🌍 Flashpoints & Frameworks

🛰️ ARAC International Weekly | Edition: July 27 – August 1, 2025 Prepared by ARAC International Inc. — Global Security Analysis & Independent Research 🔎 About Flashpoints & Frameworks Each week, ARAC International’s Flashpoints & Frameworks cuts through the news cycle to spotlight the most consequential global security events — now with an Africa-focused edition. We evaluate these events using a three-lens methodology: IEP Positive Peace Framework: Eight foundational pillars that sustain peace by measuring institutional resilience, attitudes, and structural capacities. CARVER Risk Matrix: A tactical tool used to assess vulnerability and value of critical targets or events. Global Fragility Act (GFA) Lines of Effort (LoEs): The U.S. statutory framework (P.L. 116-94, §§5101-5113) that guides conflict prevention and stabilization efforts through four priorities — Prevention, Stabilization, Partnerships, and MMEL (Monitoring, Measurement, Evaluation & Learning).