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COLUMN: RUTTE HAILS THE TRUMP-IRAN DEAL — A PRAGMATISM THAT UNSETTLES
Column· No. 411

COLUMN: RUTTE HAILS THE TRUMP-IRAN DEAL — A PRAGMATISM THAT UNSETTLES

There are moments in international politics when you brace for the worst and get something more complicated. The agreement between the Trump administration and…

Maxime Marquette · Jun 24 · 39 min
ANALYSIS: EUROPE AND CHINA — IS MILITARY DECOUPLING POSSIBLE?
Analysis· No. 410

ANALYSIS: EUROPE AND CHINA — IS MILITARY DECOUPLING POSSIBLE?

Europe is rearming. It increased its defense spending by more than $90 billion in 2025, according to data presented by Mark Rutte at his…

Maxime Marquette · Jun 24 · 40 min
EDITORIAL: 90 BILLION IN ONE YEAR — EUROPE FINALLY WAKES UP, TOO LATE?
Editorial· No. 409

EDITORIAL: 90 BILLION IN ONE YEAR — EUROPE FINALLY WAKES UP, TOO LATE?

Some figures sound like a victory. And some figures sound like a barely disguised reproach. On June 17, 2026, during the NATO pre-ministerial press…

Maxime Marquette · Jun 24 · 40 min
EXPLAINER: PURL, 80 billion, and NATO's pivot — how Europe is taking up the torch for Ukraine
Analysis· No. 322

EXPLAINER: PURL, 80 billion, and NATO's pivot — how Europe is taking up the torch for Ukraine

PURL. Four letters that most Western citizens have never heard of. Four letters that nonetheless mean the difference between Patriot missiles intercepting

Maxime Marquette · Jun 23 · 33 min
EDITORIAL: The Economic War of Attrition — The West Can Win, If Only It Holds On
Editorial· No. 211

EDITORIAL: The Economic War of Attrition — The West Can Win, If Only It Holds On

On June 18, 2026, emerging from a meeting of NATO Defense Ministers in Brussels, Secretary General Mark Rutte dropped a statistic that

Maxime Marquette · Jun 22 · 36 min
INVESTIGATION: America Is Silently Retiring from NATO — Europe Is Racing to Fill the Void at Breakneck Speed
Investigation· No. 210

INVESTIGATION: America Is Silently Retiring from NATO — Europe Is Racing to Fill the Void at Breakneck Speed

On June 18, 2026, in the press conference room at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Secretary General Mark Rutte chose his words with

Maxime Marquette · Jun 22 · 38 min
ANALYSIS: The UK Misses the NATO Target — The British Link Falters Against the Russian Threat
Analysis· No. 208

ANALYSIS: The UK Misses the NATO Target — The British Link Falters Against the Russian Threat

On June 18, 2026, NATO defense ministers met in Brussels for their last major meeting before the Ankara summit, scheduled for July

Maxime Marquette · Jun 22 · 29 min
ANALYSIS: Europe Rearms — $139B More in 2025, an Unprecedented Strategic Awakening
Analysis· No. 207

ANALYSIS: Europe Rearms — $139B More in 2025, an Unprecedented Strategic Awakening

On June 18, 2026, before the world's cameras gathered in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivered a sentence that few would

Maxime Marquette · Jun 22 · 34 min
EDITORIAL: Hegseth Subjects NATO to Transatlantic Blackmail—And Europe Has No Choice Left
Editorial· No. 206

EDITORIAL: Hegseth Subjects NATO to Transatlantic Blackmail—And Europe Has No Choice Left

On June 18, 2026, in Brussels, inside the NATO defense ministers' meeting room, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivered a sentence

Maxime Marquette · Jun 22 · 33 min

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