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ESSAY: Zelensky Tightens the Vise — the Ukrainian Sanctions Strangling Russia's War Machine
There is a war being waged without the sound of cannons. Without drone footage. Without columns of black smoke over refineries. It is the…
ESSAY: Ukraine's Cyber War Enters the European Age — the Cybersecurity Reserve
In June 2026, Ukraine crossed a decisive threshold in the digital war that Russia has imposed on it for more than four years: the…
ESSAY: Twelve months of sanctions — what the EU's historic decision really says about the long war
On June 25, 2026, the European Union extended its economic sanctions against Russia for twelve months — until July 31, 2027 — instead of…
ESSAY: Putin's "Negotiations" — A Manual of Deliberate Contradiction
On June 23, 2026, Vladimir Putin declared to the world that Russia was "ready to negotiate" — citing the Istanbul 2022 framework, the Anchorage…
ESSAY: Denmark Shuts Its Door on Ukrainian Men — Europe Is Cracking
Denmark has announced it will no longer grant temporary protection to Ukrainian men aged 23 to 60. The measure is precise, documented and unambiguous.…
ESSAY: Nipah, Shigella, Mpox — Why Kerala Is the World's Epicenter of Emerging Zoonoses
In June 2026, Kerala — one of India's most educated, best-served medically and most prosperous states — found itself simultaneously grappling with two distinct…
ESSAY: Ukraine at Eurosatory 2026 — from survival to military innovation power
At the Paris-Nord Villepinte exhibition center, between June 15 and 19, 2026, Ukraine did not simply attend the world's largest defense trade show. It…
ESSAY: London Climate Action Week — the UN between fossil fuels, AI and the Iran crisis
When United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the London Climate Action Week on June 23, 2026, he spoke beneath a heat wave threatening to…
ESSAY: The West Rediscovers the Right to Childhood Against Social Media
In less than eighteen months, more than forty countries decided to act. The United Kingdom, France, Australia, Norway, Malaysia, Indonesia — radically different geographies,…