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INVESTIGATION: Rutte Plays the Trump Card — 195,000 American Jobs and NATO Under Pressure Before Ankara
A NATO chief translating Atlantic solidarity into American jobs — I wish he hadn't had to. But we live in the real world, and…
COMMENTARY: The CRINK Axis on Patrol — When Beijing and Moscow Test the Free World's Nerves
Eleven patrols in seven years. Chinese diplomatic rhetoric speaks of "neutrality" — but one does not conduct eleven joint military demonstrations of force with…
EDITORIAL: Gdańsk 2026 — 160 Agreements and €10 Billion, but the War Still Burns
I acknowledge that there is something absurd about commenting from the outside on a conference aimed at rebuilding a country fighting for its existence.…
REPORT: A Russian Ka-52 Shot Down on July 2, 2026 — 353 Helicopters Lost, a Toll That Does Not Lie
I look at this figure of 353 helicopters and I think about what it represents in human and industrial terms. Rebuilding 353 modern helicopters…
DECODING: The UK Cuts Its Destroyers for £5 Billion in Drones — Thanks, Ukraine
There is a painful irony in this story: Ukraine is teaching the West how to fight, after the West spent years refusing to supply…
ANALYSIS: Four Autonomous Drones to Watch Over Scarborough — Washington Against Beijing in the South China Sea
I am struck by the precision of the American response. Two weeks after China installed a floating platform at Scarborough, Washington delivers four autonomous…
FACT-CHECK: What Ukraine's arms export mechanism actually says — and what it does not
It is tempting, faced with an announcement this symbolically powerful, to be swept along by the enthusiasm. But journalistic rigor demands precisely that one…
OPEN LETTER: Vladimir, your bridges are falling — and your logistics empire with them
I will admit it: writing an open letter to Putin may seem theatrical. But sometimes direct address is the only format that does justice…
TESTIMONY: 18 Months of Russian Drones Over European Nuclear Sites — The Kremlin's Espionage Unmasked
I cannot testify to having seen these drones. Nobody I know has seen them either — and that is precisely the problem. An 18-month…