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NARRATIVE: The $14 billion on hold — how Trump turned Taiwan's weapons into a bargaining chip
Fourteen billion dollars in weapons turned into a "bargaining chip." If anyone still doubts how Trump conceives of alliances, that phrase should be enough…
COLUMN: One more year — the EU extends its sanctions against Russia through July 2027
Economic sanctions do not win wars on their own. But they deprive the adversary of resources, complicate its military imports, and impose a political…
OPINION: Kostiantynivka, the fortress that holds — but for how much longer?
There is something vertiginous about looking at a map and understanding that the survival of a city of 70,000 — reduced to 2,000 souls…
PROFILE: Dubna, second strike — Ukraine dismantles Russia's military space constellation
When Zelensky says "long-range sanctions," he is choosing his words with precision. This is not a metaphor — it is a doctrine. Ukraine is…
INVESTIGATION: The Hornet drone forces Russia to build a five-layer defense
What Ukrainian engineers accomplished with the Hornet exemplifies what the war in Ukraine has produced at its best: local solutions, adapted to real threats,…
ANALYSIS: The 2026 Russian offensive — 16 times slower, 19 times more costly per kilometer conquered
You can debate the ISW methodology's margins of error. You cannot reasonably claim that going from 16 km² per day to 1 km² per…
FACT-CHECK: The Ukrainian strike on Rubin — what is proven, what is overstated
There is a necessary discipline when covering military strikes of this nature: begin with what is visible and confirmed, not with what is most…
OPEN LETTER: MOBIDIK — the Ukrainian naval drone that changes the rules of war in the Black Sea
I have a deep admiration for Ukraine's capacity to innovate under the most extreme constraints imaginable. No surface navy, no aircraft carriers, coastlines partially…
COLUMN: Zelensky cuts Belarus drone relays — the most silent of victories
What strikes me about this episode is the economy of means. Zelensky did not fire a missile. He asked a public question, set a…