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Analysis· No. 898

ANALYSIS: The Iran-USA Deal and the Strait of Hormuz — Victory or a Sixty-Day Gamble?

On June 17, 2026, Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian remotely signed a fourteen-point memorandum of understanding (MOU), officially concluding the nearly four…

Investigation· No. 891

INVESTIGATION: Musk-Trump, the explosive break that shook American power

November 2024. Elon Musk invests $277 million in Donald Trump's campaign — a record contribution, the largest ever made by a private donor in…

Column· No. 888

COLUMN: American AI under seizure — when Washington cuts access to its own brains

On Friday, June 12, 2026, at 5:21 PM Eastern Time, a letter signed by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick landed in the inbox of Anthropic,…

Analysis· No. 885

DECODING: The Iran-US Geneva deal — temporary peace or disguised capitulation?

On June 17, 2026, in a Geneva conference room, three men signed a document that immediately made front pages around the world. Donald Trump,…

Open letter· No. 883

OPEN LETTER: Tim Cook, Elon Musk, Satya Nadella — Beijing has already made the choice for you

I am writing to you from outside your headquarters — from the vantage point of someone who has observed, for years, the way you…

Column· No. 879

COLUMN: The Turnberry accord approved June 25 — Trump torpedoes it all on the 26th

On June 25, 2026, in Luxembourg, the Council of the European Union formally adopted the two regulations implementing the trade agreement concluded between the…

Profile· No. 877

PROFILE: Huawei, the Champion Forged Against Its Will — Born of Sanctions, King of Chinese AI

In 2019, the Trump administration placed Huawei Technologies on the U.S. Department of Commerce's Entity List, cutting the company off from Qualcomm, Intel, ASML…

Analysis· No. 872

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…

Reportage· No. 868

NARRATIVE: Seven days of Washington in flames — Trump, Johnson, and American democracy grinding to a halt

The week of June 22, 2026 in Washington was supposed to be a victory. The U.S. Congress had just accomplished something rare: passing a…

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