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COMMENTARY: Why Ukraine's Missile Shield Matters More Than It Seems
German defense group Hensoldt announced, according to The Atlantic on July 17, 2026, a joint project with Fire Point to develop an anti-ballistic system,…
COMMENTARY: Striking Russian oil from afar, the strategy strangling Moscow
Since March 2026, the Associated Press has counted more than 50 Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities, according to the LA Times on July…
COMMENTARY: toward a Ukrainian missile shield, one week later
The German defense firm Hensoldt announced a joint project with the Ukrainian company Fire Point to develop an anti-ballistic system, according to The Atlantic…
COMMENTARY: why the campaign against Russian oil matters more than it seems
The Associated Press has tallied more than 50 Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities since March 2026, according to the Los Angeles Times on…
COMMENTARY: toward a Ukrainian missile shield, the Fire Point-Hensoldt alliance
A German defense group and a Ukrainian drone company are teaming up to build what could become the first building block of a joint…
COMMENTARY: The long-range sanctions campaign against Russian oil
Since March 2026, Associated Press has tallied more than fifty Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities, according to the Los Angeles Times dated July…
COMMENTARY: The jihadist-Tuareg alliance shaking the Malian junta
Some alliances should, on paper, be impossible. The one now uniting JNIM, the Sahelian franchise of Al-Qaeda, and the Azawad Liberation Front, a largely…
COMMENTARY: Beijing fires a submarine missile into the Pacific and nobody is reassured
Some military gestures read like full sentences. On Monday, July 6, 2026, around noon Beijing time, a Chinese nuclear submarine fired a ballistic missile…
COMMENTARY: Ankara, the summit where NATO promised more than it can deliver
On July 8, 2026, NATO leaders gathered at the presidential complex of Beştepe, in Ankara, for what Turkey wanted to present as a display…