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EDITORIAL: G7 Evian — The China Split Fractures the West and Portends the Worst
The 52nd G7 summit was held from June 15 to 17, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, this small French spa town known more for
EDITORIAL: Sanctioning Beijing — The EU Finally Crosses the Rubicon Against Moscow's Ally
On June 15, 2026, in the hushed corridors of the EU Council in Brussels, something fundamental changed. For the first time since
EDITORIAL: Hit Chinese forced labor, yes — punish democratic allies, no
On the night of June 2, 2026, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released the findings of sixty investigations
EDITORIAL: The Economic War of Attrition — The West Can Win, If Only It Holds On
On June 18, 2026, emerging from a meeting of NATO Defense Ministers in Brussels, Secretary General Mark Rutte dropped a statistic that
EDITORIAL: Hegseth Subjects NATO to Transatlantic Blackmail—And Europe Has No Choice Left
On June 18, 2026, in Brussels, inside the NATO defense ministers' meeting room, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivered a sentence
EDITORIAL: Moscow Doesn't Want Peace — It Wants Ukraine's Total Surrender
On June 19, 2026, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov published an essay titled "Ukraine, Europe, and Global Security", in which he unambiguously
EDITORIAL: Divided G7, Beijing Thanks You — a Disunited West is the Greatest Gift to Xi Jinping
There is one image that sums up the entire Évian-les-Bains G7. On one side, Emmanuel Macron, convening an unprecedented video call with
EDITORIAL: Turkey, NATO's Pivot — Ankara Claims Command of the Reaction Force
On June 19, 2026, from Brussels, Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler didn't pull any punches. Speaking to journalists gathered after the meeting
EDITORIAL: For the first time, the EU extends its sanctions against Russia for a full year
On June 18, 2026, at the heart of a European Council summit in Brussels, the twenty-seven heads of state and government of