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ANALYSIS: Europe Rearms — $139B More in 2025, an Unprecedented Strategic Awakening
On June 18, 2026, before the world's cameras gathered in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivered a sentence that few would
EDITORIAL: Hegseth Subjects NATO to Transatlantic Blackmail—And Europe Has No Choice Left
On June 18, 2026, in Brussels, inside the NATO defense ministers' meeting room, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivered a sentence
REPORT: NATO Enters Implementation Phase — Ankara, the Summit of Action
On June 17 and 18, 2026, the Defense Ministers of the thirty-two NATO member countries met at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels
OP-ED: Fico, Moscow’s Trojan Horse Sabotaging Europe from Within
There are betrayals that happen in broad daylight, under the spotlight of European summits, with the arrogance of someone who knows that
ANALYSIS: Six Billion Euros Just Sitting There Is Blood on Europe’s Hands
It was a Thursday evening in Brussels, and Volodymyr Zelensky hadn’t planned on making polite parlor diplomacy. The Ukrainian president, addressing the
ANALYSIS: The EU Renews Sanctions on Russia for 12 Months — A First That Fortifies the West
On June 18, 2026, at the conclusion of a European Council summit in Brussels, the twenty-seven leaders of the European Union made
CHRONICLE: The Week the West Decided — Brussels, June 18, 2026, Day 1577
There are days that sum up an era. On June 18, 2026, in Brussels, Western geopolitics shifted in the space of a
COMMENTARY: Lavrov and the Ghost Accords of Alaska — Russia’s Diplomacy of the Invented Lie
On June 19, 2026, Sergey Lavrov stood before the cameras in Moscow and claimed, with his usual poise, that Russia is seeking
ANALYSIS: Ukraine, Europe’s Shield — Why Fast-Track EU Membership Is No Longer an Option
Before the twenty-seven heads of state and government gathered at the European Council in Brussels, Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a speech on June