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COLUMN: Burgenstock, Two Contradictory Truths — The USA and Iran Don't Tell the Same Nuclear Story
On the shores of Lake Lucerne, in a luxury Swiss resort perched at 874 metres above sea level, something extraordinary and deeply
COLUMN: 50,000 cameras hacked by Russia — AI is watching every step in Eastern Europe
In June 2026, Russian hackers compromised more than 50,000 surveillance cameras in Eastern Europe — according to a report by Mash dated
COLUMN: Black Sea — an Egyptian sailor killed, the Victress in flames, Moscow attacks civilians
In the night of June 21–22, 2026, a Russian drone struck the Turkish commercial vessel Victress, sailing under Panamanian flag, in the
COLUMN: Indium and rare earths — Beijing tightens its grip on the minerals that run the world
In June 2026, amid the noise of the Sino-American trade war over semiconductors and blacklists, a little-known metal entered the conflict: indium.
COLUMN: Trump at 80 — when doctors raise the alarm over the nuclear arsenal
On June 14, 2026, Donald Trump celebrated his 80th birthday. That is a banal biographical event — except when the man in
COLUMN: The EU Extends Its Anti-Russia Sanctions to 12 Months — A Historic Break Finally Owned
On June 18, 2026, at the Brussels summit, the leaders of the twenty-seven EU member states made a decision that breaks with
COLUMN: The Iran Deal and the Shadow Fleet — The Mediterranean as Theater of the Sanctions War
Some weeks seem to compress months of underlying trends into just a few days. The week of June 17 to 24, 2026
COLUMN: Hegseth Demands $350 Billion — The Pentagon Between Ambition and Republican Chaos
Picture the scene. Pete Hegseth, the American Secretary of Defense, stands before Republican members of Congress to present a request for 350
COLUMN: Zelensky, Trump, and the Flames of the Lavra — the G7 Faces Ukraine's Truth
At the G7 summit in France, Volodymyr Zelensky did something no head of state normally does in the polished corridors of multilateral