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ESSAY: The West Rediscovers the Right to Childhood Against Social Media
In less than eighteen months, more than forty countries decided to act. The United Kingdom, France, Australia, Norway, Malaysia, Indonesia — radically different geographies,…
PROFILE: Friedrich Merz — The Man Who Wants to Save Germany by Making It Tougher
Friedrich Merz waited. A long time. After being pushed aside from the leadership of the CDU by Angela Merkel at the turn of the…
OPEN LETTER: Tim Cook, Elon Musk, Satya Nadella — Beijing has already made the choice for you
I am writing to you from outside your headquarters — from the vantage point of someone who has observed, for years, the way you…
PROFILE: Huawei, the Champion Forged Against Its Will — Born of Sanctions, King of Chinese AI
In 2019, the Trump administration placed Huawei Technologies on the U.S. Department of Commerce's Entity List, cutting the company off from Qualcomm, Intel, ASML…
ESSAY: Ukraine Between Two Chairs — Associate Membership Rejected, 90 Billion Promised, Accession Suspended
On June 15, 2026, in Luxembourg, at the second intergovernmental EU-Ukraine conference, the official opening of Cluster 1 — Fundamentals of accession negotiations was…
ESSAY: Taiwan under pressure — war games, maritime standoff, and democratic lethargy
On June 22, 2026, in Taoyuan — home to the island's largest international airport — Taiwanese army tanks rolled through streets and onto highways.…
PROFILE: Andriy Melnyk at the UN — Ukraine's voice before a paralyzed Security Council
On June 22, 2026, Andriy Melnyk, Ukraine's envoy to the UN, took the floor during a lengthy session of the Security Council — the…
PROFILE: Rafael Grossi, the man who must verify the unverifiable against Iran
It was from Tokyo, on the margins of an international meeting, that Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), spoke…
ESSAY: Kim Jong Un and the bomb at sea — what North Korea's nuclear navy changes for Asia
On June 23, 2026, at the port of Nampo on the west coast of North Korea, Kim Jong Un personally presided over the official…