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ESSAY: London Climate Action Week — the UN between fossil fuels, AI and the Iran crisis
When United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the London Climate Action Week on June 23, 2026, he spoke beneath a heat wave threatening to…
ANALYSIS: June 2026 European Council — the EU at 27 searches for direction on Ukraine, China and budget
On June 18 and 19, 2026, the twenty-seven leaders of the European Union gathered in Brussels for a remarkably dense European Council. On the…
ANALYSIS: Inflation at 3.2% in the eurozone — the war in Iran showed up on your heating bill
On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel struck Iran. Four months later, the effect of that military decision has lodged itself in…
ESSAY: The West Rediscovers the Right to Childhood Against Social Media
In less than eighteen months, more than forty countries decided to act. The United Kingdom, France, Australia, Norway, Malaysia, Indonesia — radically different geographies,…
PROFILE: Friedrich Merz — The Man Who Wants to Save Germany by Making It Tougher
Friedrich Merz waited. A long time. After being pushed aside from the leadership of the CDU by Angela Merkel at the turn of the…
REPORT: Europe on Fire — The June 2026 Heatwave Redefines the Extreme
June 23, 2026 will be etched in collective memory. That day, France recorded the hottest single day in its history since measurements began in…
COMMENTARY: The ECB raises rates — the price of war is being paid in Frankfurt
On June 11, 2026, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) raised all three key interest rates by 25 basis points. The…
NARRATIVE: The Berlin E5 Summit — Europe's five forge their armor before NATO's Ankara
On that Wednesday, June 24, 2026, in Berlin, the German Federal Chancellery hosted an unprecedented diplomatic format: for the first time, the five major…
COMMENTARY: The G7 demands North Korea's denuclearization — Pyongyang responds with a definitive no
On June 16 and 17, 2026, the G7 leaders gathered in Évian-les-Bains, France, on the shores of Lake Geneva. A beautiful setting for a…