Threatscape Briefing

TW001: Ports, Sushi, Hybrid War, and Icebreakers: How States Weaponize the Global System

Winn Trivette II

This Threatscape Weekly unpacks why six “disconnected” headlines all point to the same pattern: states turning critical systems into tools of power. Ports, sushi, icebreakers, and cables aren’t random headlines—they’re the operating system of global power. 

This Threatscape Weekly links China’s refusal to loosen its grip on Greece’s Piraeus Port, Taiwan’s sushi diplomacy with Japan, Russia’s hybrid campaign inside Europe, a diverging U.S. economy, Moscow’s armed Arctic icebreaker, and the vulnerability of subsea cables into one threat picture for professionals who brief commanders, ministers, or risk committees.

These issues are becoming the hard edges of great‑power competition.

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