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TESTIMONY: Banning Social Media for Minors — The First Amendment Wall
Since 2023, an unprecedented legislative wave has swept across the United States: more than 40 states have adopted or attempted to adopt laws restricting…
COLUMN: Eurosatory 2026 — When War Industrializes Peace in Europe
From June 15 to 19, 2026, the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center was overwhelmed by 2,600 exhibitors from 68 countries, spread across more than 185,000…
COMMENTARY: EU Sanctions Against Russia Extended — Necessary, but Not Enough
On June 25, 2026, the Council of the European Union extended its economic sanctions against Russia for twelve additional months, through July 31, 2027.…
COLUMN: Australia's Social Media Ban — The Law That Did Not Deliver Its Promises
On June 24, 2026, the British Medical Journal published a study that will sting supporters of social media bans for minors. Its authors, Australian…
INVESTIGATION: Taiwan Turns Its Back on Beijing — What the Polls Really Say
Every year since 1992, the National Chengchi University in Taipei publishes its survey on the identity and political preferences of Taiwanese citizens. It is…
DECODING: Germany and Its Defense — A Giant Still Learning to Walk
It took the courage of a deputy minister to say what diplomats had been avoiding for months. Nils Schmid, parliamentary state secretary at the…
NARRATIVE: In Arizona's Food Lines, Those the Big Beautiful Bill Left Hungry
It is a Tuesday morning in Tucson, Arizona. In the hallways of a community food bank, a woman waits with her three children. Her…
EDITORIAL: Europe's Heatwave and Iran's Fossils — The West Trapped Between Fire and Oil
On June 25, 2026, as 101 million Europeans suffocated under temperatures exceeding 35°C, supertankers were cautiously resuming their route through the Strait of Hormuz…
OPINION: Roman vs JWST — Two Telescopes, Two Visions, One Reason to Look at the Stars
On August 30, 2026, a Falcon Heavy rocket from SpaceX will lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying one of the…