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ANALYSIS: Vance Says "Progress," Trump Says "Strikes" — US Diplomacy Faces Iran
On June 21, 2026, US Vice President JD Vance arrives at Bürgenstock, a Swiss palace resort perched on a mountain overlooking Lake Lucerne, to…
ANALYSIS: Post-Maduro Venezuela — Washington's Colossal Challenge of Stabilizing a Collapsed Petro-State
On January 3, 2026, US special forces conducted a raid on Caracas and captured Nicolás Maduro, ending more than two decades of authoritarian Chavism.…
DECODING: €250 Billion More in Defense — Europe and Canada Respond to Trump With Their Wallets
On June 24, 2026, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte went to the Oval Office to meet President Donald Trump. In his hands, a carefully…
ANALYSIS: North Korean Destroyer, Missiles, Drones — Kim Jong-un Rewrites the Threat in Northeast Asia
Over the course of a few days in June 2026, North Korea staged several demonstrations of force that deserve to be analyzed together, because…
ANALYSIS: Lebanon, Israel, and the Regular Army — The Fragile Gamble of an American Framework Agreement
From June 23 to 26, 2026, Israeli, Lebanese, and American negotiators gathered in Washington, then the teams worked remotely during an unplanned fifth day…
ANALYSIS: AUKUS Deploys Its Drone Swarms — the Indo-Pacific Enters the Age of Autonomous Warfare
There were no official cameras, no high-profile press conferences. On the grassy plains of Salisbury Plain, in England, Australian, American, and British soldiers flew…
ANALYSIS: Kostyantynivka, 53 versus 3 — what Madyar's data reveals about the war
On June 23, 2026, Yuriy Madyar, deputy commander of Ukraine's 19th Army Corps, published data that military analysts immediately described as among the most…
ANALYSIS: Trump pulls the 100% tariff on digital taxes — Europe in the crosshairs
On Friday, June 26, 2026, late in the afternoon, Donald Trump published a message on Truth Social that immediately rattled chancelleries across the Old…
DECODING: AUKUS tests drone swarms — the revolution redefining warfare in the Indo-Pacific
In June 2026, on the wet expanses of Salisbury Plain in England, Australian, American, and British soldiers put into action what may well represent…