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ANALYSIS: Post-Maduro Venezuela — Washington's Colossal Challenge of Stabilizing a Collapsed Petro-State
On January 3, 2026, US special forces conducted a raid on Caracas and captured Nicolás Maduro, ending more than two decades of authoritarian Chavism.…
OPINION: Israel on Three Fronts — Netanyahu and the Doctrine of Endless Occupation
On June 25, 2026, during a graduation ceremony for combat officers in southern Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a line that reads like…
DECODING: €250 Billion More in Defense — Europe and Canada Respond to Trump With Their Wallets
On June 24, 2026, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte went to the Oval Office to meet President Donald Trump. In his hands, a carefully…
ANALYSIS: North Korean Destroyer, Missiles, Drones — Kim Jong-un Rewrites the Threat in Northeast Asia
Over the course of a few days in June 2026, North Korea staged several demonstrations of force that deserve to be analyzed together, because…
ESSAY: €45 Billion for Ukraine — Europe Pays Its Moral and Strategic Debt
The city of Gdańsk, symbol of Polish resistance against oppression, birthplace of Solidarity — this choice of venue for the Ukraine Reconstruction Conference of…
ANALYSIS: Lebanon, Israel, and the Regular Army — The Fragile Gamble of an American Framework Agreement
From June 23 to 26, 2026, Israeli, Lebanese, and American negotiators gathered in Washington, then the teams worked remotely during an unplanned fifth day…
COLUMN: Trump, Tariffs, and the Constitution — When the Supreme Court Reminds Everyone Who Runs America
On February 20, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued one of the most important economic decisions of the decade: the "reciprocal" tariffs imposed…
ANALYSIS: AUKUS Deploys Its Drone Swarms — the Indo-Pacific Enters the Age of Autonomous Warfare
There were no official cameras, no high-profile press conferences. On the grassy plains of Salisbury Plain, in England, Australian, American, and British soldiers flew…
EDITORIAL: The $55 Billion Autonomous Drone Revolution — the West Must Win or Lose Everything
The figure is staggering: $55 billion by 2032. That is the projected size of the global autonomous defense drone market — some independent analyses…