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The Grey Zone is an independent weekly intelligence brief on world events. From geopolitical conflicts and economic shifts to emerging technologies and the people shaping them.
Each issue examines a current development: who is involved, what they stand to gain, how their actions affect others and what the consequences could mean for your business, security or decisions.
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130+ analyses, frameworks, investigations and doctrine, structured into thematic dossiers. Read it linearly, or enter through the problem you're facing: a negotiation, a difficult person, a strategic decision, a market shift, an information environment you no longer trust.
Everything is built around the same principle: understand the forces at work, then use that understanding in the real world.
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Oriane Cohen is a strategic advisor, public intellectual, former war journalist and international HUMINT operator.
Her career began reporting from Israel and the West Bank before she moved into private intelligence, spending several years conducting long-term undercover human intelligence operations across complex international environments.
Today, she advises founders, investors, family offices and executive teams on strategic decisions where geopolitics, human behavior, information and power collide. Her work and research on intelligence, cognition and influence have brought her to executive rooms and international stages across Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East.
A graduate of Sciences Po in International Relations, Security and Defense, she founded The Grey Zone to bring together something rarely found in the same place: operational experience, strategic analysis and original research into how people and systems actually behave.
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