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Afghanistan Leads a Broader Deterioration Week
A broader deterioration week with 5 publication-grade cases across multiple theaters.
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This issue is best read as a broader deterioration week rather than a selective one. The analytical story of W12 is multi-theater publication-grade worsening across interstate escalation, infrastructure warfare, and governance breakdown.
Outside the lead case, W12 also produced publication-grade deterioration cases in Qatar, Iran, Pakistan, and Cuba, while the watch layer widened with two new entries and one cooling-off move.
Mar 16–22, 2026 in brief
- Lead case
- Afghanistan
- Published cases
- 5
- Watch cases
- 25
- Mechanism
- Border / military escalation
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