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ESSAY: Kim Jong Un's Exponential Escalation — Pyongyang Caught Democracies Off Guard
For twenty years, the international community treated North Korea as a manageable problem — a dangerous but peripheral curiosity, a miserable regime that would…
PROFILE: Netanyahu, the Man Who Says No — and the Diplomatic Options Shrinking in Gaza
During a commissioning ceremony for combat officers in southern Israel, on June 25, 2026, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke words that went directly against…
ESSAY: Maduro Caged in New York — Trump's Monroe Doctrine Tested in Venezuela
In the night of January 2 to 3, 2026, American special forces entered the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, and captured Nicolás Maduro — Venezuela's sitting…
ESSAY: Hormuz, the jugular artery of the world economy — this strait is worth more than any nuclear bomb
The Strait of Hormuz is thirty-three kilometres wide at its narrowest point. Through it flows approximately 21 million barrels of oil per day —…
ESSAY: €45 Billion for Ukraine — Europe Pays Its Moral and Strategic Debt
The city of Gdańsk, symbol of Polish resistance against oppression, birthplace of Solidarity — this choice of venue for the Ukraine Reconstruction Conference of…
ESSAY: The theology of security — how Israel justifies its "zone" empire with no withdrawal horizon
On June 25, 2026, at an officers' promotion ceremony in the Negev, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz made statements…
PROFILE: Kim Jong Un, stage manager of the apocalypse — the man who makes war a national holiday
Some dates in North Korea are never mere commemorations. June 25 is one of them. It marks the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of…
TESTIMONY: At Eurosatory 2026 — I witnessed France arming its satellites with lasers for 2030
Eurosatory 2026 — the global defense and security exhibition held in Paris from June 16 to 20, 2026 — brought together more
ESSAY: The "Big Beautiful Bill" by the numbers — $4 trillion in tax cuts, 11.8 million losing Medicaid
On July 4, 2025 — a date carefully chosen for maximum patriotic symbolism — Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill.