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3544 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 10 of 60.

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CenterPoint EnergyUSHouston-based US electricity and natural gas utility.
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Central Bank of IranIRIran's central bank; reporting 77.2% inflation, the highest since the 1942 wartime occupation.
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Central Bank of IraqIQIraq's central bank since 1947; its dollar auction closed at the end of 2024.
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Central Bank of RussiaRURussia's central bank; now the sole buyer of war-debt bonds after commercial banks pulled back.
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Central Criminal CourtGBCrown Court centre in London that tries major criminal cases.
Central Election Commission (Bulgaria)BGIndependent body administering Bulgarian elections.
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Central Electricity AuthorityINIndia's national power-sector planning body.
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Central Emergency Response FundUN pooled fund giving rapid humanitarian financing for sudden and underfunded crises.
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Central Jakarta District CourtIDCentral Jakarta's district court, hosting the specialist corruption court and other judicial services.
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Central Jakarta Tipikor CourtIDIndonesia's anti-corruption court sitting at Central Jakarta District Court.
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Central Military CommissionCNCommunist Party body that commands China's armed forces.
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Central Treaty OrganizationCold War defence pact of Britain, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey, dissolved 1979.
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Centre for American StudiesCNBeijing-based academic institute studying US politics, economy and security; affiliated with Fudan University.
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Centre for Health ProtectionHKHong Kong's public health agency, which publishes global avian influenza statistics.
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Centre for Policy StudiesGBCentre-right think tank, founded in 1974 by Keith Joseph and Margaret Thatcher.
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CentricaBritish energy group supplying gas, electricity and services to over 10 million UK and Irish homes and businesses.
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Centro Nacional de InteligenciaESSpain's national intelligence service, which also runs the CCN cyber security centre.
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CEPALCLThe United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, which projects Cuba's GDP to contract by around 6 to 7 percent in 2026 and by more than 10 percent cumulatively across 2025 to 2026.
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CEPINOOslo-based coalition funding pandemic vaccine development and manufacturing readiness across outbreak-prone diseases.
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Cerca MagneticsGBNottingham company making a wearable brain scanner.
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CERLADFRFrench procurement agency's counter-drone test centre, attached to DGA Essais de missiles.
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Certain EnergyGBImperial College London energy-storage spinout, formerly RFC Power.
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CERT-EUCybersecurity service for European Union institutions and agencies.
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CERT-FRFRFrench national computer incident response team within ANSSI.
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Certis BelchimAgrochemical company partnering with Moa Technology on herbicide research.
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CERT PolskaPLCERT Polska is Poland's national computer emergency response team.
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CFIUSUSU.S. Treasury-chaired interagency body that reviews foreign acquisitions for national-security risks.
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CFTCUSUS derivatives regulator; publishes weekly Commitments of Traders data for NYMEX WTI and Brent futures.
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CGT Fonction PubliqueFRUmbrella coordinating the CGT trade union's civil-service federations in France.
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CGTNCNChina Global Television Network, the international English-language satellite news channel of Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
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Chain Bridge BankUSBank in McLean, Virginia that lent the NRSC $20m in September 2026.
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Challenger, Gray & ChristmasUSUS outplacement firm whose monthly report is the most-watched tally of AI-attributed job cuts.
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Chamber of Deputies of MexicoMXLower house of Mexico's Congress; receives the federal revenue bills each September.
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Champions LeagueEUUEFA's premier European club competition and the benchmark for elite-level football quality.
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Chancellery of the Prime Minister of PolandPLOffice of Poland's prime minister, which published the account of the 30 July missile incident.
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Change HealthcareUnitedHealth Group health-payments business hit by ALPHV ransomware in 2024.
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Chang Guang Satellite TechnologyChina's largest commercial SAR satellite operator; first such firm sanctioned under US Iran arms EO.
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Channel 4GBUK public-service broadcaster: state-owned, commercially funded, editorially independent.
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Channel 5GBUK commercial public service broadcaster, branded 5, whose news is produced by ITN.
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CharitéDEBerlin university hospital, one of Europe's largest.
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CharterUSCharter Communications is the second-largest US cable operator, running the Spectrum brand; one of the cable companies whose household-level CTV data Fox is entering competition with via the Roku acquisition.
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Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)GBUK public finance professional body that rates local authority financial resilience.
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Chatham HouseGBUK foreign policy institute; independent source on energy security, international law, and Kremlin analysis.
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Check PointILIsraeli network-security vendor; its Remote Access VPN carried CVE-2026-50751, a CVSS 9.3 auth bypass exploited a month before the June 2026 hotfix.
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Check Point ResearchILCheck Point's threat-research division; gained C2 visibility into The Gentlemen's 1,570+ victim network.
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CHEGAPTPortuguese far-right party; held anti-immigration demonstration in Lisbon, March 2026.
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Chemistry WorldGBMonthly chemistry news magazine published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.
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CheniereUSUS largest LNG exporter; supply contracts now central to European industrial gas security.
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ChevronUSUS oil major; holds 50% of Tengizchevroil; CPC shareholder whose assets Ukraine struck on 6 April 2026.
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Chevron Technology VenturesUSCorporate venture arm of Chevron, investing in OQC's Series C as energy-sector crossover capital.
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China Construction BankCNChina's second-largest state bank by assets; historically focused on infrastructure and housing finance.
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China Manned Space Engineering OfficeCNChina's human spaceflight authority running Tiangong, Shenzhou, and the Mengzhou lunar capsule programme.
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China Ministry of Human Resources and Social SecurityCNChinese ministry that recognised 42 new AI occupations and is drafting dedicated AI employment policy.
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China State CouncilCNChina's cabinet; issued Decree No. 835 on 13 April 2026 creating a Malicious Entity List aimed at countering US secondary sanctions.
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Chinese Academy of Social SciencesChina's premier state-supervised social-sciences academy; research output tracked as semi-official Beijing policy signal.
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Chinese Equipment Development DepartmentCNChinese Central Military Commission body that runs arms procurement; US-sanctioned in 2018 over Russian arms.
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Chinese Foreign MinistryCNChina's foreign ministry, publishing Beijing's positions on Ukraine, Iran and proposed summit talks.
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Chornobyl MuseumUAKyiv museum documenting the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, holding primary artefacts and survivor testimonies.
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Christchurch Borough CouncilGBFormer Dorset borough council, abolished in April 2019 when BCP Council was created.
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ChubbCHGlobal insurance and reinsurance company, the world's largest publicly traded P&C insurer; lead underwriter of the 19 June 2026 Hormuz war-risk consortium.