Analysis
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ANALYSIS: NATO's $1.8 Trillion, the Real Price of Deterring Putin
Combined defense spending across the thirty-two NATO member states surpassed, in 2026, the 1.8 trillion dollar mark, according to projections confirmed in early July…
FACT-CHECK: NATO's €70 Billion Pledge to Ukraine, What's Actually New
On July 8, 2026, at the close of a summit held in Ankara, the thirty-two member states of NATO signed a joint declaration promising…
ANALYSIS: Ukrainian Patriots, why coproduction could take years, not months
Every promise made at a NATO summit gets measured, in the first 48 hours, by the emotion it generates rather than the calendar it…
ANALYSIS: The Patriot license for Ukraine, Lockheed and RTX caught off guard
Some admissions carry more weight than the announcement they were meant to support. At the NATO summit in Ankara, President Donald Trump promised Volodymyr…
ANALYSIS: Trump's Patriot promise to Ukraine, where things actually stand
Some of the most consequential lines in modern diplomacy get said almost in passing, between two handshakes. At the NATO summit in Ankara on…
DECODING: Al-Azraq, the Jordanian base turned target in Iran's retaliation
There are nights when Jordan no longer has the luxury of watching a war from a safe distance. On July 9, 2026, air-raid sirens…
DECODING: Tehran's defiance despite Washington's anger
Since the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps declared the Strait of Hormuz closed on July 12, 2026, after attacking another commercial vessel, the M/V GFS…
ANALYSIS: Sanctions on Mojtaba Khamenei, hitting the wallet of Iranian power
While American strikes continue to hit military and nuclear targets across Iran, Washington has opened a second front, less visible but just as strategic:…
ANALYSIS: Israel and the region, how Iran's war is contaminating the whole Gulf
The war between Israel, the United States, and Iran, which opened on February 28, 2026, initially had the contours of a confined confrontation centered…