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COMMENTARY: Russian sanctions for 12 months — stated resolve, limited effectiveness
On June 25, 2026, the Council of the European Union did something unprecedented since the start of sanctions against Russia in 2022: it extended…
COMMENTARY: Europe reforms in disarray — without shared vision or strategic direction
On June 26, 2026, was an emblematic day for what Europe is going through. In Spain, the lower house of parliament withdrew its confidence…
COMMENTARY: Trump sacrifices millions of Americans' housing on the altar of a procedural war
On June 24, 2026, just hours before a solemn ceremony at the Capitol, Donald Trump killed his own victory. A bipartisan housing bill —…
COMMENTARY: Gaza phase 2 — disarmament, governance, reconstruction: the impossible triangle
In October 2025, President Donald Trump announced what he presented as the most transformative agreement for the Middle East in decades: a ceasefire between…
COMMENTARY: The Trump-Iran Deal — A "Peace" Without Missiles or Militias That Looks Like Surrender
On June 17, 2026, the United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) intended to end the war that Washington and Tel…
COMMENTARY: Netanyahu's "no time limit" — the permanent occupation isolating Israel from the world
On June 25, 2026, at a combat officers' graduation ceremony in the Negev, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz delivered remarks…
COMMENTARY: Trump's Pocket Veto on Housing — The Politics of Hostage-Taking in Power
On June 24, 2026, in Washington, something remarkable happened — or rather, something remarkable was about to happen and then didn't. The 21st Century…
COMMENTARY: The Hague 2016, the South China Sea and Ten Years of Sovereign Impunity
On July 12, 2016, the arbitral tribunal of The Hague constituted under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the…
COMMENTARY: Rubio, Hormuz and the Toll Booth Temptation — When Washington Plays With the Iranian Nuclear Fire
At the end of June 2026, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio publicly declared that Iran would be excluded from all transit through the…