Analysis
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ANALYSIS: The West Reasserts Its Centrality With $1.8 Trillion
Combined defense spending across NATO's 32 members is projected to reach $1.81 trillion in 2026, according to the Alliance's latest defense spending estimates published…
ANALYSIS: Air Defense, the Achilles' Heel Kyiv Can No Longer Ignore
On July 6, 2026, Ukrainian air defenses shot down none of the 23 ballistic missiles fired by Russia, according to air force data cited…
DECODING: The Industrial Battle Putin Cannot Win
On July 8, 2026, in Ankara, American President Donald Trump promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky something Kyiv had been demanding for months: a license…
DECODING: Ukraine's economy refuses to bend under Russian strikes
Some images contradict, almost by their sheer existence, a narrative Moscow has been trying to sell for months. While Ukrainian drones turn Russian refineries…
ANALYSIS: Iran isolated but still defiant after the American response
In the days following the American strikes of July 11 to 12, 2026, against roughly 140 targets linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps…
FACT-CHECK: Did Iran's nuclear program really survive the American strikes
Five months after the war between Israel, the United States and Iran erupted over Tehran's nuclear program, and weeks after a fragile ceasefire framework…
ANALYSIS: In the Sahel, Russia's strategy bogs down in Azawad's sand
There is something obscene about the synchronicity of these images. While Sergei Lavrov shook hands with Burundi's president on July 10, 2026, wrapping up…
DECODING: Lavrov ends his African tour in Bujumbura, far from Mali's chaos
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov completed, between July 7 and 10, 2026, a four-country African tour that took him successively to Ethiopia, Niger, Mozambique…
DECODING: 1,600 Dead in Three Months, the Chilling Tally of a Haitian Tragedy
According to the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), at least 1,642 people were killed and 745 wounded between January and March 2026, a…