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COMMENTARY: NATO Reduces KFOR in Kosovo — Prudence or Premature Signal?
On June 17, 2026, at the pre-ministerial press conference in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivered a sentence that many had been waiting…
BREAKDOWN: Trump Promises $1 Trillion in Defense in 2026 — Then $1.5 Trillion in 2027
On June 18, 2026, standing before the defense ministers of the Atlantic Alliance assembled in Brussels, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivered a sentence…
COLUMN: RUTTE HAILS THE TRUMP-IRAN DEAL — A PRAGMATISM THAT UNSETTLES
There are moments in international politics when you brace for the worst and get something more complicated. The agreement between the Trump administration and…
ANALYSIS: EUROPE AND CHINA — IS MILITARY DECOUPLING POSSIBLE?
Europe is rearming. It increased its defense spending by more than $90 billion in 2025, according to data presented by Mark Rutte at his…
EDITORIAL: 90 BILLION IN ONE YEAR — EUROPE FINALLY WAKES UP, TOO LATE?
Some figures sound like a victory. And some figures sound like a barely disguised reproach. On June 17, 2026, during the NATO pre-ministerial press…
OPINION: ByteDance refuses the stock market and targets $1 trillion — the boldest bet in global tech
In early May 2026, the board of ByteDance — the parent company of TikTok, the most downloaded app on the planet — decided to…
REPORT: Taiwan on a war footing — 5 days of exercises to learn to survive China's attack
On June 22, 2026, at dawn, columns of tanks and armored vehicles from Taiwan's 269th Infantry Brigade began patrolling National Highway 31, in the…
ANALYSIS: 620 Chinese nuclear warheads — SIPRI sounds the alarm on an unchecked arms race
On June 8, 2026, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute — SIPRI — published its annual yearbook on armaments, disarmament, and international security. The…
DECODING: China's Lijian anti-drone lasers — the portable weapon rewriting the rules of combat
From June 16 to 18, 2026, the Chinese capital hosted the Defence Information Equipment and Technology Exhibition, a restricted-access military trade show presenting the…