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COMMENTARY: The CRINK Axis on Patrol — When Beijing and Moscow Test the Free World's Nerves
Eleven patrols in seven years. Chinese diplomatic rhetoric speaks of "neutrality" — but one does not conduct eleven joint military demonstrations of force with…
OPEN LETTER: Vladimir, your bridges are falling — and your logistics empire with them
I will admit it: writing an open letter to Putin may seem theatrical. But sometimes direct address is the only format that does justice…
TESTIMONY: 18 Months of Russian Drones Over European Nuclear Sites — The Kremlin's Espionage Unmasked
I cannot testify to having seen these drones. Nobody I know has seen them either — and that is precisely the problem. An 18-month…
OPINION: Crimea goes dark — substations on fire and the fortress island that is cracking
I look at these satellite images and I think about what Putin sold when he annexed Crimea in 2014: an eternal victory, a strategic…
COLUMN: Sybiha Sounds the Alarm — Kyiv's Night of Horror and the West's Air Defense Delay
Sybiha's sentence — "Russia has no right to strike Ukraine, Ukraine has every right to respond" — deserves to be read carefully. This is…
FACT-CHECK: 721,300 Russian Soldiers and 35,000 Losses Per Month — What These Numbers Really Mean
In this war, numbers are weapons. Russia minimizes its losses. Ukraine has an interest in showing that resistance works. NATO has an interest in…
TESTIMONY: Russia–North Korea Bridge Delayed — Fractured Symbol of a Hollow Alliance
North Korea built its side of the bridge. Russia did not build its own. In a relationship supposedly between equal partners — or at…
NARRATIVE: Russian Soldiers Trained in China — The Secret Program Alarming Europe
Beijing says it is neutral in Russia's war against Ukraine. Beijing presents itself as a peace mediator. And simultaneously, Beijing welcomes Russian soldiers into…
OPINION: Penza Burns — Ukraine Just Struck the Brain of Putin's Missile Arsenal
I won't hide my initial reaction: this strike felt different. Not because it's spectacular — the war in Ukraine is full of spectacular strikes.…