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Key Takeaways: World leaders begin the 81st UN General Assembly debate this week as António Guterres urges action on overlapping wars, climate, technology, and inequality and a successor race begins before he leaves Dec. 31; Richard Gowan of Crisis Group says the UN is no longer in “free fall” but …

Key Takeaways: A country can be militarily strong and still easy to interrupt. Limited attacks—such as drones on Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline and earlier Houthi strikes—can force rerouting, shutdowns, and delays whose cost exceeds the physical damage, including UNCTAD’s estimate that avoiding Bab el-Mandeb can stretch a Yanbu-to-South Korea crude …