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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.…
COMMENTARY: Nine thousand five hundred freed: the last channel between Kyiv and Moscow
More than 9,500 Ukrainians freed since 2022. 76 exchanges completed. The latest, on June 26, 2026, saw 160 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians return home.…
REPORT: One hundred and sixty returned: the 76th Kyiv–Moscow prisoner exchange
In the relentless flow of war news, certain events deserve a pause. On June 26, 2026, Ukraine and Russia completed their 76th prisoner of…
ANALYSIS: Anchorage, Istanbul, MFA: the Kremlin's three maximalist mantras
There is a constant in Vladimir Putin's diplomacy since the start of the full-scale war: the objectives have never changed, only the vocabulary adapts…
DECODING: Istanbul 2022: why Putin's peace is capitulation
On June 23, 2026, Vladimir Putin declared that Russia was "ready to negotiate" with Ukraine — on the basis of the Istanbul agreements of…
REPORT: Russian regions in debt: the hidden cost of Putin's war
Since 2022, the Kremlin's official narrative has not shifted an inch: the Russian economy is robust, Western sanctions are a failure, Russia is doing…