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PORTRAIT: PURL, the American mechanism that mobilized 21 allies for Ukraine
The PURL mechanism — Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List — has mobilized 21 allied countries and two partners around a shared goal: funding the purchase…
PORTRAIT: the chip war intensifies, the context we keep forgetting
Two measures, two capitals, a single battlefield: semiconductors. This portrait retraces the forgotten context of a confrontation that has been intensifying for months between…
PORTRAIT: field notes on the Chinese coast guard east of Taiwan
On July 5, 2026, Beijing announced new coast guard patrols off the east coast of Taiwan, according to the New York Times. This move,…
PORTRAIT: Where things stand on Starved of Silicon
On June 22, 2026, China added ten American companies to its export control list, according to Modern Diplomacy of July 12, 2026.
PORTRAIT: the chip war intensifies between Washington and Beijing
A legislative proposal. A targeted response. A budget that confirms priorities. This portrait traces the technological escalation between the United States and China over…
PORTRAIT: China's coast guard east of Taiwan and the balance of power now in motion
Some institutions have names that sound unremarkable, yet their deployment can shift the strategic balance of an entire region.
PORTRAIT: Starved of Silicon, China Builds Its Own Supply Chain
China added ten American companies to its export control list on June 22, 2026, according to Modern Diplomacy on July 12, 2026, a retaliatory…
PORTRAIT: Decoding the 5%-of-GDP target in three acts
Five percent of GDP devoted to defense by 2035: that is the target NATO has set for itself, according to Forbes, and one the…
PORTRAIT: Ankara, the geopolitical choice weighing on NATO
On July 7 and 8, 2026, NATO chose Ankara to hold its annual summit, a choice that was anything but incidental according to Forbes,…