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ANALYSIS: Five countries, one threshold: who clears 3.5% of GDP on NATO defense
There is a number that NATO does not exactly advertise to please its most powerful members. According to the Alliance's own data relayed by…
FACT CHECK: NATO's eastern flank facing drones, what the facts confirm
Since March 27, 2026, a series of documented drone incidents on NATO's eastern flank has revived the debate over defense spending, all the way…
COLUMN: $90 billion more, the real price of fear
Since 2024, NATO's European allies have raised their defense spending by roughly $90 billion in constant 2021 prices, an increase that reaches $139 billion…
DECODING: Lithuania, the budget champion of an alliance under strain
With 5.33% of its GDP dedicated to pure defense in 2026, Lithuania holds, according to figures published by Reuters on July 7, the top…
ANALYSIS: Ankara and the 5% threshold that redefines NATO
On July 7 and 8, 2026, Western defense chiefs gathered in Ankara for a summit that will be remembered, whatever happens in the months…
FACT CHECK: what do we really know about Russia's shell industry
Estonian intelligence estimates Russian shell production at roughly 7 million units per year, or seventeen times the pre-war level, according to a report published…
COLUMN: Kerosene still nowhere to be found, a month after Russia's ban
A month has passed since Russia banned its kerosene exports until November 30, 2026, a measure announced by Moscow and documented by the Moscow…
DECODING: Western sanctions on Russian oil, the questions few are asking
On October 22, 2025, the U.S. Treasury Department made a major move by simultaneously sanctioning Rosneft and Lukoil, Russia's two largest oil companies.
ANALYSIS: A third of Russian refining offline, what the numbers reveal about the balance of power
One number is sometimes enough to sum up a war of attrition: according to estimates from Macro-Advisory, roughly one third of Russia's refining capacity…