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ANALYSIS: NATO 3.0 — How Rutte and Hegseth are Rebooting the Alliance for the Modern Age
There are days that look like ordinary meetings and yet are anything but. On June 18, 2026, in Brussels, the Defense Ministers
ANALYSIS: 5% of GDP by 2035 — The Hague's Bet Put to the Test in Ankara
On June 25, 2025, within the wood-paneled halls of the World Forum in The Hague, the 32 members of the Atlantic Alliance
REPORT: Ankara Barricades Itself — 70,000 Agents, Red Zones, and a Rearmed Airport for NATO
Some summits are held in a conference room. And then there are summits that transform an entire capital into an open-air bunker.
OPEN LETTER: To a Europe That Still Hesitates — the 21st Package Must Bite, Not Brush
To you, European leaders, presidents, ministers, commissioners, ambassadors at COREPER who are still debating commas while Kyiv burns. I am writing to
COLUMN: Navalny poisoned with epibatidine — EU sanctions judges, FSB, and doctors
On June 15, 2026, the European Union added 15 individuals directly linked to the persecution, poisoning, and death of Alexei Navalny to
ANALYSIS: Russian GDP Down 0.2% — A War Economy Running Out of Steam
On June 17, 2026, Rosstat — Russia's federal statistics service — confirmed its first estimate: Russia's gross domestic product fell by 0.2%
DECODED: SPIEF 2026 — Putin’s Forum, the Mirror of a Shrinking Russia
On June 3, 2026, as the first delegations arrived at Saint Petersburg's Expoforum for the 29th edition of the International Economic Forum
COMMENTARY: Zelensky’s Ultimatum to Lukashenko — One Week to Pull the Drone Relays
On June 19, 2026, during a joint press conference with Honduran President Nasry Asfura in Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelensky uttered words that allow
INVESTIGATION: The Ghost Fleet in the Channel — Royal Navy Boards Russian Tanker for the First Time
Under the cover of darkness on June 14, 2026, British commandos rappelled from Chinook helicopters onto the deck of a tanker carrying