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ANALYSIS: China's New 155mm Naval Gun — 200km Range, Built to Invade Taiwan
The PLAN is testing the heaviest naval artillery system mounted on a modern warship. At 21.8 tons, with a claimed 200km range and stealth…
INVESTIGATION: Trump Relaunches the Global Trade War — and His Allies Are in the Crosshairs
On June 2, 2026, the Trump administration dusted off a legal weapon few thought it would use: Section 301 of the Trade Act of…
PORTRAIT: Elbridge Colby at Ramstein — The American Strategist Who Still Believes in a Ukrainian Victory
On June 18, 2026, the man who once slowed weapons deliveries to Ukraine appeared via video at Ramstein to declare the situation had improved…
ANALYSIS: Ukraine-Germany, the Anti-Ballistic Forge and TerMIT Robots Are Changing the War
On June 18, 2026, in Brussels, Ukraine and Germany signed two agreements: jointly developing a new anti-ballistic system and co-producing TerMIT ground robots in…
EDITORIAL: Trump's EO 14411 — American Customs Goes to Total War Against Fraud
On June 3, 2026, Trump signed the most ambitious U.S. customs reform in over a decade. The diagnosis is right. The $112 billion fraud…
ANALYSIS: Trump Rearming America by Decree — The Munitions Crisis Strikes at NATO's Core
On June 11, 2026, Donald Trump signed Presidential Determination No. 2026-15, invoking Section 708 of the Defense Production Act of 1950. Published in the…
FIELD REPORT: At the Évian G7, Trump Says "I'm the Boss" — What This Transatlantic Dynamic Reveals
Three days in Évian-les-Bains. Seven leaders navigating calculated flattery and diplomatic red lines. And one offhand remark that said more about Western power in…
BREAKDOWN: Trump confirms the Ankara NATO summit (July 7–8): "We will be going to Turkey"
Seven words from Joint Base Andrews, delivered almost as an aside — and a geopolitical earthquake follows. Trump is going to Ankara. The 36th…
OPEN LETTER: Europe, You Are Now Alone — The Brutal Awakening of Continental Defense
On June 18, 2026, in the corridors of NATO headquarters in Brussels, something broke permanently. Pete Hegseth pronounced words European diplomats had heard in…