Maxime Marquette
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NARRATIVE: The Week Ukraine Targeted Russian Missile Factories and Their Satellites
The week of 18 to 25 June 2026 marked a decisive stage in Ukraine's deep-strike strategy. Ukraine is no longer content merely
PROFILE: The Oil Market of June 2026, Buffeted by Iran, Putin and Ukrainian Drones
June 2026 will be remembered as the month in which the global oil market simultaneously absorbed three shocks of rare magnitude. First:
EDITORIAL: Taiwan — when Chinese coast guards invent a "jurisdiction" that does not exist
On June 7, 2026, Chinese vessels launched what they called a "maritime law enforcement operation" in the waters east of Taiwan. That
COLUMN: Indium and rare earths — Beijing tightens its grip on the minerals that run the world
In June 2026, amid the noise of the Sino-American trade war over semiconductors and blacklists, a little-known metal entered the conflict: indium.
INVESTIGATION: 50,000 humanoid robots in China in 2026 — the revolution the West underestimates
Morgan Stanley has revised its deployment forecast for humanoid robots in China for 2026: 50,000 units expected, up from only 28,000 anticipated
REPORT: SMIC produces 5nm chips without EUV machines — China bypasses the West
For years, the Western strategy for containing China technologically rested on a single bet: the Chinese would not be able to produce
DECODING: Alibaba, BYD, Baidu blacklisted — Beijing retaliates with 46 U.S. firms sanctioned
Over the span of two weeks in June 2026, the Sino-American technology war crossed a new threshold. On June 8, 2026, the
ANALYSIS: Gdańsk 2026 — Ukraine between Western aid and a war that keeps striking
On June 25, 2026, the International Ukraine Reconstruction Conference was held in Gdańsk, Poland. Simultaneously, Russia continued to bombard Ukrainian territory. This
TESTIMONY: Hegseth conditions America — NATO allies must pay or lose
On June 18, 2026, in the offices of NATO headquarters in Brussels, the defense ministers of member states gathered to prepare for