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PROFILE: Kim Jong Un, stage manager of the apocalypse — the man who makes war a national holiday
Some dates in North Korea are never mere commemorations. June 25 is one of them. It marks the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of…
TESTIMONY: At Eurosatory 2026 — I witnessed France arming its satellites with lasers for 2030
Eurosatory 2026 — the global defense and security exhibition held in Paris from June 16 to 20, 2026 — brought together more
PROFILE: The CRINK axis fractures — after the Iran-USA deal, Moscow, Beijing and Kim recalculate
The word CRINK — China, Russia, Iran, North Korea — has entered Western strategic vocabulary to describe what some analysts call the
TESTIMONY: Europe closes its technological defence gap — AGILE, their collective wager
On June 25, 2026, the European Parliament adopts its position on the AGILE programme — Agile and Rapid Defence Innovation. This vote
PROFILE: The E5 united — how five European capitals rewrote collective security
On June 24, 2026, the governments of France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Poland — the E5 group — jointly published
TESTIMONY: Beijing's 15-point FDI plan — seduction or genuine opening?
On June 23, 2026, Beijing published a 15-point plan aimed at "stabilizing foreign investment" in China. The timing is anything but incidental.
PROFILE: Kim Jong-un, engineer of destruction — DPRK tests the artillery of the future
On June 25, 2026, Kim Jong-un personally inspected the latest North Korean conventional weapons tests, according to the official KCNA agency. Images
TESTIMONY: The CRINK axis watches Iran capitulate — and draws its own survival lessons
Here is an uncomfortable truth that the Burgenstock negotiators appear to have underestimated: while Washington and Tehran were signing their 60-day memorandum,
PROFILE: Pezeshkian, the man who says no to Washington on enriched uranium
On June 22, 2026, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian uttered words that chilled diplomats around the world: Iran will "never back down" on