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REPORT: The Iran-US agreement in 14 points — Hormuz reopened, $300 billion and 60 days for the nuclear file
This is one of those moments where diplomacy accomplishes what missiles never could. Whether the agreement holds or crumbles in the weeks ahead, the…

DECODING: China exports its ethnic unity law — Taiwan and the world in its crosshairs
A law passed 2,756 to 6. Then a provision that applies outside China's borders. This is not a legislative accident. It is an architecture…

FACT-CHECK: The Russian FPV drone against Kherson civilians — what the facts establish
An FPV drone against a civilian minibus. This is not a targeting error. This is not collateral damage. That is an assertion that deserves…

OPEN LETTER: Rome takes over from London — Italy leads Ukraine's cyber defense
The Tallinn Mechanism is not a line in the NATO budget. It is a voluntary construction — countries individually deciding to contribute to something…

TESTIMONY: The Strait of Hormuz as hostage — Iran plays its survival on a maritime route
A negotiation between the United States and Iran on maritime freedom, while within Iran itself the IRGC and the pragmatists fight over who controls…

NARRATIVE: China is stealing American AI — while Washington looks the other way
A report says China is stealing more than half of America's military-civil technologies. The FBI confirms hundreds of billions in annual losses. And the…

OPINION: Crimea goes dark — substations on fire and the fortress island that is cracking
I look at these satellite images and I think about what Putin sold when he annexed Crimea in 2014: an eternal victory, a strategic…

EDITORIAL: LinkedIn as a battlefield — China is recruiting spies from your network, right now
What strikes me about this operation is its brutal elegance. No complex hacking. No high-risk undercover agent. Just a job posting on a platform…

FACT-CHECK: Did Ukraine's IT Army really pivot toward Russian military targets?
I want to begin with a warning I apply to myself: it is easy to glorify the IT Army because it is fighting for…