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ANALYSIS: Kostyantynivka, 53 versus 3 — what Madyar's data reveals about the war
On June 23, 2026, Yuriy Madyar, deputy commander of Ukraine's 19th Army Corps, published data that military analysts immediately described as among the most…
INVESTIGATION: Iran on the Strait of Hormuz — the silent maneuver changing the Gulf
It measures barely 39 kilometers at its narrowest point. Every day, before the war struck, roughly 20% of the world's oil supply passed through…
ANALYSIS: Trump pulls the 100% tariff on digital taxes — Europe in the crosshairs
On Friday, June 26, 2026, late in the afternoon, Donald Trump published a message on Truth Social that immediately rattled chancelleries across the Old…
COLUMN: Beijing-Washington, the great paradox — negotiating a tariff peace while Trump threatens 100%
Within the space of less than forty-eight hours, the world's two largest economies sent two perfectly contradictory signals about the state of their trade…
DECODING: AUKUS tests drone swarms — the revolution redefining warfare in the Indo-Pacific
In June 2026, on the wet expanses of Salisbury Plain in England, Australian, American, and British soldiers put into action what may well represent…
ESSAY: The theology of security — how Israel justifies its "zone" empire with no withdrawal horizon
On June 25, 2026, at an officers' promotion ceremony in the Negev, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz made statements…
ANALYSIS: Rheinmetall in freefall — when Germany penalizes its own military ambitions
June 24, 2026 will go down in European defense stock market history as one of the most catastrophic sessions an industrial sector champion has…
PROFILE: Kim Jong Un, stage manager of the apocalypse — the man who makes war a national holiday
Some dates in North Korea are never mere commemorations. June 25 is one of them. It marks the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of…
ANALYSIS: Belarusian signal repeaters, Moscow's secret weapon against western Ukraine
On June 19, 2026, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke the words no one had yet dared put so plainly since the start of the…