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COMMENTARY: North Korean Soldiers as Prisoners — Seoul Opens the Door, Pyongyang Rages
On June 23, 2026, South Korea detonated a diplomatic bomb: Seoul will accept all North Korean prisoners of war held by Ukraine
COMMENTARY: SBU and FBI against Russian hackers — the digital threat facing the West
On June 25, 2026, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) jointly published an exposé of a
COMMENTARY: Xi Purges His Own Army — And Calls It Loyalty
On June 17, 2026, at the National Defense University in Beijing, Zhang Shengmin — vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), the sole general…
COMMENTARY: "Our patience is not endless" — Kyiv's warning
On June 23, 2026, Sergiy Melnyk, Ukraine's representative to the United Nations, delivered a sentence that The Guardian reproduced in its daily war briefing.…
COMMENTARY: SYCOPHANTIC AI ON THE BATTLEFIELD — THE PLA ISSUES A WARNING FOR ALL OF US
On June 10, 2026, the PLA Daily — the official newspaper of the People's Liberation Army, the highest institutional mouthpiece of the Chinese military…
COMMENTARY: THE AMERICAN SENATE TRIES TO REIN IN TRUMP AND THE WAR — TENTH ACT
On June 23, 2026, the United States Senate adopts a War Powers resolution on Iran by 50 votes against 48. Four Republican senators join…
COMMENTARY: NATO Reduces KFOR in Kosovo — Prudence or Premature Signal?
On June 17, 2026, at the pre-ministerial press conference in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivered a sentence that many had been waiting…
COMMENTARY: Republicans against Trump on Iran — a rebellion that says something
The day after the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran was signed on June 17, 2026, with the ink barely dry…
COMMENTARY: Brazil at 25% — the Trade Offensive Targeting Lula and Defying the Hemisphere
On June 1, 2026, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) dropped a silent bomb into hemispheric relations: a proposal