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EDITORIAL: Divided G7, Beijing Thanks You — a Disunited West is the Greatest Gift to Xi Jinping
There is one image that sums up the entire Évian-les-Bains G7. On one side, Emmanuel Macron, convening an unprecedented video call with

COMMENTARY: Trump Thanks Xi and Putin — The Necessary Evil That Flatters the Wolves
On June 17, 2026, at the closing of the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, the President of the United States, Donald Trump,

EDITORIAL: Turkey, NATO's Pivot — Ankara Claims Command of the Reaction Force
On June 19, 2026, from Brussels, Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler didn't pull any punches. Speaking to journalists gathered after the meeting

COMMENTARY: Ukraine, NATO’s De Facto Second Army — Zelenskyy’s Shocking Gambit
On June 19, 2026, following the Brussels summit and the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format, Ukrainian

ANALYSIS: Sword 26 — NATO Is No Longer Deploying, It Is Training to Win
For five years, the flagship exercise of the U.S. Army in Europe was named DEFENDER — standing for Dynamic Employment of Forces

ANALYSIS: NATO 3.0 — How Rutte and Hegseth are Rebooting the Alliance for the Modern Age
There are days that look like ordinary meetings and yet are anything but. On June 18, 2026, in Brussels, the Defense Ministers

OPEN LETTER: To a Europe That Still Hesitates — the 21st Package Must Bite, Not Brush
To you, European leaders, presidents, ministers, commissioners, ambassadors at COREPER who are still debating commas while Kyiv burns. I am writing to

COLUMN: Navalny poisoned with epibatidine — EU sanctions judges, FSB, and doctors
On June 15, 2026, the European Union added 15 individuals directly linked to the persecution, poisoning, and death of Alexei Navalny to

EDITORIAL: For the first time, the EU extends its sanctions against Russia for a full year
On June 18, 2026, at the heart of a European Council summit in Brussels, the twenty-seven heads of state and government of