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OPINION: 60 Days to Save the Peace — How the Geneva Clock Is Deciding the World
On June 17, 2026, something unprecedented occurred: Donald Trump, from Washington, and Masoud Pezeshkian, from Tehran, each signed — digitally, separately — a Memorandum…
OPINION: Madyar Counted the Bodies — 53 Russians Dead for 3 Ukrainians Every Day at Kostyantynivka
On June 23, 2026, the deputy commander of the Ukrainian 19th Army Corps, Colonel Yuriy Madyar, delivered a figure that would have seemed implausible…
OPINION: 527 Flights Cancelled in Moscow — For Once, Russia Is Experiencing Its Own War
On June 18, 2026, Moscow residents woke up to explosions in the sky and drones being filmed above the boulevards. The four airports of…
OPINION: $55 Billion for Machines That Kill Alone — Welcome to Faceless War
At Eurosatory 2026, the world's largest land defence and security trade show, arms companies proudly displayed their latest creations. Among them, one trend dominates…
OPINION: Beijing laughs at the 2016 tribunal — ten years the South China Sea has burned in silence
On July 12, 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague issued one of the most sweeping maritime legal rulings in modern history:…
OPINION: Israel on Three Fronts — Netanyahu and the Doctrine of Endless Occupation
On June 25, 2026, during a graduation ceremony for combat officers in southern Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a line that reads like…
OPINION: Russia "hunts" ICEYE-X36 in orbit — Ukraine's war reaches into space
In May and June 2026, four Russian military satellites — Kosmos-2610, Kosmos-2611, Kosmos-2612 and Kosmos-2613 — deliberately maneuvered to within 13 kilometers
OPINION: Taiwan arms itself with 210,966 drones — the island's answer to the Fujian carrier
Taiwan's cabinet approved a special budget of NT$210 billion — approximately 6.5 billion US dollars — for the acquisition of 210,966 unmanned
OPINION: Canada sends warships to the Indo-Pacific — historic pivot or high-stakes gamble?
On June 24, 2026, the Canadian Minister of Defence announced the deployment of warships to the Indo-Pacific. This is no trivial decision.