
Clicking any country opens a full brief with available data:
  • Curated countries (US, Russia, China, etc.) — Individually tuned baselines, custom keyword lists, full alias maps
  • Non-curated countries — Sensible default baseline (DEFAULT_BASELINE_RISK = 15), display names resolved via Intl.DisplayNames
Example: If a protest is detected in Lesotho (a non-tier-1 country), Lesotho immediately receives a CII score and a clickable brief with available news, signals, and infrastructure data.

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Headline Relevance Filtering

To prevent cross-contamination between country briefs:
  1. Each country has an alias map (e.g., Iran → ["iran", "iranian", "tehran", "khamenei", "irgc"])
  2. Headlines are scanned for country mentions using word-boundary regex (prevents “Iran” from matching “Ukraine”)
  3. Negative-match algorithm: If another country’s alias appears earlier in the headline title than the target country’s alias, the headline is excluded
Example:
  • Headline: "US imposes sanctions on Iranian oil exports"
  • Target country: Iran
    • ✅ Included — “Iranian” matches Iran’s alias, “US” appears first but doesn’t override
  • Target country: USA
    • ❌ Excluded — “Iranian” appears earlier and is stronger match

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Refreshing Data

Country briefs pull live data on each load:
  • CII scores update every 5 minutes based on incoming signals
  • News headlines refresh as RSS feeds are polled (every 5–10 minutes)
  • Timeline events include the last 7 days of activity
  • Prediction markets update every 15 minutes
To see the latest data, close and reopen the brief or click the Refresh button.

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