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ANALYSIS: Hormuz, the strait that shakes the world: decoding the US-Iran $300-billion deal
The Strait of Hormuz. Twenty-one kilometres at its narrowest point. Two two-mile-wide shipping lanes. And yet this tiny passage between Iran and Oman represents…
COMMENTARY: Europe warns Beijing on Taiwan: a genuine wake-up call, or an empty word without follow-through?
On June 24, 2026, according to a report by Yahoo News, the major European powers issued a rare and explicit warning to the People's…
INVESTIGATION: Maritime quarantine: Taiwan's simulation that exposes Beijing's real blockade strategy
In June 2026, Taiwan conducted a tabletop exercise reconstructing precisely the scenario it fears most: a maritime quarantine imposed by Chinese forces. According to…
REPORT: RIMPAC and Valiant Shield: as the Pacific bristles with warships in China's shadow
Since June 22, 2026, two of the world's most important military exercises have been unfolding simultaneously in the Pacific. RIMPAC 2026 — acronym for…
DECODING: Tanks in the Streets of Taipei: the Five-Day Exercise Preparing the Island for the Unthinkable
Since June 22, 2026, Taiwan has transformed its urban arteries into combat corridors. Tanks, armored vehicles, columns of soldiers in combat gear have patrolled…
ANALYSIS: The 1260H list — how Beijing retaliates against Washington and arms the economic war for Taiwan
There are administrative documents that resemble declarations of war. The so-called "1260H list" — an inventory of companies designated by the U.S. Department of…
EDITORIAL: Zelensky extends a hand, Putin spits on it — diplomacy against the wall of Russian contempt
There is a fundamental asymmetry in the diplomacy surrounding the war in Ukraine that should provoke far more outrage than it does. On one…
COMMENTARY: Nine thousand five hundred returned — the only channel that still holds between Kyiv and Moscow
There is something almost incomprehensible, and yet real, about the following situation: Russia and Ukraine have been in total war for more than four…
REPORT: One hundred and sixty faces — the 76th prisoner exchange and the dignity Russia cannot steal
On Friday, June 26, 2026, somewhere at the border between two worlds at war, one hundred and sixty people crossed a threshold separating their…