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OPINION: Kaliningrad rehearses its strikes — the Russian threat on our doorstep
There are things the military does that civilians do not watch. Maneuvers. Exercises. "Operations rehearsals." That is precisely what Russia was doing on June…
OPINION: Is Trump abandoning us? The fear haunting NATO's eastern flank
In the diplomatic corridors of Tallinn, Riga, Warsaw, and Vilnius, there is a question everyone asks in private and no one wants to put…
OPINION: Importing gasoline by ship — the energy collapse of Putin's empire
Some images are worth a thousand analyses. Here is mine, the image of summer 2026: Russia, the world's third-largest producer of crude oil, is…
OPINION: Belarus Complicit: Lukashenko Locks His Country Into the War
While the world watches troop movements along the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, another crisis unfolds in the relative silence of Belarusian prisons. According to data from…
OPINION: Russia's economy backed into a corner, according to Zelensky's adviser
An economic adviser to Volodymyr Zelensky declared in a statement reported by Ukrainian media in June 2026 that the Russian economy has "reached a…
OPINION: Rutte and Cohesion: The Hard Truths of Ankara
The NATO summit in Ankara, in June 2026, was no ordinary summit. For the first time since the end of the Cold War, allies…
OPINION: 40% of Russia's Budget to War — A People Sacrificed
Some numbers resist abstraction. 40 percent. That is the share of the Russian federal budget allocated in 2026 to defense and security — or…
OPINION: Israel refuses to leave Lebanon: the pebble in the accord
In June 2026, Israel and Lebanon found themselves once again in Washington, attempting to negotiate a way out of the crisis. Delegations exchanged positions,…
OPINION: Two years of the Moscow-Pyongyang alliance — the friendship of tyrants
On June 19, 2024, in the grand ceremonial hall of Pyongyang, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un signed the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty between Russia…