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ANALYSIS: Hegseth calls allies "shameful" for refusing bases during the Iran strikes — the shockwave across Europe
One word — "shameful" — and twelve minutes. That's all Pete Hegseth needed to detonate a bomb inside NATO headquarters in Brussels on June…
FACT-CHECK: The EU–US Turnberry Agreement, 440 Votes, and a Time-Limited Commercial Peace
On June 16, 2026, the European Parliament approved the two regulations implementing the trade agreement with Washington — 440 votes in favor, 151 against.…
ANALYSIS: Ukraine Crosses the European Rubicon — Kyiv Opens Its First EU Accession Cluster
On June 15, 2026, in Luxembourg, the EU opened its first substantive accession negotiations with Ukraine. Two and a half years after symbolic talks…
NOTE: Trump Offers the Keys to the American Arsenal to Europe — Finally, Perhaps
At the G7 in Évian on June 17, 2026, Trump said he would ask U.S. arms makers to consider licensing missile production in Europe…
ESSAY: The Ukraine 20-Point Peace Plan — NATO Abandonment, Territorial Freeze, Can Zelensky Sign?
Since mid-June 2026, a document has circulated in diplomatic corridors claiming to resolve in twenty points one of the most deadly wars in recent…
PORTRAIT: Zelensky at Ramstein — The Wartime Leader Who Raises $4 Billion in a Single Day
Some men are revealed by war. Some are made by it. Volodymyr Zelensky has been transformed into something harder to name — a wartime…
FIELD REPORT: Germany — Air-to-Air Missiles and IRIS-T, the New Package Armoring Kyiv's Sky
On June 18, 2026 in Brussels, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced triple-digit air-to-air missile transfers from Bundeswehr stocks, accelerated IRIS-T deliveries, $200 million for…
BRIEF: Hegseth Scorns Europe, Trump Shrugs — and Putin Smiles
On June 18, 2026, in Brussels, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called NATO allies "free riders" and announced a six-month troop review. Trump…
COMMENTARY: Trump Holds Intelligence Hostage to Force a SAVE Act Vote
In a pre-dawn Truth Social post from France, Trump torpedoed his own DNI nominee and let FISA expire — turning national security into a…