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ESSAY: Ukraine Between Two Chairs — Associate Membership Rejected, 90 Billion Promised, Accession Suspended
On June 15, 2026, in Luxembourg, at the second intergovernmental EU-Ukraine conference, the official opening of Cluster 1 — Fundamentals of accession negotiations was…
COLUMN: Taiwan Expels, Beijing Returns — The South China Sea as a Full Dress Rehearsal
On June 7, 2026, Taiwan's coast guard deployed seven patrol vessels to intercept four Chinese government ships that had entered restricted waters located 30…
DECODING: IEEPA struck down by the Supreme Court — Trump bypasses, innovates, threatens still
On February 20, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling that shook American trade policy to its foundations. By a vote of…
COMMENTARY: Russian sanctions for 12 months — stated resolve, limited effectiveness
On June 25, 2026, the Council of the European Union did something unprecedented since the start of sanctions against Russia in 2022: it extended…
EDITORIAL: DeepSeek V4 Pro under MIT license — poisoned gift or Beijing's masterstroke?
On April 24, 2026, DeepSeek, the artificial intelligence startup based in Hangzhou, published its V4 Pro model on Hugging Face under an MIT license.…
COMMENTARY: Europe reforms in disarray — without shared vision or strategic direction
On June 26, 2026, was an emblematic day for what Europe is going through. In Spain, the lower house of parliament withdrew its confidence…
COMMENTARY: Trump sacrifices millions of Americans' housing on the altar of a procedural war
On June 24, 2026, just hours before a solemn ceremony at the Capitol, Donald Trump killed his own victory. A bipartisan housing bill —…
EDITORIAL: UK, France, Germany "concerned" about China near Taiwan — and that's it
On June 24, 2026, the British, French, and German representations in Taipei published a rare joint statement expressing their "concern" over China's recent activities…
COMMENTARY: Gaza phase 2 — disarmament, governance, reconstruction: the impossible triangle
In October 2025, President Donald Trump announced what he presented as the most transformative agreement for the Middle East in decades: a ceasefire between…