Organisations
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Imam Hossein MosqueIranian mosque in Dubai; closed by UAE order targeting Iranian institutions in March 2026.
IMDA
Singapore's statutory board regulating infocomm and media; administers the 2026 data-centre capacity roadmap.
IMF PortWatchIMF-Oxford-TU Delft satellite platform tracking global shipping chokepoints; the reference data for Hormuz's slow reopening.
IMI DailyInvestment migration industry's trade publication and data platform, tracking residence-by-investment and digital nomad programmes globally.
Imperial College LondonLondon-based public research university; MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis is world-leading on outbreak modelling.
Imperva
Application security and DDoS mitigation firm owned by Thales; provides web application firewall and API security products, and publishes exploitation telemetry.
Impulse Space
US commercial space company; named on Anduril's Golden Dome Space-Based Interceptor team.
IMU Biosciences
UK immune-profiling company extracting 100m+ data points from one blood sample.
INC RansomDouble-extortion ransomware crew, active since 2023, whose leak-site operator also runs Lynx's negotiation panels.
Independent Review Board
NASA panel that investigated Orion's heat shield damage; its findings remain unpublished.
IndexBoxMarket-research provider; cited in Cuba supply-chain analysis on energy and mineral exports.
Index Ventures
Geneva-founded transatlantic VC, $15bn raised; led Granola's Series C and backed Multiverse, Ineffable Intelligence in 2026.
Indian Embassy Moscow
The Indian Embassy in Moscow is India's diplomatic mission to Russia, which confirmed the death of an Indian national at an oil-refinery construction site during Ukraine's 17 May 2026 drone barrage.
Indian Navy
India's naval force, patrolling the Indian Ocean as Iranian warships fall in its waters.
Indian Oil Corporation
India's largest state-owned oil refiner; historically dependent on Iranian crude via Hormuz.
India Ports Global (IPGL)
Indian state-owned port operator; transferred Chabahar stake to Iran 26 April as US waiver expired.
Indonesia Directorate General of Immigration
Indonesia's immigration regulator; its permit apparatus hit by a corruption scandal and leadership vacuum in June 2026.
INDOPACOM
United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), the unified combatant command responsible for all US military operations across the Indo-Pacific region.
INE
Spain's national statistics institute; publishes the twice-yearly web-scraped tourist-dwelling count used to track short-let supply.
Ineffable Intelligence
London reinforcement-learning AI lab founded 2025 by David Silver, building models that learn without human-generated training data.
Ineos
Multinational chemical group; closing European plants in 2026 citing structural energy cost disadvantage.
Infineon
German chipmaker and ESMC joint venture partner, Europe's largest automotive semiconductor firm.
Infinite Capital
Venture capital firm; co-lead investor in Mach Industries’ 2026 Series C round.
InfleqtionUS cold-atom quantum computing and sensing company; named in UK quantum strategy.
Information Commissioner's Office
UK data-protection regulator; Capita £14m fine; NCSC guidance as GDPR Article 32 standard.
Information Technology and Innovation FoundationWashington DC think tank advocating for innovation-friendly technology policy.
Infosys
Indian IT services pioneer, pivoting its business model around AI delivery.
ING
Dutch multinational banking group; its commodity analysts provided warnings on Hormuz oil supply recovery timelines during the June 2026 conflict.
Innovate UK
UK government innovation agency replacing open-competition grants with a portfolio management model from April 2026.
InoceaMarine, defence and industrial group owning Davie and Helsinki shipyards; backed Kraken's 2026 Series B.
In-Q-Tel
CIA's non-profit strategic venture arm; invested in Oxford chip startup Fractile alongside NATO fund.
INRB
DRC's national reference virology laboratory; confirmed Bundibugyo species 14 May 2026.
Inside Elections
Inside Elections is a non-partisan US election forecasting service published through Roll Call that rates House, Senate, and gubernatorial races on a nine-point scale.
Insights Global
Dutch market intelligence firm publishing the canonical PJK ARA weekly oil stocks dataset for NWE.
Instagram
Meta-owned photo and video platform; found in breach of DSA child-safety rules, April 2026.
InstaVolt
UK rapid-charging network that secured £40m of sovereign and state-bank debt in May 2026.
Institute for Fiscal Studies
UK independent economic research institute providing fiscal analysis and manifesto costings.
Institute for Government
Non-partisan UK governance think tank, analysing Parliament, Whitehall, and public administration.
Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies
Tehran-based research institute studying Iran's relations with Russia, Central Asia, and Turkey; often cited by state media.
Institute for Science and International Security
Washington non-profit; open-source satellite analysis of nuclear weapons programmes worldwide since 1993.
Institute for the Study of War
Washington think tank publishing daily open-source battlefield assessments on Ukraine and Iran conflicts since 2007.
Institute of Welsh Affairs
Welsh civil society think tank covering politics, culture, and public policy since 1987.
Instituto de Crédito Oficial
Instituto de Crédito Oficial, Spain's state lending bank providing EUR 1,100m in rehabilitation loan guarantees under the Plan Estatal de Vivienda 2026-2030.
Instituto Nacional de Migración
Mexico's federal immigration authority; administers residency visas and publishes annual fee schedules.
Institut Pasteur de DakarSenegalese vaccine research institute; conducting genomic sequencing on MV Hondius hantavirus cluster samples.
Institut Pasteur du CambodgeCambodian Pasteur Network laboratory that lab-confirms the country H5N1 human cases.
Integrity Technology Group
Beijing cybersecurity firm sanctioned by OFAC; named as operator of Raptor Train botnet for Flax Typhoon.
Intel
American chipmaker whose cancelled €30bn German fab set back EU semiconductor plans.
Intellectual Property Office
UK government executive agency for patents, trademarks and designs; DSIT-sponsored, based in Newport.
Intelligent Mail barcodesUSPS tracking codes on mail ballots used to enforce Trump's 2026 ballot distribution order.
Interfax
Russian news agency; reported March 2026 TurkStream Europe-line deliveries up 21% year-on-year.
Interim Leadership Council
Iran's constitutional stopgap body holding Supreme Leader powers after Khamenei's death.
Inter Milan
Milanese Serie A football club; 20-time Italian champion
International Business Times
US-based online business and news publication.
International Crisis Group
Brussels-based independent NGO founded 1995; produces field-based conflict prevention analysis and policy recommendations.
International Energy Agency
Paris-based OECD energy body; July OMR cut 2026 oil demand growth near 1mb/d.
International Group of P&I Clubs
The International Group of Protection and Indemnity Clubs, a London-based association of 12 mutual insurers covering approximately 90% of the world's ocean-going tonnage for third-party liabilities and war risks.
International Labour OrganisationUN labour agency whose joint World Bank study warns women face highest AI displacement risk.
International Maritime Organization
UN shipping agency coordinating the 2026 Hormuz blockade response and global autonomous-ship safety rules.
International Olympic Committee
The Lausanne-based body governing the Olympic movement, of which Gianni Infantino is a member.