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ANALYSIS: Hybrid warfare: the new face of the Russian threat to NATO
Hybrid warfare is not a Russian invention — but Russia has made it its preferred art form. It is a mode of conflict that…
COMMENTARY: Latvia on alert: Russian provocation brewing in the shadows
On June 22, 2026, Latvia's Bureau for the Protection of the Constitution — the country's domestic intelligence service — took an unusual decision: it…
OPINION: "If Russia attacks": the American doubt that chills Europe
In the corridors of European defense ministries, in the briefing rooms of NATO headquarters, one question has been haunting planners for months. It is…
COMMENTARY: Putin extends the embargo through 2027: a sword stroke in the water
On June 26, 2026, Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree extending Russia's ban on selling oil to buyers that apply the G7 price cap…
OPINION: Moscow Rations Gasoline — the War Comes Home
There is an image that says everything about the state of Russia in June 2026: Moscow motorists queuing at gas stations to buy a…
ANALYSIS: Urals at $44 — The Barrel Strangling the Kremlin
There is a figure that should be on every Western decision-maker's lips in this June 2026: $44.10 per barrel. That is the cap fixed…
COMMENTARY: Zaporizhzhia Burns — Nine Wounded and the World's Indifference
On the morning of June 26, 2026, Russia struck Zaporizhzhia with at least two ballistic missiles and several attack drones targeting residential and commercial…
DECODING: Night of 660 Drones — Russia Discovers Its Own Vulnerability
For four years, Russia has presented its drone and missile strikes on Ukraine as a demonstration of military power. Shaheds by the hundreds over…
PROFILE: Volodymyr Zelensky, the President Who Made Drones His Ambassadors
There is an image that captures the evolution of Volodymyr Zelensky since 2022: this president elected without prior military experience, an actor turned head…