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PROFILE: Russia Builds Bases on the Finnish Border — 115,000 Potential Soldiers on NATO's Flank
In June 2026, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) published a pair of assessments that stopped European security analysts cold. Russia, its…
INVESTIGATION: NATO's Ankara Summit, a Two-Speed Stage for Zelensky and Ukraine
On July 7 and 8, 2026, the leaders of the 32 NATO member states gathered at the Beştepe Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey. Outside,…
COLUMN: A French NATO Jet Shoots Down a Ukrainian Drone Over Latvia — Russia Turns Our Allies into Targets
On June 8, 2026, a French NATO fighter jet deployed as part of the alliance's Baltic air policing mission in Latvia shot down a…
DECODING: Lithuania — Anti-Drone Ammunition at €2 Per Round to Hold NATO's Skies
June 2026. In the Kaunas district, Lithuania, the state-owned Giraitė factory has launched production of ammunition that may seem unremarkable at first glance: cartridges…
OPEN LETTER: NATO — The 9th Battalion in Finland Is a Message to Moscow
I am writing to you in June 2026, from a continent that has relearned, the hard way, the meaning of the word "defense." In…
OPEN LETTER: The Ukraine-Germany Strategic Declaration must be honored
On June 17, 2026, alongside the bilateral defense pact that made headlines across European media, Germany and Ukraine signed a Strategic Partnership Declaration whose…
DECODING: The Russian drone at Galați — when Putin strikes NATO and tests its limits
In the night of May 28–29, 2026, a Russian Geran-2 drone penetrated Romanian airspace and exploded on the roof of a 12-story building in…
ESSAY: "We Have Delivered No Weapons" — China's Neutrality Against the Evidence of Complicity
On June 18, 2026, Lin Jian, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, delivered a line the world has now heard dozens of…
TESTIMONY: Belgium Delivers 7 F-16s to Ukraine — The Decision That Changes the Air Game
On June 18, 2026, at the NATO Defence Ministers' meeting in Brussels, Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken announced a commitment that landed like a…