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OPINION: Poland sounds the alarm — prepare for escalation
On June 26, 2026, at the conclusion of the Eastern Flank Summit in Gdansk, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk delivered words that should have…
DECODING: Zelensky cuts the Belarusian relays: the strike that worked
On June 24, 2026, Volodymyr Zelensky announced at a press conference a development few had expected: the relay stations installed by Russia on Belarusian…
ANALYSIS: Hybrid warfare: the new face of the Russian threat to NATO
Hybrid warfare is not a Russian invention — but Russia has made it its preferred art form. It is a mode of conflict that…
COMMENTARY: Latvia on alert: Russian provocation brewing in the shadows
On June 22, 2026, Latvia's Bureau for the Protection of the Constitution — the country's domestic intelligence service — took an unusual decision: it…
DECODING: Hegseth conditions US troops: the Eastern Flank held hostage
On June 18, 2026, in the conference room at NATO headquarters in Brussels, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a speech that confronted European…
OPINION: "If Russia attacks": the American doubt that chills Europe
In the corridors of European defense ministries, in the briefing rooms of NATO headquarters, one question has been haunting planners for months. It is…
EDITORIAL: 5% of GDP: Europe finally pays the price of its own security
For three decades, Europe enjoyed an extraordinary luxury: allowing itself to be protected by the United States while spending the minimum on its own…
COMMENTARY: Putin extends the embargo through 2027: a sword stroke in the water
On June 26, 2026, Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree extending Russia's ban on selling oil to buyers that apply the G7 price cap…
OPINION: Moscow Rations Gasoline — the War Comes Home
There is an image that says everything about the state of Russia in June 2026: Moscow motorists queuing at gas stations to buy a…