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OPEN LETTER: Mr. Pentagon, $910 Million for Ukraine Has Expired — Explain Yourself
This letter is addressed to the United States Department of Defense, to its acquisition officials, its contracting officers, its auditors, and to
TESTIMONY: Rheinmetall and Ukraine — What Tens of Thousands of Shells Say About This War
On June 30, 2026, Rheinmetall announced it had received a Ukrainian contract for the delivery of tens of thousands of 155mm artillery
ESSAY: Beijing Blacklists Japan — When Rare Earths Become a Weapon of Economic Destruction
On June 29, 2026, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) added 20 Japanese entities to its export control list for dual-use goods. An
COLUMN: Czech Republic Tears Itself Apart on Eve of Ankara — Babiš Against the Constitution
Some of the most revealing crises are also the most absurd. This one begins with a simple question: who represents the Czech
OPINION: Kaine and Cornyn Want to Bypass Bureaucracy to Deliver Shells to Ukraine
On June 29, 2026, two U.S. senators — Democrat Tim Kaine of Virginia and Republican John Cornyn of Texas — introduced a
PROFILE: How Ukraine Rewrote the United Kingdom's Military Doctrine
On June 30, 2026, just days before leaving Downing Street, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed what may prove his most enduring
DECODING: 194 Russian air defense systems destroyed — and Ukraine has no intention of slowing down
On June 29 and 30, 2026, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces published a tally that deserves to be read slowly: 194 elements of
ANALYSIS: Kim Jong Un and Russia — a military alliance threatening the West from within
According to the annual 2026 U.S. intelligence report, North Korea finds itself in its "strongest strategic position in decades." This phrase is
TESTIMONY: Julie Davis Leaves Kyiv — and Ukraine Is Left Without an American Ambassador
On June 28, 2026, U.S. chargé d'affaires in Ukraine Julie Davis officially concluded her diplomatic mission in Kyiv. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii