Maxime Marquette
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COMMENTARY: Ukraine is burning Russia's refineries — Moscow imports its fuel and rations 25 regions
On June 30, 2026, Ukrainian energy analyst Mykhailo Honchar, president of the Centre for Global Studies "Strategy XXI," published in ZN.UA an
EDITORIAL: Macron, July 13, and Europe finally reclaiming its place on Ukraine
On June 24, 2026 in Berlin, something happened that deserves to be named for what it is: a moment of European geopolitical
REPORT: 90% of Russian missiles carry Japanese parts — Kyiv demands Tokyo close the gap
On June 30, 2026, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, Ukraine's presidential commissioner for sanctions, revealed through the Japanese outlet 47News citing Kyodo News a damning
DECODING: US-Iran crossfire around Hormuz — a ceasefire on the edge of the abyss
On June 18, 2026, Donald Trump and Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian signed a pact officially ending the war on all fronts. The
ANALYSIS: Qualcomm and Nvidia in China — the semiconductor war plays the edges of the rulebook
In late June 2026, a new map of the Sino-American tech war emerged in outline. Qualcomm announced at its investor day on
FACT-CHECK: Beijing calls for peace in Ukraine — what Xi Jinping's facade diplomacy conceals
On June 30, 2026, Sun Lei, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, takes the floor at the Security Council.
OPEN LETTER: Seven railway crossings closed — Russia tightens its grip on its NATO neighbors
Effective July 1, 2026, Russia has closed seven railway border crossings with its NATO member neighbors. The decree was signed by Prime
TESTIMONY: What China is preparing after Kim Jong-un — and why the West must worry
There are questions that Western capitals avoid asking aloud because the answer is too destabilizing. The succession of power in North Korea
NARRATIVE: China arms itself with a legal arsenal to surveil global supply chains
In the span of a few weeks across the spring and summer of 2026, China enacted and put into force a legislative