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DECODING: Russian provocation in the Baltics — the scenario NATO dreads
For months, this possibility had been circulating in the hallways of Western defense ministries — whispered, never officially stated, for fear of rattling markets…
REPORT: Gdansk Declaration — the Eastern Flank draws its own iron line
There is something deliberately symbolic about the choice of Gdansk. It is where the Second World War began, where Solidarność lit the fuse that…
ANALYSIS: Quadrupling shells — the West's industrial lag laid bare
When NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, General Christopher Stringer, publicly calls for a fourfold increase in 155mm shell production ahead of the Ankara summit…
EDITORIAL: Hegseth's six-month review — the blackmail fracturing the alliance
Some announcements change the climate of an alliance. One of them came before the Ankara summit: Pete Hegseth, the American Secretary of Defense in…
COMMENTARY: Tens of billions in contracts — Ankara, where defense became industry
On June 25, 2026, during a conversation at the Atlantic Council, Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General, announced that the Ankara summit on July 7…
OPINION: Is Trump abandoning us? The fear haunting NATO's eastern flank
In the diplomatic corridors of Tallinn, Riga, Warsaw, and Vilnius, there is a question everyone asks in private and no one wants to put…
DECODING: Five percent of GDP — the figure redefining Western defense
Ten years ago, discussions about defense spending within NATO revolved around a target that the majority of members were not meeting: 2% of GDP.…
REPORT: Kapotnya, again — Moscow's refinery struck twice in one week
Before 2024, the Kapotnya district was known to Muscovites mainly as a peripheral industrial zone — the place where the smell of fuel lingers,…
COMMENTARY: Forty days of strikes — the pressure operation Zelensky launched
On June 26, 2026, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly announced a 40-day pressure operation targeting Russian logistics and military infrastructure. This is not a…