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The reasoning, the papers, and the ongoing analysis behind SIGMA's committed forecasts. Access is for members.

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The work behind the record.

The public tracker shows what SIGMA concludes. This is where the reasoning lives — the full analytical case behind each committed forecast, the analysis as it develops, and the pre-registered record in full.

Most recent — India–Pakistan Foundation Paper · 21 July 2026
The board · at a glance
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Iran–US · SF-019
resolves 23 Dec 2026
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Iran–US · kinetic · SF-025
superseded 29 Jul 2026 · prior vintage archived
State of the board
Modal outcome across 17 dyads: managed competition. Kinetic risk concentrates in the active wars — Ukraine, Iran, the Levant, and the Red Sea. 5 dyads sit above their ledger baseline.
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aggregated from committed reads · as of 29 Jul
SIGMA Forecasting Ledger
25
Open forecasts
6
Foundation Papers
Pending
Calibration · first resolution
29 Jul 2026
Last update
Foundation Papers · 6

China–Taiwan

Indo-Pacific · state–state
below threshold 84%kinetic 16%

The theatre and its constraints, the balance of interests, the anatomy of coercion, the pathways, where the risk concentrates, and the calibration.

28 May 2026

North Korea–South Korea

East Asia · state–state
below threshold 87%kinetic 13%

The armistice as a structure rather than a pause, what each regime is actually optimising for, the pathways from incident to exchange, and why the ceiling holds.

15 Jun 2026

U.S.–Venezuela

Latin America · state–state
below threshold 81%kinetic 19%

The post-intervention arrangement and what holds it, the compliance the residual government will and will not give, and why the read is held by choice rather than by structure.

15 Jul 2026

Russia–NATO (Baltic)

Baltic · Deterrence standoff
below threshold 90%kinetic 10%

The Baltic as a test of Article 5 rather than a theatre of choice, what the cost barrier still holds, the pathways from hybrid pressure to armed incident, and the clock the coupling runs on.

18 Jul 2026

Ethiopia–Eritrea

Horn of Africa · Post-war rivalry
below threshold 74%kinetic 26%

The unsettled border and what has held it quiet, the proxy channels that blur attribution, the triggers that would carry it across, and the confidence the classification can bear.

15 Jul 2026

India–Pakistan

South Asia · Nuclear rivalry
below threshold 60%kinetic 40%

The ceasefire as a structure under friction, what each side’s ladder actually permits, the pathways from incident to limited action, and where the nuclear ceiling holds.

21 Jul 2026
Signal updates

Interim signal updates appear here as assessments are revised between full runs — a short note on what moved, and whether the committed distribution shifts. The record is in its opening period; the first updates will follow as conditions develop.

Reports · 1

The Chokepoint Map

Maritime corridors · 17 Jun 2026

Geopolitical risk to the world’s critical shipping lanes: six corridors read on one frame — whether each most likely stays open, runs disrupted, or closes over the coming year — so they can be ranked against one another rather than met one headline at a time.

17 Jun 2026
The committed ledger

The pre-registered record, in full.

Every forecast SIGMA holds is committed before the outcome is known — a full distribution, a resolution date, and an objective criterion, fixed in an append-only ledger and scored on resolution. Each snapshot is fingerprinted and anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain, so no entry can be added, altered, or back-dated after the fact.

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Public tracker shows the current committed read for each dyad. Members hold the full ledger and its proofs; resolved snapshots are released as forecasts resolve.
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