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INVESTIGATION: After Maduro, Will Cuban and Russian Tentacles in Venezuela Hold?
When American special forces extracted Nicolas Maduro from Caracas in the early hours of January 3, 2026, many believed it signaled a clean break…
OPINION: Madyar Counted the Bodies — 53 Russians Dead for 3 Ukrainians Every Day at Kostyantynivka
On June 23, 2026, the deputy commander of the Ukrainian 19th Army Corps, Colonel Yuriy Madyar, delivered a figure that would have seemed implausible…
FACT-CHECK: Iran and Oman — Verifying the Geography of Diplomatic Complicity
Asserting that Oman is the indispensable diplomatic channel for any mediation with Iran has become a commonplace of Middle Eastern geopolitical analysis. But commonplaces…
COLUMN: Trump's Trade War — A 150-Day Clock, and Then the Supreme Court?
June 26, 2026 will go down in the annals of American international trade. That day, the United States Supreme Court struck down the Trump…
DECODING: China Pulls Its Platform — the Art of the Tactical Retreat in the South China Sea
In June 2026, the Philippines observed something unusual in the disputed waters around Scarborough Shoal: a Chinese floating platform of roughly 300 square feet,…
NARRATIVE: Lethal Autonomous Drones — Five Countries, a $55 Billion Market Reshaping Global Warfare
They fly at low altitude, identify their targets through artificial intelligence, and strike without a human pilot pressing a button. Lethal autonomous drones are…
COMMENTARY: Rubio "Frankly" — When American Blunt Diplomacy Rattles the Persian Gulf
Marco Rubio arrived in the Persian Gulf on June 24, 2026 with a clear mission, cutting rhetoric, and apparently little patience for the habitual…
DECODING: Rutte and the Ankara Billions — What a Summit-Signed Contract Is Actually Worth
On June 26, 2026, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte launched a thundering promise from the podium of the Atlantic Council in Washington: tens of…
PROFILE: Kim Jong-un Under Fire — On June 25, He Is Not Commemorating, He Is Threatening
Seventy-six years ago, on June 25, 1950, North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel to launch the Korean War — a conflict that would…