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NARRATIVE: Pyongyang Tests Its Weapons on June 25 — The Date as a Declaration of Intent
There are coincidences, and there is Pyongyang. In Kim Jong Un's dictatorship, nothing happens by chance — not the images distributed by KCNA, not…
INVESTIGATION: Trump, Tariffs and the Courts — The White House Seeks an Elusive Legal Basis
In less than four months, two top-tier American courts invalidated the legal foundations of Donald Trump's trade tariffs. On February 20, 2026, the U.S.…
FACT-CHECK: The EU-USA Trade Deal, Torpedoed in 48 Hours by Trump?
On Thursday June 25, 2026, the member states of the European Union gave their final green light to the trade agreement concluded with Washington.…
ESSAY: DeepSeek V4, Open Source as a Geopolitical Weapon
On April 24, 2026, DeepSeek released on Hugging Face two models under an MIT license: DeepSeek V4-Pro, a Mixture-of-Experts architecture with 1.6 trillion total…
OPINION: Morocco in Gaza — What One Arab Country Can Do Alone
On June 24, 2026, Moroccan military officers landed in Israel to join the command of the International Stabilization Force (ISF) stationed at the Kiryat…
PROFILE: Lavrov, the Indestructible — Rigidity as a Diplomatic Weapon
Sergei Lavrov entered the grand history of international diplomacy on March 9, 2004, when Vladimir Putin appointed him Minister of Foreign Affairs of the…
ANALYSIS: Trump and the 100% Digital Tariff — Sabotaging a Deal in 24 Hours
On June 25, 2026, the member states of the European Union gave their final approval to the EU-United States trade agreement negotiated a year…
DECODING: China's Real Estate Crisis Fractures the Global Economy
On June 16, 2026, China released its economic data for May: retail sales fell 0.6% year-on-year — the first decline since December 2022, when…
COMMENTARY: The Trump-Iran Deal — A "Peace" Without Missiles or Militias That Looks Like Surrender
On June 17, 2026, the United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) intended to end the war that Washington and Tel…