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EDITORIAL: European digital sovereignty — the Franco-German paper arrives late, but it matters
On June 17, 2026, France and Germany co-signed a joint document titled the Franco-German Joint Paper on Digital Sovereignty — a policy text intended…
COMMENTARY: The Trump-Iran Deal — A "Peace" Without Missiles or Militias That Looks Like Surrender
On June 17, 2026, the United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) intended to end the war that Washington and Tel…
EDITORIAL: The Lebanon-Israel Deal — A "Beginning of the Beginning" or Peace Without Hezbollah
On June 26, 2026, surrounded by Lebanese and Israeli representatives in the hushed corridors of the State Department, Marco Rubio announced what he called…
COLUMN: Europe extends its Russia sanctions — a historic signal that deserves to be understood
On June 25, 2026, the Council of the European Union extended economic sanctions against Russia for a period of twelve months, through July 31,…
COMMENTARY: Netanyahu's "no time limit" — the permanent occupation isolating Israel from the world
On June 25, 2026, at a combat officers' graduation ceremony in the Negev, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz delivered remarks…
EDITORIAL: Merz, €90 Billion and the Phantom Status — Europe Patches Together Ukraine's Future
There is in European policy toward Ukraine a painful paradox that few leaders dare name clearly: we are ready to lend €90 billion to…
COMMENTARY: Trump's Pocket Veto on Housing — The Politics of Hostage-Taking in Power
On June 24, 2026, in Washington, something remarkable happened — or rather, something remarkable was about to happen and then didn't. The 21st Century…
EDITORIAL: Trump, Digital Taxes and the EU — One Ultimatum Too Many
It happened the way it always happens with Donald Trump: without warning, without diplomatic consultation, without regard for the fragile commercial balances that months…
EDITORIAL: Iran at Geneva in the Morning, Iranian Drones in Lebanon at Night — Duplicity as Doctrine
On June 17, 2026, in Versailles, President Trump and Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei signed a 14-point memorandum of understanding. The world applauded. Europeans…