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REPORT: SMIC produces 5nm chips without EUV machines — China bypasses the West
For years, the Western strategy for containing China technologically rested on a single bet: the Chinese would not be able to produce
DECODING: Alibaba, BYD, Baidu blacklisted — Beijing retaliates with 46 U.S. firms sanctioned
Over the span of two weeks in June 2026, the Sino-American technology war crossed a new threshold. On June 8, 2026, the
ANALYSIS: Gdańsk 2026 — Ukraine between Western aid and a war that keeps striking
On June 25, 2026, the International Ukraine Reconstruction Conference was held in Gdańsk, Poland. Simultaneously, Russia continued to bombard Ukrainian territory. This
TESTIMONY: Hegseth conditions America — NATO allies must pay or lose
On June 18, 2026, in the offices of NATO headquarters in Brussels, the defense ministers of member states gathered to prepare for
OPEN LETTER: To the Europe that finally sends its €3.2 billion — Ukraine is asking for more
On June 25, 2026, at the Ukraine Reconstruction Conference in Gdańsk, the European Union disbursed the first tranche of a historic loan:
FACT-CHECK: Trump, 5% of GDP and NATO blackmail — what the numbers actually say
With the NATO Ankara summit only weeks away, statements are multiplying, figures are contradicting one another, and disinformation threatens to cloud the
ESSAY: The E5 in Berlin — when Europe finally decides to defend itself for real
On June 24, 2026, five heads of government gathered in Berlin for what may go down in history as the moment when
NARRATIVE: Trump reshapes federal justice at breakneck speed — the judiciary at stake
On June 24, 2026, the U.S. Senate votes to fill all federal district court judgeships in Kansas with Donald Trump's nominees. It
PROFILE: Trump facing the midterms — a polarizing president whose polls are slipping
In June 2026, less than five months from the November midterms, the political portrait of Donald Trump is that of a man