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3544 entities tracked across Lowdown briefings. Page 51 of 60.

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Statistics NorwayNONorway's national statistics agency.
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StatnettNONorway's state-owned transmission system operator.
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SteelRock TechnologiesGBLondon-based British maker of NightFighter portable radio-frequency counter-drone jammers, founded 2016.
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StegraSESwedish green hydrogen and steel company developing Europe's first large-scale green steel plant at Boden, powered by 740 MW of electrolysers.
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Stehr ConsultingGBStehr Consulting is the research firm commissioned to conduct the economic analysis underlying the Lloyd's Register / NPL / NSO UK maritime-autonomy sector baseline.
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Stellar OrdnanceBEGenk-based Belgian distributor of defence and law-enforcement equipment, registered in 2023.
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StepChange Debt CharityGBUK debt advice charity, founded in Leeds in 1993 as the Consumer Credit Counselling Service.
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StepStoneUSUS private-markets investment firm; investor in CuspAI's $450m Series B alongside new state-linked backers.
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SteptoeUSInternational law firm advising on EU trade regulation and US Russia-sanctions licensing.
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St Helens Borough CouncilGBMetropolitan borough council covering St Helens.
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Stimson CentreUSWashington DC think tank; specialises in nuclear nonproliferation, international security, and arms control.
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StirlingXGBUK company, founded 2025, building a sovereign data intelligence and autonomy platform for defence and critical national infrastructure operators.
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STMicroelectronicsCHFranco-Italian chipmaker at the heart of Europe's automotive and industrial semiconductor supply.
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Stop & ShopUSUS supermarket chain owned by Ahold Delhaize.
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StortingNONorway's parliament.
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StrabagATAustrian construction group whose Russian shareholder Rasperia has its rights suspended under sanctions.
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Strategic Council on Foreign RelationsIRIranian advisory body to the Supreme Leader on foreign policy; outside the formal Foreign Ministry.
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StripeIEDublin-headquartered global payments infrastructure company; used Claude Fable 5 to complete a 50-million-line code migration in a single day.
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Stroud District CouncilGBDistrict council covering Stroud, Gloucestershire.
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Stryker CorporationUSUS medical technology company supplying surgical, neurotechnology and orthopaedic products.
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StubHubUSMajor US secondary ticket marketplace; faces legal action over undelivered 2026 World Cup tickets.
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Stuga MachineryGBStuga Machinery is a UK manufacturer posted as a victim by ransomware group INC_RANSOM on 5 June 2026.
STVGBScottish commercial broadcaster that co-broadcast the 2026 Holyrood leaders debate with BBC Scotland.
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SuaramMYSuara Rakyat Malaysia, a Malaysian human rights group founded in 1989 after Operation Lalang.
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SumarESSpain's left-wing coalition, PSOE's junior governing partner; founder Yolanda Díaz nominated to lead the ILO.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking CorporationJPOne of Japan's three megabanks.
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Sunflower State PACUSCommittee that ran ads against Roger Marshall in the 2020 Kansas Republican Senate primary.
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SupacatGBDevon specialist military vehicle maker; manufacturing partner for ARX Robotics' UK GEREON UGV production line.
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SupermicroUSUS server hardware maker for AI data centres; fiscal 2026 revenue $39bn.
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Supernova InvestVenture fund that co-led Moa Technology's Series C.
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SuperSeedGBLondon-based pre-seed VC focusing on B2B SaaS and deep-tech startups.
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Supreme Council of CyberspaceIRIran's highest internet policy authority, chaired by the President, that oversees filtering, censorship, and network architecture decisions.
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Supreme Court of CaliforniaUSCalifornia's highest court; ordered Riverside County to return seized ballots in 2026.
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Supreme Court of IndiaINIndia's highest court.
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Supreme Court of IranIRIran's highest court of appeal in civil and criminal cases.
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Supreme Court of MissouriUSMissouri's highest state court, seven justices sitting en banc, based in Jefferson City.
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Supreme Court of North CarolinaUSNorth Carolina's highest court; seven justices chosen in partisan elections for eight-year terms.
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Supreme Court of PennsylvaniaUSPennsylvania's highest court; imposed a new congressional map in 2018.
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Supreme Court of PolandPLPoland's court supervising ordinary and military judgments; ruled on housing-community short-let bans.
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Supreme Court of the United KingdomGBUnited Kingdom Supreme Court — final court of appeal for UK civil cases and English/Welsh/NI criminal cases; established 2009.
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Supreme Court of the United StatesUSUS apex court; six-week run of rulings has reshaped 2026 redistricting, ballots, and campaign finance.
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Supreme Popular CourtCuba highest court of appeal, the Tribunal Supremo Popular.
SurvationGBUK polling firm; BPC-member, known for 2017 Labour surge call and northern focus.
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Svensk KonstruktionstjanstSESwedish engineering firm and iMUGS2 consortium partner.
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Swarm Defense TechnologiesUSMichigan maker of the Kiwi one-way attack drone, a Pentagon Drone Dominance supplier.
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SWIG FinanceGBRegional fund manager delivering the South West Investment Fund.
Swiss Federal CouncilCHSwitzerland's seven-member collective executive invoking neutrality to halt US arms and airspace access.
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Switch DatacentersNLDutch data-centre developer that bought its way past a Uithoorn building ban with a heat-network deal.
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SygniaILTel Aviv-based cybersecurity firm; incident-response professional Ryan Goldberg pleaded guilty to using ALPHV/BlackCat against clients while employed there.
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SymboticUSNasdaq-listed AI warehouse robotics company; led Nyobolt's £44m Series C as strategic investor.
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SynconaGBLondon-listed investment company focused on life-sciences businesses.
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Synergy Research GroupUSTechnology market research firm specialising in hyperscale data centre capex, capacity counts, and cloud market share.
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SynopsysUSUS electronic design automation and semiconductor intellectual-property company.
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SynthesiaGBLondon synthetic-video platform; only pure AI-video vendor signing the EU marking code.
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SYPAQ SystemsAUAustralian autonomous systems company; received A$10.4M contract for Corvo Strike loitering interceptor under ASCA Mission Syracuse.
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TabnakIRIRGC-aligned Iranian Farsi news outlet; primary channel for Guard Corps policy doctrine.
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TAF IndustriesUAUkrainian drone maker producing cut-price interceptors now drawing Gulf state export orders.
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Tai Lung TradingHKHong Kong trading company OFAC designated as part of Iran's shadow-banking collection network.
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Taipei TimesTWEnglish-language daily newspaper published in Taiwan by the Liberty Times Group.
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Taiwan Legislative YuanTWTaiwan's unicameral national legislature, which passes laws and votes the national budget.