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COMMENTARY: Latvia Sounds the Alarm: Drones and Missiles, Russia's Hybrid War Is Already at Our Door
There are truths that only those who live the threat directly have the courage to speak. Latvia, a country of 1.8 million people on…
COMMENTARY: Tens of billions in contracts: Ankara, or the war transformed into an industrial fair
There is something dissonant about the imagery that surrounds a NATO summit in wartime. The press releases about "tens of billions in defense contracts."…
COMMENTARY: Russia imports its gasoline by ship: the logistical humiliation of an empire at its limit
Some images capture an era better than any speech ever could. Mine, for this June 2026, is a tanker heading toward Russia, loaded with…
COMMENTARY: Zelensky Hero, Putin Tyrant: Moral Clarity as a Weapon
Zelensky's moral clarity is nowhere more intense than in his positions on peace negotiations. Faced with pressure from some Western interlocutors who want a…
COMMENTARY: The Frozen Oil Cap: The Price War Gets Harder
The Western sanctions system has a gaping flaw: it only applies to nationals and companies from the countries that adopted it. Turkey, India, and…
COMMENTARY: Putin threatens Europe: the rhetoric of fear
Vladimir Putin does not threaten by accident. Every speech, every statement, every ambiguous signal sent to Europe is the product of a precise political…
COMMENTARY: A German brigade in Lithuania: the taboo of 1945 broken
In 2026, for the first time since the end of World War II, Germany is deploying a complete Bundeswehr brigade outside its national borders,…
COMMENTARY: Vance and the foundation of the Iran deal: prudence or blindness?
On June 22, 2026, at the Bürgenstock luxury resort in the Swiss mountains, U.S. Vice President JD Vance addressed journalists with the air of…
COMMENTARY: Why Russia Cannot Stop Kyiv's Drones
On the night of June 17–18, 2026, Ukraine launched what experts have described as its largest drone attack on Russia since the war began.…