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EDITORIAL: Hormuz Reopened, Fake Peace: Why the West Must Not Lower Its Guard on Iran
The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most vital arteries of the global economy. Approximately 20% of world oil trade and a significant…
EDITORIAL: Three hundred billion for Iran: the exorbitant price of a peace Trump calls victory
Three hundred billion dollars. That is the figure. That is what the Islamabad memorandum — sketched at the close of the Swiss talks on…
EDITORIAL: Zelensky extends a hand, Putin spits on it — diplomacy against the wall of Russian contempt
There is a fundamental asymmetry in the diplomacy surrounding the war in Ukraine that should provoke far more outrage than it does. On one…
EDITORIAL: Twenty-first sanctions package — Europe must stop bargaining with an aggressor
There is a word that surfaces too often in the corridors of Brussels when the conversation turns to sanctions against Russia: «pragmatism». Pragmatism, we…
EDITORIAL: If Putin Tests Article 5: Why a Baltic State Could Become the Spark for Everything
There are questions that diplomats carefully avoid voicing, not because they are absurd, but precisely because they are too serious to formulate without consequences.…
EDITORIAL: Is Trump abandoning us? The eastern flank's fear and Europe's belated defense awakening
The question circulates in whispers through the corridors of every NATO foreign ministry, in the margins of every bilateral briefing, in the private assessments…
EDITORIAL: Strike far, strike true: why Ukrainian drones are worth more than a thousand speeches
While Western diplomats polish their communiqués, while experts debate red lines and escalation risks, while governments measure their support to the millimeter of political…
EDITORIAL: China, the Top Threat: Taiwan Is Our Front Line
EU High Representative Kaja Kallas's confirmation that China is training Russian soldiers in demining and drone operations is not a minor news item. It…
EDITORIAL: The night of Kyiv: why the West must stay standing
On the evening of June 25, 2026, around 9 p.m. local time, sirens sounded again across Kyiv. The Ukrainian Air Force issued a ballistic…