nerve center

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Cyber Command – the military nerve center for cybersecurity – partnered to launch what was initially called the Russia Small Group, a task force to guard U.S. election infrastructure against Russian interference.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

Instead, the U.A.E.—the financial nerve center of the Gulf and a potent military power—is strengthening security cooperation with Israel as both states work to change the region’s strategic balance through force of arms if necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Located just 150 miles from Israel in the eastern Mediterranean, the island of Cyprus has emerged as a strategic — and exposed — nerve center in the U.S. offensive against Iran.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

She has joined dozens of other volunteers at the Dios Habla Hoy church, which has become a nerve center for locals opposing immigration raids.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

There, on the front wall of the room that served as NASA’s nerve center, was a huge lighted map of the world.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly