About Shane Yirak
**What is The Firebrand Project? **
The Firebrand Project is a strategic‑intelligence briefing for people who need to see around corners: analysts, journalists, operators, and serious news consumers who are done with vibes‑only geopolitics.
Each dispatch strips a live story down to six questions—what, who, how, when, where, why—and then rebuilds it into scenarios you can actually use.
What you get
Short, high‑signal situation snapshots on crises like Iran, Ukraine, great‑power competition, and information operations.
Deep‑dive reports that map actors, timelines, and force movements using open‑source data, primary documents, and financial/technical records where available.
Micro‑briefs you can read in under 5 minutes but reference for weeks: troop movements, sanctions, chokepoints, and political inflection points.