Intelligence notes
Strategic intelligence analysis. Open-source methodology. Professional-grade output.
By Luiz H. S. Brandão — Intelligence Analyst & Strategic Studies Researcher
Coordinator, GEPSI/UnB · Intellecta OSINT Collective · Direto do Front · CommandEleven
A living knowledge base built exclusively from open-source intelligence, combining systematic OSINT methodology with rigorous analytical tradecraft. Structured for specialists. Updated continuously.
Featured Analysis
Latest Strategic Assessment
Iran-Israel Conflict 2026 — Strategic Assessment — Decapitation doctrine, algorithmic kill chain, Axis of Upheaval stress test, and four conflict trajectories through 2028.
Deep Investigation
Palantir: The Company That Owns the Western Kill Chain — How one corporation became the epistemological layer of Western military intelligence. 392KB forensic dossier.
Operational Analysis
The IDF’s Kill Machine — Gospel, Lavender, and “Where’s Daddy?”: AI targeting at industrial scale.
Knowledge Base
The vault documents actors, concepts, technologies, crises, and intellectual frameworks across ten interlinked sections. All entries are cross-referenced for non-linear, graph-driven navigation.
States, agencies, corporations, non-state actors, leaders, and geopolitical regions.
Strategic doctrines, hybrid warfare methods, intelligence disciplines, and cognitive operations.
Military platforms, cyber capabilities, surveillance systems, and dual-use technologies.
Active geopolitical flashpoints, hybrid campaigns, and emerging conflict analysis.
Strategic case studies and lessons from past operations and crises.
Foundational strategists, contemporary analysts, and key works in intelligence and security studies.
Active OSINT research threads and developing intelligence leads.
OSINT methodologies, analytical frameworks, and operational tradecraft.
Completed investigative reports, actor analyses, and thematic studies.
Curated books, declassified documents, academic papers, and essential readings.
Signal Brief
Intelligence Notes is the weekly newsletter — high-signal strategic analysis on the structural shifts in global security, published every Monday. Browse archive | Subscribe
Interactive Dashboard
Global Situation Dashboard
Open Intelligence Dashboard — Interactive world map of active conflicts, diplomatic crises, hybrid campaigns, and emerging flashpoints. Full knowledge base browser across all 10 sections. Intelligence station interface.
Interactive Graph
The knowledge graph maps relationships between actors, concepts, crises, and sources. Primary tool for discovering non-obvious connections across 500+ notes.
Methodology
All content is produced through systematic OSINT: collection from primary and secondary open sources → verification against independent references → cross-referencing → structured analytical assessment. Notes are internally linked to support relational intelligence work. The repository is evidence-based, non-partisan, and designed for specialists requiring structured documentation rather than commentary.
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