Analysis
Pieces
DECODING: CHINA'S FINLESS SUBMARINE — A WEAPON THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE EXISTED
It was a satellite image dated June 1, 2026 that triggered everything. Captured by Vantor and published by the Paris-based military maritime analysis site…
ANALYSIS: PL-16 VS AIM-260, THE MISSILE RACE REDEFINING AIR WARFARE
There was no declaration of war. No speech at the UN. No joint communiqué. There were Chinese military seminar slides that leaked online, an…
FACTCHECK: One American in Four — The Brutal Numbers of an Unpopular War
Polls have this cruelty about them: they reflect the country as it is, not as its leaders would like it to be. The Reuters/Ipsos…
DECODING: TRUMP "NECESSARY EVIL" — WHAT THIS FORMULA REALLY REVEALS
Some political formulas, despite their apparent simplification, contain more truth than pages of analysis. "Trump, a necessary evil for the West" is one of…
ANALYSIS: TRUMP AND THE HORMUZ TOLLS — WHEN AMERICA REINVENTS ITS GLOBAL ROLE
On June 20, 2026, Donald Trump published on Truth Social a sentence that would circulate through foreign ministries around the world: "There will be…
ANALYSIS: TRUMP FOREIGN POLICY SCORECARD — WHAT THE FDD REVEALS IN JUNE 2026
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) is not a left-wing organization. It is a Washington think tank, broadly Republican in its sympathies, hawkish…
DECODING: TRUMP SIGNS TWO QUANTUM EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT REDRAW AMERICAN POWER
On Monday June 22, 2026, Donald Trump settles into the Oval Office surrounded by the CEOs of IBM and Alphabet. This is not a…
ANALYSIS: Canada-Australia Sign a $2.5-Billion Arctic Radar Deal
On June 22, 2026, in Canberra, Canada's Secretary of State for Defence Procurement, the Honourable Stephen Fuhr, signed a government-to-government agreement with Australia's Deputy…
BREAKDOWN: Canada Sanctions 162 Entities of Putin's Shadow Fleet
On June 16, 2026, on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Évian-les-Bains, Canada announced sanctions targeting 162 individuals, entities and vessels linked to…