Have we ever truly governed anything?
A Grey Zone Reflection on Control, Complexity, and Collapse
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Oriane Cohen
ex-journalist in Israel and the West Bank ex-intelligence operative (HUMINT) Reconverted: entrepreneur. FR/EN/HE/IT/PT Expert in Strategic Intelligence and communication, human behavior, the Grey Zone
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No, people don't deserve answers about Trump's hands
Whether you support Trump or not is irrelevant, this is about dignity.
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Reality begins before words: pre-rational intelligence explained
You know that strange moment: when you know something… but you can't explain it. You can't put it into words. It's not logic, not
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Why "the Matrix" is an operational archetype of our time (reflection on archetypes)
I grew up in the 90s. And The Matrix was a cultural event.
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The fraud that did NOT need to lie
Lessons for analysts from a rare case of social engineering at the elite level
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Why Pythagoras' theorem might be the most practical lesson you ever earned
I recently saw a viral post on LinkedIn. Someone wrote: “Why did we waste time at school learning Pythagoras’ theorem? Completely useless. I wish I had learned personal finance, relationships,
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Alaska 2025: the power of the void (Trump, Putin, and the Grey Zone)
TL;DR * Alaska was a ritual of power, not substance: the Alaska summit delivered... nothing! Only a perfectly staged void. * Psychological duel: their restraint was the true performance. * Weak signals
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Why LOVE makes us so vulnerable (HUMINT perspective)
A Strategic Reflection on Biology, HUMINT, and Human Nature
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Want to "become a spy"? Read that.
There's a truth most former spies will never say out loud, because it's HUMILIATING to admit
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Why you should never fully trust a journalist (by an ex-journalist)
After crossing over into intelligence, I realized how easily journalists are played by sources, by ego, by the system itself.
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What is a meme, and why it's a weapon in cognitive warfare
He's right, you shouldn't. We see them everywhere, they make us laugh. We send them to friends, family, or post them online. But we rarely ask
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What the Owens-Macron scandal really reveals
A scandal that seems grotesque at first glance but uncovers a much deeper fracture in how power, perception, and narrative now operate.
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