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EDITORIAL: EU 20th Package — Russia's Shadow Fleet and Chinese Firms in Brussels' Sights
On June 15, 2026, the Council of the European Union adopted the 20th sanctions package against Russia — and this time, something
EDITORIAL: Hezbollah, Proxies, and the Illusion of a Total Ceasefire With Iran
The USA-Iran memorandum of understanding of June 17, 2026 provides for a cessation of hostilities on "all fronts" — an ambitious formulation
EDITORIAL: Jay Clayton, the Senate and the DNI — How Trump Is Undermining Intelligence Safeguards
The question appears straightforward on the surface: should Jay Clayton, nominated to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI),
EDITORIAL: Zircons Over Kyiv — Ukraine Without Enough Patriots Facing the Missile Rain
On June 2, 2026, Russia launched eight Zircon hypersonic missiles against Kyiv. It was the largest Zircon attack of the year —
EDITORIAL: FREE-RIDING IS OVER — THE ATLANTIC ALLIANCE OR DEATH
There are words you cannot take back once they have been spoken publicly. "Shameful" is one of them. US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth,…
EDITORIAL: SUMY — A 13-YEAR-OLD CHILD AND THE SILENCE OF THOSE WHO COULD STOP THIS
A Russian drone struck a residential building in Sumy, in northeastern Ukraine, on that Monday in June 2026. It killed three members of the…
EDITORIAL: WHAT TRUMP SAID ON JUNE 23, 2026, AND WHAT IT REVEALS ABOUT AMERICA
On Monday June 23, 2026, Donald Trump takes the microphone at the White House to deliver what looks, structurally, like every one of his…
EDITORIAL: 90 BILLION IN ONE YEAR — EUROPE FINALLY WAKES UP, TOO LATE?
Some figures sound like a victory. And some figures sound like a barely disguised reproach. On June 17, 2026, during the NATO pre-ministerial press…
EDITORIAL: Iran says the deal is an American defeat — and it's not entirely wrong
On June 24, 2026, Al Jazeera reported that influential voices in Tehran were describing the memorandum of understanding signed with Washington on June 17…