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DECODING: Who speaks for Europe? Zelensky's red line
On June 21, 2026, in an interview given to TSN, the Ukrainian news channel, President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke words that irritated some of his…
OPINION: Poland sounds the alarm — prepare for escalation
On June 26, 2026, at the conclusion of the Eastern Flank Summit in Gdansk, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk delivered words that should have…
COMMENTARY: Latvia on alert: Russian provocation brewing in the shadows
On June 22, 2026, Latvia's Bureau for the Protection of the Constitution — the country's domestic intelligence service — took an unusual decision: it…
DECODING: Hegseth conditions US troops: the Eastern Flank held hostage
On June 18, 2026, in the conference room at NATO headquarters in Brussels, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a speech that confronted European…
OPINION: "If Russia attacks": the American doubt that chills Europe
In the corridors of European defense ministries, in the briefing rooms of NATO headquarters, one question has been haunting planners for months. It is…
EDITORIAL: 5% of GDP: Europe finally pays the price of its own security
For three decades, Europe enjoyed an extraordinary luxury: allowing itself to be protected by the United States while spending the minimum on its own…
COMMENTARY: Stringer and NATO "Cohesion" — The Honest Conversations of Ankara
There are moments when a senior officer says something so direct that it stops you cold — not from shock, but from the sheer…
ANALYSIS: Hungary Is No Longer Alone — The New Geometry of European Blockades
Ever since Viktor Orbán turned Hungary into the European Union's principal institutional sparring partner, the image had crystallized: one holdout against twenty-six. That comforting…
COMMENTARY: A Zelensky-Putin Meeting? The Dictator's Friends Have Received the Message
On June 26, 2026, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed what some diplomats have been whispering for weeks: Ukraine had transmitted proposals not only to its…