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EDITORIAL: China's budget slowdown — economic prudence or strategic reorientation
China set its 2026 defense budget at 1.94 trillion yuan, roughly 282 billion US dollars, according to Reuters. This figure, imposing on its face,…
EDITORIAL: Scarborough, Ten Years On, the Tensions Refuse to Fade
Ten years after the 2016 international arbitration ruling that rejected Chinese claims at Scarborough Shoal, Philippine fishermen report being driven away from waters the…
EDITORIAL: The Baltic Drone Wall, What the West Truly Must Take From It
Let us say it plainly: the Baltic drone wall is not a symbolic gesture. It is a one-billion-euro answer to a threat that has…
EDITORIAL: Five countries, what Western observers take from it
Five NATO countries now exceed 3.5% of their GDP in pure defense spending, according to a Reuters tally dated July 7, 2026.
EDITORIAL: Germany's Eurofighter withdrawal, a bad signal
On March 24, 2026, Germany withdrew its Eurofighter jets stationed in Poland, according to Euronews. This withdrawal, presented as a simple logistical reorganization, deserves…
EDITORIAL: Russia's shadow fleet, a maritime empire under Ukrainian fire
Ukrainian forces claimed strikes on 21 vessels linked to the Russian shadow fleet in 72 hours in early July 2026, according to Fox News…
EDITORIAL: Simferopol in the Dark, a Week Later, the Reckoning
A week after the strike that plunged Simferopol into darkness, it is time to take stock of what this attack actually changed, beyond the…
EDITORIAL: Why Omsk Going Offline Matters More Than It Looks
On July 6, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Omsk refinery, Russia's largest, in what Reuters and CNBC described the following day as the deepest…
EDITORIAL: Russia's shell industry, 17 times pre-war output
Seven million shells a year, seventeen times the pre-invasion level: however cold this figure looks on paper, it actually measures the depth of an…