Archive
Pieces
ANALYSIS: The Pentagon reopens the file on its military footprint in Europe
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby announced, on July 28, 2026 , via X, the launch of a review of the American…
NARRATIVE: Canadian intern stays jailed in Belgium on NATO espionage charges
Belgium's federal prosecutor's office extended , on July 28, 2026 , the pretrial detention of a Canadian woman of Chinese descent , an intern…
DECODING: Italy claims 14.9 billion euros from Europe's SAFE defence fund
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told Parliament on July 28, 2026 that Rome will request 14.9 billion euros , roughly 16.9 billion U.S.
COMMENTARY: Beijing turns five years of aid diplomacy into a showcase
China's Foreign Ministry hosted a high-level meeting in Beijing on July 28, 2026 to mark five years of the Global Development Initiative , under…
DECODING: North Korea releases dam water without warning, Seoul gets ready
South Korea's Unification Ministry announced on July 28, 2026 that it has readiness measures in place for sudden, unannounced water releases from the Hwanggang…
FACT CHECK: Treasury drops 84 targets from its sanctions list, a North Korean firm among them
The U.S. Treasury Department removed 84 targets from its sanctions list on July 27, 2026 , a decision announced by the Office of Foreign…
ANALYSIS: Australia signs a fourth mutual defence treaty, this time with Fiji
On July 6, 2026, Canberra signed a mutual defence treaty with Suva, hours before China test-fired a long-range ballistic missile in the South Pacific.
DECODING: Congress wants to unlock AUKUS just as a missile lands near Tuvalu
Representative Bill Huizenga , a senior Republican member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee , introduced H.R. 9517 , the "UNLOCK AUKUS Act," on…
ANALYSIS: Wang Yi and Lavrov shake hands again, and the friendship gets restaged
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on Friday, July 24, 2026 , on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation…