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ANALYSIS: Ukrainian Patriots, why coproduction could take years, not months
Every promise made at a NATO summit gets measured, in the first 48 hours, by the emotion it generates rather than the calendar it…
ANALYSIS: The Patriot license for Ukraine, Lockheed and RTX caught off guard
Some admissions carry more weight than the announcement they were meant to support. At the NATO summit in Ankara, President Donald Trump promised Volodymyr…
ANALYSIS: Trump's Patriot promise to Ukraine, where things actually stand
Some of the most consequential lines in modern diplomacy get said almost in passing, between two handshakes. At the NATO summit in Ankara on…
REPORT: Trump Buries the Iran Ceasefire From a NATO Summit Stage
On July 8, 2026, from a NATO summit held in Ankara, American President Donald Trump declared that the ceasefire reached with Iran was now…
ANALYSIS: The West Reasserts Its Centrality With $1.8 Trillion
Combined defense spending across NATO's 32 members is projected to reach $1.81 trillion in 2026, according to the Alliance's latest defense spending estimates published…
INVESTIGATION: The defense budget has become power's new thermometer
At the NATO summit held in Ankara on July 7 and 8, 2026, a single number structured nearly every public exchange between leaders: 5…
ANALYSIS: Western defense industry is cracking under wartime demand
In Ankara, on July 7, 2026, the American ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker, delivered a line that sums up this entire war's paradox: "It's…
DECODING: The Patriot license to Ukraine rewrites the grammar of Western aid
On July 8, 2026, at the NATO summit in Ankara, Donald Trump dropped a sentence that instantly ran through every Western newsroom: "We're going…
DECODING: Ankara, Capital of a Decisive Summit for the West
No capital is chosen by accident to host a NATO summit. The choice of Ankara for July 7 and 8, 2026, placed Turkey at…