Rassvet / Bureau 1440
A persistent evidence-led tracker of deployment, launches, terminals, industrial capacity, strikes and operational capability.
Open tracker →Independent research publication
Tracking strategic technology across borders and over time.
Latitudinal examines artificial intelligence, emerging technology and state power through two connected tracks: an Observatory for evidence and ongoing developments, and a Journal for research, analysis and commentary.
Two tracks
Observatory and Journal
One captures developments as they happen. The other develops arguments from those developments.
Observatory
Ongoing tracking and evidence
Dated records, persistent trackers, source quality, confidence assessments and corrections. Built to show what changed, when it changed and how strongly the evidence supports it.
Journal
Research, analysis and commentary
Longer work that develops arguments from the evidence. Research papers, substantive analysis and timely commentary are clearly distinguished from one another.
Current research areas
Across states and systems
The publication is not defined by one country. Research areas will expand where technology, security and state power intersect.
RussiaAI, space systems, sanctions, compute and strategic technology.
ChinaAI capability, compute, semiconductors, autonomy and state strategy.
DPRKAI research, cyber capability, technology transfer and military application.
IranAI, autonomy, drones, communications and procurement networks.
Launch tracker
Rassvet / Bureau 1440
The first Observatory project follows Russia's Rassvet low Earth orbit communications network, its industrial base, launches, infrastructure, operational use and external disruption.
Confidence is explicit
Records distinguish confirmed information from high-confidence assessment, moderate-confidence reporting and unverified claims.
Read methodology →Analysis from the record
Journal pieces can draw directly from Observatory records, creating a visible link between evidence and argument.
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