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PROFILE: The Oil Market of June 2026, Buffeted by Iran, Putin and Ukrainian Drones
June 2026 will be remembered as the month in which the global oil market simultaneously absorbed three shocks of rare magnitude. First:
DECODING: Versailles, Macron and Trump — the diplomacy that saved the Strait of Hormuz
On June 17, 2026, in the gilded salons of the Palace of Versailles, a document reshapes the Middle East: the Iran-USA MOU
ANALYSIS: BIOSECURE Act — Trump encircles Chinese biotechs linked to Iran
In June 2026, the Trump administration crossed a decisive threshold in the economic war against China: WuXi AppTec, a Chinese giant in
OPEN LETTER: To the Iranian Regime — the June 17 MOU Does Not Absolve Your Proxies
On June 17, 2026, Iran and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding that ended military operations between the two countries
FACT-CHECK: Iran's Nuclear Program and the MOU — What Is True, False, and Still Unclear
Since the signing of the Iran-USA MOU on June 17, 2026, contradictory declarations have multiplied. Washington announces a historic breakthrough. Tehran says
ESSAY: Iran, from Kuwait to Versailles — How Two Weeks of War Produced a Precarious Agreement
From June 2 to 17, 2026, the Middle East came close to a conflict of a scale it had not seen in
NARRATIVE: Iran-USA, June 17, 2026 — How a Historic MOU Reopened the Strait of Hormuz
On June 17, 2026, in the gilded halls of the Palace of Versailles, a virtual handshake changed the face of the Middle
PROFILE: The CRINK Axis — China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, the Authoritarian Bloc Defying the West
In June 2026, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) published a comprehensive dossier on what it calls the CRINK axis
PROFILE: Kim Jong-un and Putin, two years of alliance — what Iran understood that the West refuses to see
June 19, 2026 marks the second anniversary of the mutual defense treaty signed between Russia and North Korea at the Pyongyang summit.