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COMMENTARY: The IAEA demands strong guarantees: trust is not enough
On June 26, 2026, speaking to journalists in Tokyo, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said words that…
COMMENTARY: London, Paris, Berlin facing Beijing: Europe in the Indo-Pacific
On June 24, 2026, something unusual happened. The de facto representations — the de facto embassies — of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany…
COMMENTARY: Istanbul 2022 as a condition — Putin freezes diplomacy
On June 23, 2026, during an operational meeting with members of his government, Vladimir Putin said the following: "Russia is ready for peace negotiations…
COMMENTARY: Seoul accepts the Kursk prisoners — dignity against barbarism
There are moments when geopolitics acquires a human face. Ri, 27 years old, sniper. Paek, 22 years old, infantryman. Two soldiers from the Korean…
COMMENTARY: Latvia on alert: Russian provocation brewing in the shadows
On June 22, 2026, Latvia's Bureau for the Protection of the Constitution — the country's domestic intelligence service — took an unusual decision: it…
COMMENTARY: Putin extends the embargo through 2027: a sword stroke in the water
On June 26, 2026, Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree extending Russia's ban on selling oil to buyers that apply the G7 price cap…
COMMENTARY: Zaporizhzhia Burns — Nine Wounded and the World's Indifference
On the morning of June 26, 2026, Russia struck Zaporizhzhia with at least two ballistic missiles and several attack drones targeting residential and commercial…
COMMENTARY: Stringer and NATO "Cohesion" — The Honest Conversations of Ankara
There are moments when a senior officer says something so direct that it stops you cold — not from shock, but from the sheer…
COMMENTARY: A Zelensky-Putin Meeting? The Dictator's Friends Have Received the Message
On June 26, 2026, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed what some diplomats have been whispering for weeks: Ukraine had transmitted proposals not only to its…