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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

COMMENTARY: E. Jean Carroll — The Appeal Rejected 15 Times That Won't Let Trump Go
Since November 10, 2025, Donald Trump has filed a petition for certiorari before the U.S. Supreme Court to contest a jury verdict