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PROFILE: Rafael Grossi versus Iran — the man who wants to see what Tehran refuses to show
Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is a man of precise language and controlled composure. But on June
TESTIMONY: Rheinmetall and Ukraine — What Tens of Thousands of Shells Say About This War
On June 30, 2026, Rheinmetall announced it had received a Ukrainian contract for the delivery of tens of thousands of 155mm artillery
ESSAY: Beijing Blacklists Japan — When Rare Earths Become a Weapon of Economic Destruction
On June 29, 2026, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) added 20 Japanese entities to its export control list for dual-use goods. An
PROFILE: How Ukraine Rewrote the United Kingdom's Military Doctrine
On June 30, 2026, just days before leaving Downing Street, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed what may prove his most enduring
TESTIMONY: Julie Davis Leaves Kyiv — and Ukraine Is Left Without an American Ambassador
On June 28, 2026, U.S. chargé d'affaires in Ukraine Julie Davis officially concluded her diplomatic mission in Kyiv. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii
ESSAY: Kim Jong-un, the June 25 Missiles, and the "Lethal and Destructive" Posture That Changes Everything
Dates matter to dictators. June 25, 1950, was the day North Korea launched its invasion of South Korea, beginning a conflict that
PROFILE: Kim Jong Un, the man who plays Beijing and Moscow like two trump cards
On June 8, 2026, Xi Jinping set foot in Pyongyang for the first state visit by a Chinese leader to North Korea
TESTIMONY: China secretly trained Russian soldiers in biological warfare — generals implicated
On July 1, 2026, the Reuters news agency published an exclusive that fundamentally changes what the world thought it knew about Sino-Russian
ESSAY: Trump and Ukraine — how pressure on Moscow switched sides
In November 2024, Russian nationalists celebrated Donald Trump's election as a strategic victory. They believed that Moscow would crush a Ukraine deprived