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TESTIMONY: Golden Dome, $350 Billion — the Shield That Divides America
On June 24, 2026, the Pentagon disclosed to a Congress already saturated by budget debates its spending plan for the first tranche
OPEN LETTER: Anthropic Cut Off, China Advances — AI Is Now a Cold War Weapon
I am writing to you from June 2026, the month when it became impossible to talk about artificial intelligence without talking about
FACT-CHECK: Kyiv's Lavra Burned by Russia — 19 Heritage Sites Destroyed, the Evidence
In the night of 14 to 15 June 2026, a Russiandrone of the Geran-2 type struck the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk
ESSAY: Alpha SBU, 32 Years of Secret War — 649 Russian Air Defence Systems Destroyed
On 23 June 2026, the Alpha Special Operations Centre of the SBU — Ukraine's Security Service — celebrated its 32nd anniversary. In
NARRATIVE: The Week Ukraine Targeted Russian Missile Factories and Their Satellites
The week of 18 to 25 June 2026 marked a decisive stage in Ukraine's deep-strike strategy. Ukraine is no longer content merely
PROFILE: The Oil Market of June 2026, Buffeted by Iran, Putin and Ukrainian Drones
June 2026 will be remembered as the month in which the global oil market simultaneously absorbed three shocks of rare magnitude. First:
EDITORIAL: Taiwan — when Chinese coast guards invent a "jurisdiction" that does not exist
On June 7, 2026, Chinese vessels launched what they called a "maritime law enforcement operation" in the waters east of Taiwan. That
COLUMN: Indium and rare earths — Beijing tightens its grip on the minerals that run the world
In June 2026, amid the noise of the Sino-American trade war over semiconductors and blacklists, a little-known metal entered the conflict: indium.
INVESTIGATION: 50,000 humanoid robots in China in 2026 — the revolution the West underestimates
Morgan Stanley has revised its deployment forecast for humanoid robots in China for 2026: 50,000 units expected, up from only 28,000 anticipated