Essay
Pieces
ESSAY: Gaza, the tunnels and Hamas disarmament — when peace demands the impossible
On June 17, 2026, envoy Nikolay Mladenov, appointed by the Trump administration to head the "Peace Council," submitted to Gaza a 15-point
ESSAY: The Second Amendment triumphs in Hawaii — the Supreme Court reshapes an armed America
On June 25, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down Hawaii's strict gun law. The decision follows directly from
ESSAY: Eurosatory 2026 — NATO Unveils Its Autonomous Weapons of the Future, Pilotless Tanks and Drone Carriers
Every two years, Paris hosts Eurosatory, the largest land defense and security trade show in the world. In June 2026, this unmissable
ESSAY: Four Russian Satellites at 13 km from ICEYE-X36 — the Space War Is Already Here
On June 24, 2026, the world learned that four Russian satellites — Kosmos-2610, Kosmos-2611, Kosmos-2612, and Kosmos-2613 — had closed to within
ESSAY: Alpha SBU, 32 Years of Secret War — 649 Russian Air Defence Systems Destroyed
On 23 June 2026, the Alpha Special Operations Centre of the SBU — Ukraine's Security Service — celebrated its 32nd anniversary. In
ESSAY: The E5 in Berlin — when Europe finally decides to defend itself for real
On June 24, 2026, five heads of government gathered in Berlin for what may go down in history as the moment when
ESSAY: Iran, from Kuwait to Versailles — How Two Weeks of War Produced a Precarious Agreement
From June 2 to 17, 2026, the Middle East came close to a conflict of a scale it had not seen in
ESSAY: The KN-23 missile — when Ukraine becomes Kim Jong-un's laboratory
There is one statistic I want to engrave in the mind of every Western strategist who still thinks the war in Ukraine
ESSAY: The Big Beautiful Bill, Trump's Tax Immunity, and the Democracy Being Dismantled Piece by Piece
On June 24, 2026, Senate Majority Leader John Thune announced a procedural vote for the following day at noon — a vote