Analysis
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ANALYSIS: Four Autonomous Drones to Watch Over Scarborough — Washington Against Beijing in the South China Sea
I am struck by the precision of the American response. Two weeks after China installed a floating platform at Scarborough, Washington delivers four autonomous…
FACT-CHECK: What Ukraine's arms export mechanism actually says — and what it does not
It is tempting, faced with an announcement this symbolically powerful, to be swept along by the enthusiasm. But journalistic rigor demands precisely that one…
DECODING: China exports its ethnic unity law — Taiwan and the world in its crosshairs
A law passed 2,756 to 6. Then a provision that applies outside China's borders. This is not a legislative accident. It is an architecture…
FACT-CHECK: The Russian FPV drone against Kherson civilians — what the facts establish
An FPV drone against a civilian minibus. This is not a targeting error. This is not collateral damage. That is an assertion that deserves…
FACT-CHECK: Did Ukraine's IT Army really pivot toward Russian military targets?
I want to begin with a warning I apply to myself: it is easy to glorify the IT Army because it is fighting for…
ANALYSIS: The Vyrivniuvach Bomb Enters Combat — Ukraine Rebalances the Air War
Watching a Ukrainian weapon go from exhibition to operational in a matter of weeks is to understand that industrial warfare has its own rules…
FACT-CHECK: 721,300 Russian Soldiers and 35,000 Losses Per Month — What These Numbers Really Mean
In this war, numbers are weapons. Russia minimizes its losses. Ukraine has an interest in showing that resistance works. NATO has an interest in…
DECODING: Magyar blocks Ukraine's EU accession — Orbán gone, the obstacle remains
Magyar replaced Orbán. Europe applauded. But the blockade mechanisms themselves have not changed seats. The problem was perhaps not only the man — it…
ANALYSIS: Ukraine destroys the Donetsk-Mariupol bridge — a Russian logistics corridor severed
When both sides simultaneously confirm the same destruction, there is no room left for doubt. This bridge fell. And with it, an entire segment…