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INVESTIGATION: Beijing turns rare earths into a snitch line, and Washington answers with chips
On July 1, 2026 , China's Ministry of Commerce brought Announcement No. 26 of 2026 into force, a public reporting mechanism for violations of…
ANALYSIS: Washington eases the chip leash on China, under strict conditions
A case-by-case review , not a blanket ban and not an open door: that is the exact posture Washington adopted on July 27, 2026…
DECODING: Ukraine holds 22 Belarusians, offers one spy in trade
Twenty-two Belarusian nationals who fought for Russia are now held in Ukrainian prisoner-of-war facilities, up from a previously reported 17, according to Ukraine 's…
EDITORIAL: How Sanctions Redrew the Map of Russian Oil Trade
Sanctions are supposed to work slowly, and that slowness is precisely why the October 22, 2025 measures against Rosneft and Lukoil deserve a serious…
ANALYSIS: How American Sanctions Redrew Russia's Oil Trade
On October 22, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department struck at the heart of Russia's war economy by sanctioning Rosneft and Lukoil simultaneously, the country's…
INVESTIGATION: Lukoil, a strategic reading of American sanctions
A deadline pushed back three times is never a mere administrative detail; it is the visible trace of an economic arm-wrestling match whose outcome…
EDITORIAL: China's budget slowdown — economic prudence or strategic reorientation
China set its 2026 defense budget at 1.94 trillion yuan, roughly 282 billion US dollars, according to Reuters. This figure, imposing on its face,…
COLUMN: The 5% of GDP Goal, a Number That Says a Lot About Our Priorities
Nine years. That is the gap between the collective 5% of GDP defense spending goal confirmed at the Ankara summit for 2035, and the…
REPORT: Five NATO Members Already Above the 3.5% GDP Defense Target
A Reuters analysis published July 7, 2026 delivers a ranking that deserves more attention than it has received: five NATO members already spend more…