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PROFILE: 9,463 Kamikaze Drones in One Day — the Face of Russia's Total War
9,463 drones in one day. That figure should appear in every Western leader's speech when they hesitate over increasing support for Ukraine. Not as…
OPEN LETTER: Vladimir, your bridges are falling — and your logistics empire with them
I will admit it: writing an open letter to Putin may seem theatrical. But sometimes direct address is the only format that does justice…
TESTIMONY: 18 Months of Russian Drones Over European Nuclear Sites — The Kremlin's Espionage Unmasked
I cannot testify to having seen these drones. Nobody I know has seen them either — and that is precisely the problem. An 18-month…
TESTIMONY: The Strait of Hormuz as hostage — Iran plays its survival on a maritime route
A negotiation between the United States and Iran on maritime freedom, while within Iran itself the IRGC and the pragmatists fight over who controls…
ESSAY: Transatlanticism as a Convenience Partnership — and Why That Is Enough, for Now
A convenience partnership. The formula is honest and a little sad. NATO was founded on the principle that democracies sharing common values would defend…
PROFILE: Kateryna Lykhohliad — the 425th Regiment Journalist Soldiers Called an Enemy
There is something chilling in the symmetry of this story: a journalist who documents real deaths in a real regiment ends up designated as…
TESTIMONY: Russia–North Korea Bridge Delayed — Fractured Symbol of a Hollow Alliance
North Korea built its side of the bridge. Russia did not build its own. In a relationship supposedly between equal partners — or at…
ESSAY: NATO Ankara, July 2026 — The Alliance Survives Trump, Ukraine Awaits Its Guarantees
This conversion of Atlanticist discourse into economic argument is both clever and troubling. It may work with Trump. It also means the alliance's value…
PROFILE: Bohdan, Oleksandr, Serhii — Three Soldiers Ukraine's Military Reform Leaves Behind
Before discussing numbers and contractual structures, we need to name what these soldiers have been through. Four years at the front. Comrades killed beside…