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PROFILE: ASEAN Facing Beijing — Portrait of an Institution That Cannot Defend Itself
In June 2026, China positioned a floating platform inside the lagoon of Scarborough Shoal, a rocky formation disputed in the South China Sea, claimed…
OPEN LETTER: To the Generals Who Still Thought Drone Swarms Were Science Fiction
To you, senior officers, strategic planners, defense procurement bureaucrats who spent years reading reports on autonomous drone swarms and telling yourselves it is ten…
PROFILE: Autonomous Drones and the Legal Void — Who Is Responsible When a Machine Kills?
The global defense drone market will reach, according to analyses by BriefGlance and several specialized firms, over $55 billion by 2032 — some projections…
REPORT: 45 Billion for Ukraine — How NATO and the EU Are Financing the Resistance in 2026
On June 25, 2026, the Ukraine Reconstruction Conference in Gdańsk brought together representatives of 47 nations and the European Union to confirm and detail…
PROFILE: The US-Iran MoU and regional security — what it really changes for Israel and the Gulf
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the United States and Iran in late spring 2026 represents one of the most significant diplomatic turning…
DECODING: Section 122 and Trump tariffs — when the Supreme Court forces protectionism to reinvent itself
On February 20, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision that would force the Trump administration to rewrite its entire trade arsenal.…
ESSAY: AUKUS, drones, and the Indo-Pacific — the Western response to Xi Jinping's expansionism
On the plains of Salisbury, England, the summer of 2026 witnessed something that would have seemed like science fiction a decade ago: Australian, American,…
ESSAY: The North Korean 155mm howitzer and the war of attrition — Pyongyang arms Putin for eternity
On June 25, 2026, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un personally oversaw a series of weapons tests whose results were broadcast by the official KCNA…
PROFILE: Kim Jong-un Under Fire — On June 25, He Is Not Commemorating, He Is Threatening
Seventy-six years ago, on June 25, 1950, North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel to launch the Korean War — a conflict that would…