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COLUMN: Netanyahu, Three Fronts — A War Without End Programmed in the Middle East
Column· No. 670

COLUMN: Netanyahu, Three Fronts — A War Without End Programmed in the Middle East

On June 25, 2026, before a graduating class of combat officers in southern Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu spoke the words that confirm what many still…

ANALYSIS: The US-Iran MoU — 60 Days to Change the Nuclear Future of the Middle East
Analysis· No. 666

ANALYSIS: The US-Iran MoU — 60 Days to Change the Nuclear Future of the Middle East

On June 17, 2026, the United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) — unofficially called the Islamabad Agreement — laying the…

DECODING: Gaza without weapons — Mladenov demands everything, Hamas resists, Egypt tries to save the deal
Analysis· No. 663

DECODING: Gaza without weapons — Mladenov demands everything, Hamas resists, Egypt tries to save the deal

On June 17, 2026, American mediator Nickolay Mladenov — operating within the "Board of Peace" framework mandated by Washington — presented to

ANALYSIS: The Iran-USA deal reshapes the Gulf — Israel isolated, Qatar and Pakistan as mediators
Analysis· No. 662

ANALYSIS: The Iran-USA deal reshapes the Gulf — Israel isolated, Qatar and Pakistan as mediators

On June 15, 2026, at Versailles, representatives of the United States and Iran signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) comprising 14 points.

PROFILE: The CRINK axis fractures — after the Iran-USA deal, Moscow, Beijing and Kim recalculate
Profile· No. 656

PROFILE: The CRINK axis fractures — after the Iran-USA deal, Moscow, Beijing and Kim recalculate

The word CRINK — China, Russia, Iran, North Korea — has entered Western strategic vocabulary to describe what some analysts call the

INVESTIGATION: Oil below $75 — how the US-Iran deal is reshaping Moscow's war
Investigation· No. 651

INVESTIGATION: Oil below $75 — how the US-Iran deal is reshaping Moscow's war

In one week of June 2026, the global oil market underwent a spectacular transformation. On June 22, 2026, Brent crude fell to

COLUMN: Kim Jong-un draws the lesson from Iran — without the bomb, you end up bombed
Column· No. 625

COLUMN: Kim Jong-un draws the lesson from Iran — without the bomb, you end up bombed

While the world watched American strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in the spring of 2026, one man was taking notes in Pyongyang.

ANALYSIS: Iran's $100 billion in frozen assets — anatomy of a treasure under strict conditions
Analysis· No. 621

ANALYSIS: Iran's $100 billion in frozen assets — anatomy of a treasure under strict conditions

There is a colossal financial dimension to the Burgenstock accords that media have largely undercovered in favour of the nuclear and geopolitical

TESTIMONY: The CRINK axis watches Iran capitulate — and draws its own survival lessons
Profile· No. 620

TESTIMONY: The CRINK axis watches Iran capitulate — and draws its own survival lessons

Here is an uncomfortable truth that the Burgenstock negotiators appear to have underestimated: while Washington and Tehran were signing their 60-day memorandum,

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