Editorial
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EDITORIAL: Putin must make the first move — peace is not a favor
On June 26, 2026, from Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky repeated what he has been saying for weeks: Ukraine is ready for meetings, but…
EDITORIAL: 5% of GDP: Europe finally pays the price of its own security
For three decades, Europe enjoyed an extraordinary luxury: allowing itself to be protected by the United States while spending the minimum on its own…
EDITORIAL: Zelensky Hero, Putin Tyrant — Why Moral Clarity Remains a Weapon
There is an intellectual reflex I encounter frequently among intelligent, well-informed people: the refusal to make sharp moral judgments about the protagonists of a…
EDITORIAL: The West Must Remain the Center of the World: Lesson from Kyiv's Night
On June 25, 2026, shortly before 9 p.m., ballistic missile alert sirens wailed across the sky of Kyiv. Russian Iskander-M missiles were streaking toward…
EDITORIAL: 40% of the Russian Budget for War — A Country Sacrificed on Putin's Altar
Some figures do not lie. When a state devotes 40% of all its public spending to war and security, that is no longer a…
EDITORIAL: The West Under Dual Fiscal and Military Pressure — How to Finance Freedom
The West faces in 2026 a budgetary equation unlike any in its recent history. It must simultaneously pay for the fiscal mistakes of the…
EDITORIAL: The EU Post-2028 Budget — Defense, Ukraine, Green, Migration: 27 Nations Tested
On June 19, 2026, the 27 member states of the European Union approved the framework for the next seven-year EU budget covering the period…
EDITORIAL: Ukraine Strikes Crimea's Vital Arteries — the Stolen Peninsula Is Moscow's Nightmare
Since mid-June 2026, Ukraine has been conducting a campaign of remarkable precision against the vital arteries of occupied Crimea. This is not blind destruction.…
EDITORIAL: Europe's Heatwave and Iran's Fossils — The West Trapped Between Fire and Oil
On June 25, 2026, as 101 million Europeans suffocated under temperatures exceeding 35°C, supertankers were cautiously resuming their route through the Strait of Hormuz…