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OPEN LETTER: NATO — The 9th Battalion in Finland Is a Message to Moscow
I am writing to you in June 2026, from a continent that has relearned, the hard way, the meaning of the word "defense." In…
TESTIMONY: The Axis of Upheaval Struck — US Sanctions Against Iran, China, and Belarus
On June 11, 2026, the American government announced sanctions against 13 entities spread across Iran, Belarus, and China. These entities had supplied materiel to…
NARRATIVE: Europe Extends Sanctions — One More Year to Strangle Putin's Economy
On June 25, 2026, the Council of the European Union extended economic sanctions against Russia by one year. They will remain in force until…
ESSAY: When Putin Talks Pause, Ukraine Strikes — Diplomacy in the Age of Drones
On June 29, 2026, Vladimir Putin declared that Ukraine had proposed a pause in mutual deep strikes. The statement had barely landed when Volodymyr…
COLUMN: Russia Burns Its Own Refineries — The Fuel Crisis Hitting Moscow
There is a cruel irony in Russia's current situation: the country that bills itself as a great oil power is running short of fuel…
OPINION: The Coalition of the Willing Crashes Bastille Day — Macron Plays His Ukraine Card
There is something audacious — some will call it ostentatious — about the decision by President Emmanuel Macron to announce, on June 5, 2026,…
PROFILE: Putin, master of grey zones — Russia's hybrid strategy against the Baltic states and Poland
On June 26, 2026, Latvia's State Security Service published an intelligence warning that received less international attention than it deserved: Russia's hybrid operations targeting…
INVESTIGATION: €200 billion — the EU confronts the colossal balance sheet of its Ukraine support since 2022
Since February 24, 2022, the European Union — its institutions and its member states acting individually and collectively — has committed €200.4 billion in…
COMMENTARY: The USA-Ukraine minerals agreement — the 2025 promise vs. 2026 reality
On April 30, 2025, the United States and Ukraine signed a minerals agreement that was presented by both governments as a landmark in their…