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OPINION: 527 Flights Cancelled in Moscow — For Once, Russia Is Experiencing Its Own War
On June 18, 2026, Moscow residents woke up to explosions in the sky and drones being filmed above the boulevards. The four airports of…
COLUMN: The US-Iran Deal — Khamenei Plays for Time, Trump Plays Poker
On June 17, 2026, in the golden light of the Château de Versailles, Donald Trump physically affixed his signature to a 14-point memorandum of…
EDITORIAL: Europe Is Funding Ukraine at €45 Billion — and Should Be Proud, Not Ashamed
On June 22, 2026, at a joint meeting of the European Parliament's committees on international trade, security and defense, and the budget, the representative…
OPEN LETTER: To the Permanent Court of Arbitration — Your 2016 Verdict Is Dead, and Beijing Killed It
On July 12, 2026, it will be the tenth anniversary of your verdict. Ten years since the Permanent Court of Arbitration issued, in the…
ESSAY: Kim Jong Un's Exponential Escalation — Pyongyang Caught Democracies Off Guard
For twenty years, the international community treated North Korea as a manageable problem — a dangerous but peripheral curiosity, a miserable regime that would…
DECODING: Trump Threatens, Trump Negotiates — The Gears of a Diplomacy Where Fear Is the Fuel
During the week of June 22, 2026, the world watched a performance that encapsulates the entire diplomatic doctrine of the 47th President of the…
OPINION: $55 Billion for Machines That Kill Alone — Welcome to Faceless War
At Eurosatory 2026, the world's largest land defence and security trade show, arms companies proudly displayed their latest creations. Among them, one trend dominates…
PROFILE: Netanyahu, the Man Who Says No — and the Diplomatic Options Shrinking in Gaza
During a commissioning ceremony for combat officers in southern Israel, on June 25, 2026, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke words that went directly against…
INVESTIGATION: Rheinmetall, KNDS and the Broken Mirror of European Rearmament — Behind the Billions, the Flaws
After February 24, 2022, there was a conviction shared across financial markets and European chancelleries: the continent's defence industries were about to experience their…