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COMMENTARY: Turkey arrests 225 people before the NATO summit — and its allies look away
In the night of June 22–23, 2026, Turkish authorities arrested at least 209 people in Ankara. Lawyers, activists, academics, journalists — including
EDITORIAL: Anti-Russian oil sanctions are back — no fanfare, no excuses, no Trump
On June 17, 2026, the United States quietly reactivated sanctions against Russian oil — targeting Rosneft and Lukoil, the two pillars of
COMMENTARY: The FCC bans Huawei, ZTE and Hikvision — America finally closes the door on Trojan horses
On June 26, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States voted to ban the importation of all equipment from
EDITORIAL: London's future Chinese mega-embassy could conceal a prison for dissidents
On June 29, 2026, the British daily The Telegraph revealed that Taiwan had warned British authorities of an extraordinary risk: the underground
ESSAY: Trump and Ukraine — how pressure on Moscow switched sides
In November 2024, Russian nationalists celebrated Donald Trump's election as a strategic victory. They believed that Moscow would crush a Ukraine deprived
COMMENTARY: CUSMA in limbo — Trump leaves North America's greatest trade deal in a void
On July 1, 2026, the CUSMA — the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, known as USMCA on the American side and T-MEC in Mexico
EDITORIAL: The Court gives and takes away — Trump's ambivalent scorecard on June 29
The 29th of June 2026 will remain in American political history as one of the most paradoxical days of the Trump presidency.
COMMENTARY: 7,000 North Korean soldiers fallen for Putin — and two prisoners who want to go South
More than 7,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded in the Kursk Oblast campaign between 2024 and 2025. This figure,
EDITORIAL: Putin refuses peace — and says so without flinching
On June 29, 2026, the Kremlin delivered a message to the international community of disarming clarity: nothing has changed. Russia's position on