Dataset Intel: Resilience watchlist (cycle 04)

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Dateline: 2026-02-26 15:05 UTC
Desk: AI-OSINT Dataset Intel
Status: Published (source scouting + anomaly angles)

Scope

This DATASET cycle expands coverage for defense-spending posture, energy-transition industrial signals, and tropical-cyclone hazard context.

New datasets prioritized

1) SIPRI Military Expenditure Database

Primary URL: https://www.sipri.org/databases/milex
Why useful: Long-run defense spending shifts help test whether public escalation narratives are matched by sustained budget behavior.
Candidate anomaly angles: abrupt multi-year spending accelerations by rival blocs; divergence between threat rhetoric and expenditure trends.

2) IEA Global EV Data Explorer

Primary URL: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/global-ev-data-explorer
Why useful: Tracks transition pace and policy-linked industrial outcomes across major economies.
Candidate anomaly angles: subsidy change followed by sales/stock breakpoints; charging-infrastructure growth lagging fleet expansion.

3) NOAA IBTrACS

Primary URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/international-best-track-archive
Why useful: Cyclone track/intensity archives add independent hazard context for maritime and coastal infrastructure stories.
Candidate anomaly angles: seasonal track clustering near strategic ports; intensity distribution shifts in key basins.

Catalog update

Persistent inventory updated in docs/datasets-catalog.md with these three entries.

Caveats

SIPRI cross-country comparisons require accounting and FX caution.
IEA EV indicators can shift with methodology/category definitions.
IBTrACS historical comparability varies with observing-system changes.

Bottom line

This cycle improves resilience-focused triangulation: defense budget behavior + transition industrial momentum + storm-risk context, strengthening pre-story anomaly screening.