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Commentary· No. 2919

Russia's GRU Unit 29155 Keeps Hacking Zelensky's Office

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reiterated it in early July: Unit 29155 of Russia's military intelligence service, the GRU, continues to run

Editorial· No. 2918

Silencing a Ukrainian TV Station Digitally Is Also an Act of War

For three hours, hackers bombarded the website of a Ukrainian national television channel with up to 200,000 requests per minute, a denial-of-service

Commentary· No. 2906

China and Russia Drill Their Fleets Near Qingdao, Taiwan Watches

China and Russia have confirmed joint naval exercises in the waters and airspace off Qingdao this week, a military gathering that comes

Editorial· No. 2905

Taiwan trains to survive, the West must train to act

Taiwan conducted, in early July 2026, a new round of national resilience exercises, simulating blockade and attack scenarios, as Chinese military incursions

Commentary· No. 2892

Russian Oil Crashes to $42, Back to Pre-War Middle East Levels

Russia's benchmark crude, Urals, slid back to around $42 a barrel in early July 2026, according to data reported by Meduza on

Editorial· No. 2891

Russia Nearing an "Explosive" Banking Crisis, Brussels Warns

An intelligence report from a European state, titled "Note on the probability of a banking crisis in Russia in 2026," warns that

Commentary· No. 2878

Mark Rutte walks a tightrope between Trump and Kyiv ahead of the Ankara summit

Ahead of the NATO summit on July 7 and 8, 2026 in Ankara, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte laid out three priorities

Editorial· No. 2877

Northrop Grumman and Saab land NATO contracts worth $450 million apiece

Alongside the NATO summit opening on July 7 and 8, 2026 in Ankara, several allies announced major investments in aerial surveillance, according

Commentary· No. 2865

A Sea Anemone Reveals a Never-Before-Seen Antiviral Defense

A team of researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, working with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, has identified a

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