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Tehran, the Strait of Hormuz, the nuclear file, and pressure that never lets up.
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COMMENTARY: Vance and the foundation of the Iran deal: prudence or blindness?
Commentary· No. 1032

COMMENTARY: Vance and the foundation of the Iran deal: prudence or blindness?

On June 22, 2026, at the Bürgenstock luxury resort in the Swiss mountains, U.S. Vice President JD Vance addressed journalists with the air of…

COMMENTARY: The IAEA demands strong guarantees: trust is not enough
Commentary· No. 1023

COMMENTARY: The IAEA demands strong guarantees: trust is not enough

On June 26, 2026, speaking to journalists in Tokyo, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said words that…

DECODING: Hormuz reopened: what the deal changes for global energy
Analysis· No. 1022

DECODING: Hormuz reopened: what the deal changes for global energy

For months — since the outbreak of war between the United States, Israel, and Iran in February 2026 — the world had lived under…

ANALYSIS: The Axis of Aggressors — Russia, China, Iran, North Korea: One Front?
Analysis· No. 992

ANALYSIS: The Axis of Aggressors — Russia, China, Iran, North Korea: One Front?

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has just published a volume whose title alone demands attention: Axis of Aggressors. Not a poetic metaphor —…

ANALYSIS: Vance and the Iran deal "foundation" — cautious optimism or strategic blindness?
Analysis· No. 987

ANALYSIS: Vance and the Iran deal "foundation" — cautious optimism or strategic blindness?

The world held its breath in mid-June 2026. The United States and Iran initialed a 14-point memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the armed…

NARRATIVE: Iran's nuclear deal — 60 days to resolve what 20 years of diplomacy failed to achieve
Reportage· No. 969

NARRATIVE: Iran's nuclear deal — 60 days to resolve what 20 years of diplomacy failed to achieve

At Bürgenstock, in Switzerland, the night of June 21–22, 2026 stretched into eighteen hours of negotiations. On one side: JD Vance, Vice President of…

EDITORIAL: The West Under Dual Fiscal and Military Pressure — How to Finance Freedom
Editorial· No. 967

EDITORIAL: The West Under Dual Fiscal and Military Pressure — How to Finance Freedom

The West faces in 2026 a budgetary equation unlike any in its recent history. It must simultaneously pay for the fiscal mistakes of the…

ANALYSIS: The June 17 US-Iran agreement shatters in the Strait of Hormuz
Analysis· No. 962

ANALYSIS: The June 17 US-Iran agreement shatters in the Strait of Hormuz

On June 17, 2026, the United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) — a provisional truce meant to end months of…

EDITORIAL: Europe's Heatwave and Iran's Fossils — The West Trapped Between Fire and Oil
Editorial· No. 946

EDITORIAL: Europe's Heatwave and Iran's Fossils — The West Trapped Between Fire and Oil

On June 25, 2026, as 101 million Europeans suffocated under temperatures exceeding 35°C, supertankers were cautiously resuming their route through the Strait of Hormuz…

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