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EDITORIAL: Trump, Digital Taxes and the EU — One Ultimatum Too Many
It happened the way it always happens with Donald Trump: without warning, without diplomatic consultation, without regard for the fragile commercial balances that months…
EDITORIAL: Iran at Geneva in the Morning, Iranian Drones in Lebanon at Night — Duplicity as Doctrine
On June 17, 2026, in Versailles, President Trump and Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding. The world applauded. Europeans…
EDITORIAL: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria — Netanyahu Installs Permanent Occupation While the World Watches
On June 25, 2026, at a graduation ceremony for Israeli officers, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared with disturbing clarity: "We will remain in Lebanon,…
EDITORIAL: Beijing's grey-zone strategy in the South China Sea — a conquest without a declaration of war
In June 2026, Philippine authorities published photographs of a new Chinese floating structure installed near Scarborough Shoal, an atoll claimed by both Beijing and…
EDITORIAL: Vance vs. Trump on Iran — the rift at the top that weakens everything
On June 22, 2026, as American and Iranian diplomats were negotiating at Bürgenstock, Switzerland, a deep fracture opened at the very heart of the…
EDITORIAL: Europe Is Funding Ukraine at €45 Billion — and Should Be Proud, Not Ashamed
On June 22, 2026, at a joint meeting of the European Parliament's committees on international trade, security and defense, and the budget, the representative…
EDITORIAL: Iran Sanctions Relief — Tehran Expects Far More Than 60 Days for the MoU
On June 17, 2026, in Versailles, Donald Trump and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei signed a memorandum of understanding that opens a 60-day negotiating…
EDITORIAL: Ankara Summit — Rutte, Turn Promises Into Steel or Go Home
On July 7, 2026, the leaders of the 32 NATO member nations will gather in Ankara, Turkey, for what Secretary General Mark Rutte himself…
EDITORIAL: The $55 Billion Autonomous Drone Revolution — the West Must Win or Lose Everything
The figure is staggering: $55 billion by 2032. That is the projected size of the global autonomous defense drone market — some independent analyses…