Investigation
Pieces
INVESTIGATION: two Type 055 destroyers for the Chinese navy, a status check
Two names, two ships, a naval modernization that shows no sign of slowing. The destroyers Dongguan and Anqing, of the Type 055 class, were…
INVESTIGATION: Philippine fishermen versus the Chinese coast guard, Scarborough's silent war
Ten years. That is how long it has been since the 2016 arbitral ruling favorable to the Philippines on the status of Scarborough Shoal.
INVESTIGATION: Manila Sanctioned, Beijing Bars a Philippine Minister
China barred Philippine defense secretary Gilberto Teodoro from entry, according to Al Jazeera on June 11, 2026, a diplomatic escalation that arrives a full…
INVESTIGATION: Lithuania and the Context We Often Forget
When Reuters' figures on NATO defense spending circulated on July 7, 2026, one name came up more often than any other in the analyses:…
INVESTIGATION: NATO's 5% of GDP target, a political bet through 2035
NATO has set an ambitious course: raising defense spending to 5% of GDP for all its members by 2035, according to Forbes on July…
INVESTIGATION: the Baltic drone wall, a billion-euro strategic project
Estimated at roughly one billion euros, the Baltic drone wall project targets an initial operational capability as early as the end of 2026, according…
INVESTIGATION: Novak and the five-figure import gamble
On July 8, 2026, Russian deputy prime minister Alexander Novak uttered a sentence that, on its own, sums up the scale of an unprecedented…
INVESTIGATION: The ruble of war, what Western observers take away from it
Russia's 2026 budget counts on oil and gas revenue of 8.9 trillion rubles, according to The Moscow Times on October 28, 2025.
INVESTIGATION: Western Sanctions, What the Numbers Actually Confirm
On October 22, 2025, the U.S. Treasury sanctioned Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia's two largest oil companies, a decision presented at the time as a…