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EDITORIAL: Three hundred billion for Iran: the price of a false victory
300 billion dollars. That is the figure that circulated in dispatches of June 23, 2026 concerning the framework of the US-Iran agreement — the…
COMMENTARY: Nuclear inspections: the opposing narratives of Vance and Tehran
On June 23, 2026, the day after the first day of nuclear talks in Switzerland, something predictable yet revealing occurred: the American and Iranian…
DECODING: Sixty days to seal it all: the U.S.-Iran road map
On June 21, 2026, the mediators involved in U.S.-Iran talks announced that both parties had accepted a road map aimed at reaching a final…
COMMENTARY: Europe warns Beijing on Taiwan: awakening or empty words?
On June 24, 2026, several major European powers jointly issued a warning about the threat China poses to Taiwan. This is rare. It is…
OPINION: Maritime quarantine: China's real blockade strategy
They call it a «maritime quarantine». It is the polite term, the diplomatic term, the term that allows China to apply suffocating pressure on…
REPORT: RIMPAC and Valiant Shield: the Pacific bristles against Beijing
In this month of June 2026, the Pacific vibrates with a tension that is no longer abstract. RIMPAC 2026 — the world's largest naval…
DECODING: Tanks in Taipei: the five-day exercise preparing for the unthinkable
Military tanks patrolling the streets of Taipei. To an uninformed observer, the image might evoke a coup d'état or an occupation. In reality, it…
ANALYSIS: The 1260H list: how Beijing is arming the economic war for Taiwan
On June 26, 2026, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) published its update on the China-Taiwan situation with information of considerable strategic…
OPINION: Zelensky reaches out, Putin spits: the diplomacy of contempt
Volodymyr Zelensky has said he wants peace. He has said it hundreds of times, since the start of the large-scale war in February 2022.…