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EDITORIAL: China, the Top Threat: Taiwan Is Our Front Line
EU High Representative Kaja Kallas's confirmation that China is training Russian soldiers in demining and drone operations is not a minor news item. It…
DECODING: The Deep-Strike Campaign by the Numbers: 28 Oil Strikes in June
On June 27, 2026, Ukraine struck the Vtorovo pumping station for the second time — a critical node in Russia's oil infrastructure. This is…
ANALYSIS: Russia's War Economy: Exhausted but Not Broken
One of the most underestimated resilience factors in Russia's war economy is the industrial mobilization underway since 2022. Russia has placed virtually its entire…
REPORT: Taiwan in the Vise: Drills, Incursions, and Fraying Nerves
One of the most alarming findings in an analysis by the Modern Diplomacy Research Center published on June 24, 2026 concerns the evolution of…
COMMENTARY: The Frozen Oil Cap: The Price War Gets Harder
The Western sanctions system has a gaping flaw: it only applies to nationals and companies from the countries that adopted it. Turkey, India, and…
ANALYSIS: Zelensky's Peace Window: Winter 2026 as the Deadline
There is a date lodged in Volodymyr Zelensky's mind ever since Ukrainian forces regained the initiative on the front in December 2025: next winter.…
DECODING: The PURL Mechanism: NATO Finances the Skies Over Kyiv
Behind the nights over Kyiv torn open by Russian drones, behind the interceptions of ballistic missiles above Ukrainian cities, lies a discreet mechanism that…
OPINION: Russia's economy backed into a corner, according to Zelensky's adviser
An economic adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky declared in a statement reported by Ukrainian media in June 2026 that the Russian economy has "reached a…
ANALYSIS: Refineries offline: Kyiv dries up the fuel of the war
Vladimir Putin's war machine runs on oil. Not metaphorically — literally. Oil and gas revenues accounted for an estimated 40 to 50 percent of…