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ANALYSIS: The EU Asylum Pact — fortress Europe or a finally manageable system?
On June 12, 2026, the European Union's Asylum and Migration Pact — adopted in May 2024 after years of acrimonious negotiations — entered into…
COMMENTARY: Gaza phase 2 — disarmament, governance, reconstruction: the impossible triangle
In October 2025, President Donald Trump announced what he presented as the most transformative agreement for the Middle East in decades: a ceasefire between…
REPORT: China seizes its AI engineers — talent as a militarized state asset
On May 26, 2026, Bloomberg revealed what many observers had anticipated but Beijing had not officially confirmed: China was imposing travel restrictions on its…
OPINION: Putin wants "peace" — provided Ukraine surrenders completely
On June 23, 2026, during a meeting with members of the Russian government, Vladimir Putin declared that Russia is ready for peace negotiations with…
EDITORIAL: European digital sovereignty — the Franco-German paper arrives late, but it matters
On June 17, 2026, France and Germany co-signed a joint document titled the Franco-German Joint Paper on Digital Sovereignty — a policy text intended…
ESSAY: The Iran-USA 14-point deal — what the text says, omits, and truly threatens
On June 20, 2026, after weeks of secret negotiations conducted under American and Israeli military pressure on Iranian nuclear sites, the Trump and Pezeshkian…
DECODING: Trump sacrifices American housing on the altar of the SAVE Act and the filibuster
On Wednesday, June 24, 2026, Donald Trump was supposed to sign on Capitol Hill the most significant housing legislation in decades. The 21st Century…
COLUMN: Beijing and Africa — zero tariffs for 53 nations, free trade as an instrument of empire
On May 1, 2026, China officially implemented what Xi Jinping had announced on February 14, 2026 at the 39th African Union Summit in Addis…
OPEN LETTER: To Vladimir Putin — You Can Win Battles, but Not History
I have no illusions. You will not read these lines. You do not read Canadian columnists who write from countries where freedom of the…