We map how power operates across institutions, networks, markets, and the systems built to obscure it.
Independent, evidence-based analysis grounded in the public interest, tracking the systems, networks, and signals shaping global power.
For investors, policymakers, and analysts navigating geopolitical risk.
Track networks, flows, and signals shaping real-world power.
// WHAT WE TRACK
The networks, flows, and early signals that shape power before they become visible.
Sanctions and Regulatory Exposure
Where financial pressure builds before enforcement actions land.
Energy and Infrastructure Flows
The systems that move critical resources across borders.
Technology and Supply Chain Chokepoints
Dependencies that turn into leverage or disruption.
Shadow and Informal Networks
Private actors and gray-market systems shaping outcomes.
Conflict and Strategic Competition
Where states and non-state actors test the limits of rules, markets, and power.
// LATEST
A Kremlin-Backed Payments Network Shared a Dubai Address With Iran’s Arms Network
The Wrong Question About Russian Oil
Russia’s Shadow Fleet Didn’t Beat Sanctions. It Didn’t Have To
Shadow Fleet Waiver Tracker
The Coalition That Wasn't
The Architecture of Evasion
// OUR APPROACH
Traditional political risk analysis describes the surface. Frontline Atlas maps the infrastructure beneath it — proxy relationships, financial flows, sanctions workarounds, and informal networks that determine how power actually moves.
We use large-scale data analysis, AI-enabled pattern recognition, and investigative journalism to track systems specifically designed to resist scrutiny.
// SELECTED PRIOR WORK
PUBLISHED INVESTIGATION
Putin's Sledgehammer
Candace Rondeaux’s book on the Wagner Group and Russia’s collapse into mercenary chaos (PublicAffairs, 2025).
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OSINT INVESTIGATION
Uncovering Wagner
The open-source investigation into Russia's largest paramilitary — built with New America / Future Frontlines.
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DATA RECONSTRUCTION
The Prigozhin Calendar
Near-decade reconstruction of Yevgeny Prigozhin's daily schedule from 18,000 leaked calendar entries.
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NETWORK GRAPH
Wagner's Back Office
500+ entities across 28 departments mapped from Wagner's leaked 2018 internal phone directory.
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COMMAND STRUCTURE
Wagner Organizational Chart
735-node interactive chart showing Wagner's full paramilitary command structure as of September 2021.
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