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ANALYSIS: Russia engraves its North Korean soldiers into school textbooks — the propaganda of blood
In June 2026, Russia announced a revision of its single national history textbook — the book imposed in all Russian schools by personal decree…
TESTIMONY: The US-Iran Accord — A Giant Bandage on a Wound That Has Not Healed
On June 15, 2026, a memorandum of understanding was announced between the United States and Iran, establishing a 60-day pause in hostilities following the…
ESSAY: China Nibbles at Taiwan One Island at a Time — and the World Looks Away
In June 2026, Chinese coast guard vessels approached or breached the restricted waters of three different Taiwanese island chains in less than three weeks.…
PROFILE: Spies from Beijing and Moscow — the United Kingdom, a global intelligence battlefield
On June 18, 2026, a British court convicted two men for spying on behalf of China. This verdict arrived in a documented context of…
TESTIMONY: Ukrainian Drones and AI — How Innovation Reversed the Front in Five Days
In February 2026, Ukraine launched an offensive that stunned military analysts with its speed and effectiveness: 78 square miles of territory reclaimed in just…
ESSAY: Offensive AI in Months — The Five Eyes Alarm That Changes Everything
On June 22, 2026, something unusual occurred in the Western intelligence world. The cybersecurity agencies of the Five Eyes — the CISA (United States),…
PROFILE: FortiBleed — The Russian Group That Compromised 270 Belgian Organizations Without Them Knowing
On June 23, 2026, Belgian cybersecurity firm Secutec published an alert that shook Belgium's institutional and professional world: a cybercriminal group linked to Russia…
OPEN LETTER: NATO — The 9th Battalion in Finland Is a Message to Moscow
I am writing to you in June 2026, from a continent that has relearned, the hard way, the meaning of the word "defense." In…
TESTIMONY: The Axis of Upheaval Struck — US Sanctions Against Iran, China, and Belarus
On June 11, 2026, the American government announced sanctions against 13 entities spread across Iran, Belarus, and China. These entities had supplied materiel to…