Analysis
Pieces
ANALYSIS: Kyiv's daily combat tally says 226. The map says something sharper
Two hundred twenty-six combat engagements in twenty-four hours. That is the number Ukraine's General Staff published on July 28, 2026 at 21:01, covering the…
FACT CHECK: Twelve Companies for Golden Dome, the Context Everyone Forgets
The April 2026 announcement that twelve companies would share $3.2 billion in Golden Dome contracts generated a wave of claims online, some accurate, many…
DECODING: Lukoil, a Cold Read One Month Later
A deadline is a strange thing to watch when it keeps moving. That is exactly what has happened with the Lukoil asset sale deadline,…
ANALYSIS: Why $15.1 Billion in Cyber Defense Changes the Equation
A trillion dollars is the kind of number that stops making sense the moment you say it out loud. Yet that is exactly the…
FACT CHECK: Field Notes on the MATCH Act
On April 3, 2026, according to Reuters, the United States proposed the MATCH Act, legislation designed to restrict exports of chipmaking equipment to China,…
DECODING: Golden Dome, Between Rhetoric and Budget Reality
When the Pentagon presents its FY2026 budget, one figure immediately grabs attention: $25 billion in initial funding for Golden Dome, a space and missile-defense…
ANALYSIS: How American Sanctions Redrew Russia's Oil Trade
On October 22, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department struck at the heart of Russia's war economy by sanctioning Rosneft and Lukoil simultaneously, the country's…
FACT CHECK: The Pentagon's historic budget and the context we forget
A historic figure never exists alone; it only takes on its real meaning once placed against the budgetary history that preceded it, without which…
DECODING: PURL, a cold read one month later
A month after the last published figures, it is time to revisit the PURL program with the distance that breaking news never really allows.