Analysis
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ANALYSIS: Taiping Island, First Chinese Incursion and the Anatomy of a Strategy
On June 11, 2026, at 8:28 a.m., two Chinese government vessels — the Sansha Zhifa 301 and the Sansha No 2, both managed by…
ANALYSIS: US-EUROPE-UKRAINE NEGOTIATIONS — REALITY OR DIPLOMATIC THEATRE
On June 23, 2026, the Institute for the Study of War published its daily assessment of the Russian offensive campaign. In that document, one…
DECODING: RUSSIAN REFINERIES ON FIRE — KYIV STRIKES PUTIN'S OIL ARTERY
In June 2026, something changed in the nature of this war — not on the Kostiantynivka front, not in the diplomatic negotiations around the…
ANALYSIS: LAVROV AT THE G7 — RUSSIA IS SEARCHING FOR WHAT TRUMP REALLY PROMISED IT
On June 24, 2026, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made a statement that reveals less Moscow's strength than its disarray. "We are trying to…
DECODING: KOSTIANTYNIVKA — PUTIN LIES, MADYAR RESPONDS WITH NUMBERS
On June 23, 2026, before the cameras, Vladimir Putin declared that Russian forces are advancing on all front lines and are "practically reaching" Kostiantynivka.…
ANALYSIS: THE 2022 ISTANBUL PROTOCOLS — THE SURRENDER ACT PUTIN IS PULLING BACK OUT
On June 23, 2026, Vladimir Putin publicly declared that Russia is ready for peace talks with Ukraine — but only on the basis of…
DECODING: UKRAINIAN DRONES REWRITE THE DOCTRINE OF MODERN WARFARE
May 2026 entered the history of the Russo-Ukrainian war as the first month since 2023 in which Russia recorded a net territorial loss. According…
DECODING: BEIJING CITES SPACEX TO SOUND THE ALARM — ORBITAL MILITARIZATION IS HERE
On June 15, 2026, the PLA Daily — the official newspaper of the Chinese military, propaganda organ of the People's Republic — published two…
ANALYSIS: SIPRI 2026 — THE ERA OF DISARMAMENT IS DEAD AND NOBODY ADMITS IT
On June 8, 2026, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute published its annual yearbook — the most respected independent assessment of the global nuclear…