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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…
COMMENTARY: Why Russia Cannot Stop Ukrainian Drones
Every week since the start of 2026, the same images repeat: columns of smoke over Russian cities, refineries on fire, air-raid sirens in the…
COMMENTARY: USMCA and Trump — When Commercial Isolationism Threatens Midwest Farms
July 1, 2026 marks the sixth anniversary of the entry into force of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the trade deal that Donald Trump…
COMMENTARY: EU Sanctions Against Russia Extended — Necessary, but Not Enough
On June 25, 2026, the Council of the European Union extended its economic sanctions against Russia for twelve additional months, through July 31, 2027.…
COMMENTARY: The Moldovan-European Summit of June 22 — A Small Nation Refusing to Bend Under Russia's Shadow
When Moldovan President Maia Sandu arrived at the Europa Building in Brussels on June 22, 2026 for the second EU-Moldova summit, the context was…
COMMENTARY: Meta versus Brussels over WhatsApp — the duel redefining the AI market
On June 9, 2026, the European Commission adopted a historic interim measures decision: it ordered Meta to restore free access to WhatsApp for competing…
COMMENTARY: The Iran-USA Deal Freezes $300 Billion in Oil — Who Will Really Pay?
On June 17, 2026, in Geneva, President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding that, if it holds,…
COMMENTARY: Media in crisis — when disinformation kills democracy more surely than bombs
In 2026, the Reuters Institute published a figure that should have triggered emergency sessions in every democratic parliament on the planet: global trust in…
COMMENTARY: The ECB raises rates — the price of war is being paid in Frankfurt
On June 11, 2026, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) raised all three key interest rates by 25 basis points. The…