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NARRATIVE: Brussels, June 18-19, 2026 — Two Days to Decide the Europe That Is Coming
There are summits where leaders arrive to confirm what has already been decided. And there are summits where they arrive because the world outside…
INVESTIGATION: LineShine — How China Reclaimed the Top of Global Computing Despite Sanctions
On June 24, 2026, the 67th edition of the TOP500 ranking — the biannual list of the 500 most powerful computing systems in the…
ESSAY: 1,569 Days — What the Length of Ukraine's War Tells Us About European Civilization
On June 11, 2026, journalist Constant Méheut of the New York Times wrote it plainly: the war in Ukraine has officially lasted longer than…
ANALYSIS: Trump, the Supreme Court and the Digital Tax — 100% Tariffs, But Under What Authority?
On February 20, 2026, the United States Supreme Court handed down a ruling that changed the rules of global trade. In a landmark decision,…
OPINION: 500,000 Pixel Warriors — Seoul Answers Kim Jong-un with a Drone Army
On Friday, June 26, 2026, the South Korean Ministry of Defense announced a plan that would read like a video game premise if its…
COLUMN: Iran-USA in Lucerne — Four Working Groups to Defuse a Century of Mutual Distrust
There is something irreducibly banal — and extraordinary — about the image of American and Iranian technicians sitting around a table in Switzerland to…
EDITORIAL: The Lebanon-Israel Deal — A "Beginning of the Beginning" or Peace Without Hezbollah
On June 26, 2026, surrounded by Lebanese and Israeli representatives in the hushed corridors of the State Department, Marco Rubio announced what he called…
TESTIMONY: Zelensky vs. Lukashenko — One Week to Silence the Death Relays
On June 19, 2026, Volodymyr Zelensky stood before journalists and spoke simple, direct words that rang like an indirect declaration of war against Alexander…
DECODING: Xi Jinping Weaves His Web — China's Diplomatic Encirclement of the West via Middle Powers
Since the start of 2026, Xi Jinping has received more than a dozen heads of state and government in Beijing. Presidents, prime ministers, leaders…