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EDITORIAL: Beijing and Moscow Tighten Their Naval Grip on the Pacific
From July 6 to 13, 2026, the Chinese and Russian navies conducted, in the Yellow Sea, the joint exercise Marine Interaction 2026, also called…
EDITORIAL: Beijing fires a nuclear missile into the Pacific and dares call it routine
On July 6, 2026, around noon Beijing time, a Chinese navy submarine, likely a Type 094 Jin-class ballistic missile boat, launched an intercontinental ballistic…
INVESTIGATION: The defense budget has become power's new thermometer
At the NATO summit held in Ankara on July 7 and 8, 2026, a single number structured nearly every public exchange between leaders: 5…
EDITORIAL: Turkey Gets Its F-35s Back, a Gift That Embarrasses NATO
The NATO summit in Ankara, on July 7 and 8, 2026, was supposed to focus mainly on Patriot systems, on billions promised to Kyiv,…
COMMENTARY: Ankara, the summit where NATO promised more than it can deliver
On July 8, 2026, NATO leaders gathered at the presidential complex of Beştepe, in Ankara, for what Turkey wanted to present as a display…
COMMENTARY: 268 clashes in one day, the exact measure of a war that refuses to slow
On July 9, 2026, the Ukrainian General Staff recorded 268 combat engagements across the front line, according to its daily situation report cited by…
EDITORIAL: A tanker burns in the Don-Azov canal, and the shadow fleet cracks
On the night of July 11 to 12, 2026, a Ukrainian drone struck a tanker as it entered the Don-Azov canal, causing a fire…
FACT-CHECK: No, Ukraine will not produce Patriots for several years
Since July 8, 2026, an idea has been circulating widely in some public commentary: that thanks to the license promised by Donald Trump in…
COMMENTARY: Anefis under siege, a Russian helicopter downed, the Wagner myth crumbles
Since July 6, 2026, Mali's Armed Forces (FAMa) and troops from the Africa Corps — Wagner's institutional heir in Africa — have been besieged…