Drone war, stablecoins, AI, rare earths, and the 2027 cliffs are not separate stories. They are the first visible surfaces of a sovereignty stack being rebuilt around verification, autonomy, components, and protocol control.
By Shanaka Anslem Perera and Veron Ken Wickramasinghe
11th May 2026
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