Intelligence, perception and power in the Grey Zone.
Every week, a cold, analytical reading of current geopolitical events, written for leaders navigating uncertainty, focused on power, perception, and emerging trajectories.
This is where we analyze how it actually operates. Here in the Grey Zone™, situations are examined structurally, before they harden into decisions.
Some people come here to observe.
Others need to structure what they already sense.
A few apply this work directly in high-stakes environments.
The Grey Zone describes a reality where:
Once you understand this architecture, you start seeing it everywhere.
I've worked in environments where ambiguity, perception, and power are operational constraints.
This site gathers analyses, frameworks, and methods drawn from that reality: intelligence, strategy, and real-world operations - adapted for contemporary power environments.
RUMINT (rumor intelligence) and the new face of deterrence
A Grey Zone intelligence brief on Berlin's blackout and the normalization of degradation in Europe
A Grey Zone intelligence brief on power, oil, doctrine, and the erosion of constraint in 2026.
when a system can no longer hold itself together
or reading through humans, not headlines
You can't moralize your way out of an ontological problem.
I didn't plan this article, but as you know, sometimes I get spontaneous. When I see a signal that makes me stop. Remember, on November 28, 2025, I
This isn't a comfortable topic, but my articles aren't here to make you feel "comfortable". They're here to provoke reflections and sometimes
I will not be analyzing the document as a "national security strategy". Instead, I'll treat it as what it truly is: an act of secession from
A few days ago I read a piece by Joe Lonsdale: “Taking Thiel Seriously on the Antichrist.” It did something very rare these days: it made me stop and read
How a Technofortress is being built in plain sight
Intelligence, influence and power - by Oriane Cohen.
