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Analysis· No. 1680

DECODING: Putin accuses NATO of plotting attacks — a reading before the Ankara summit

On June 30, 2026, Vladimir Putin claimed that NATO and Ukraine were "plotting joint attacks" against Russia, according to reports from RBC-Ukraine.

Open letter· No. 1677

OPEN LETTER: To the Russian Black Sea Fleet — the Neptune found you, even in the bay

I am writing to you from a distance, but not from indifference. In the night of June 11, 2026, Ukrainian naval forces

Profile· No. 1676

TESTIMONY: After Putin, Russia will remain a threat — a Swedish intelligence chief shatters the illusion

On June 30, 2026, Thomas Nilsson, head of Swedish military intelligence, spoke words that deserve to be read slowly: "We do not

Essay· No. 1674

ESSAY: Sybiha in Asia — Ukraine Transforms Its War Drones Into Diplomatic Currency

On June 29, 2026, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha embarked on a tour of East Asia with a precise objective: to transform

Profile· No. 1671

PROFILE: Twenty minutes to die — the life of a Russian recruit at the Ukrainian front

He arrives at the front. He sets down his gear. He looks around. He has not yet figured out where he is

Profile· No. 1662

TESTIMONY: What China is preparing after Kim Jong-un — and why the West must worry

There are questions that Western capitals avoid asking aloud because the answer is too destabilizing. The succession of power in North Korea

Essay· No. 1660

ESSAY: The United Kingdom reinvents its army around Ukraine's lessons — £300 billion at stake

On June 30, 2026, Keir Starmer traveled to a drone factory in Maidenhead, Berkshire, to present what he described as a "record

Profile· No. 1657

PROFILE: The F-35 depends on China — Beijing's rare earths time bomb

Every F-35 Joint Strike Fighter contains more than 400 kilograms of rare earth elements. Dysprosium, terbium, neodymium — chemical elements whose names

Open letter· No. 1651

OPEN LETTER: To Koizumi and Ahn — The Seoul Visit That Changes the Geography of Resistance

Ministers Shinjiro Koizumi and Ahn Gyu-back, I am writing to you from the other side of the world, from a desk where

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