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ANALYSIS: Tyumen in Flames — Ukrainian Drones Strike 2,000 km into the Heart of Russia
Analysis· No. 188

ANALYSIS: Tyumen in Flames — Ukrainian Drones Strike 2,000 km into the Heart of Russia

On June 20, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Tyumen refinery in Western Siberia, more than 2,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. According

ANALYSIS: Taiwan Locks Down Silicon — How Taipei is Becoming the West's Last Bulwark Against Beijing
Analysis· No. 185

ANALYSIS: Taiwan Locks Down Silicon — How Taipei is Becoming the West's Last Bulwark Against Beijing

On June 9, 2026, Bloomberg reveals what Washington insiders had been anticipating for months: Taiwan is considering radically stricter export controls on

DECODED: Section 301 Forced Labor — Trump Hits Hard, But Hits His Allies Too
Analysis· No. 184

DECODED: Section 301 Forced Labor — Trump Hits Hard, But Hits His Allies Too

In February 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a historic verdict: the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump under the International Emergency

FACTCHECK: Did China Really Train Russian Soldiers to Fight in Ukraine?
Analysis· No. 181

FACTCHECK: Did China Really Train Russian Soldiers to Fight in Ukraine?

On June 15, 2026, in the hushed corridors of an EU Foreign Ministers' summit in Luxembourg, Kaja Kallas, the EU's High Representative

ANALYSIS: Trump-Xi Summit, a Facade of Stability — Taiwan, One Bargaining Chip Too Many
Analysis· No. 178

ANALYSIS: Trump-Xi Summit, a Facade of Stability — Taiwan, One Bargaining Chip Too Many

On May 14, 2026, Donald Trump landed in Beijing for the first state visit by an American president to China in nearly

ANALYSIS: Trump Admires "All Business" Xi — Flattery That Weakens the West
Analysis· No. 177

ANALYSIS: Trump Admires "All Business" Xi — Flattery That Weakens the West

On June 19 and 20, 2026, in an interview with Axios, American President Donald Trump uttered words that should have sent a

ANALYSIS: Sword 26 — NATO Is No Longer Deploying, It Is Training to Win
Analysis· No. 174

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: In the Baltic, the Russian Navy Plays in the Open—and NATO Grits Its Teeth
Analysis· No. 172

ANALYSIS: In the Baltic, the Russian Navy Plays in the Open—and NATO Grits Its Teeth

For decades, the Baltic Sea functioned as a semi-quiet backyard, a space of muffled but managed tensions. That time is over. Since

ANALYSIS: NATO 3.0 — How Rutte and Hegseth are Rebooting the Alliance for the Modern Age
Analysis· No. 170

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

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