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INVESTIGATION: 555 Drones Over Moscow — the Night the War Came to the Russian Capital
Investigation· No. 382

INVESTIGATION: 555 Drones Over Moscow — the Night the War Came to the Russian Capital

On the night of June 18, 2026, Ukraine launched what constitutes the largest drone attack ever conducted against Moscow since the beginning of the…

ANALYSIS: Putin "Ready for Talks" — Capitulation Wrapped as a Peace Offer
Analysis· No. 380

ANALYSIS: Putin "Ready for Talks" — Capitulation Wrapped as a Peace Offer

Vladimir Putin declared on June 23, 2026 that Russia was "ready for peace negotiations" with Ukraine. This statement, presented to the international press as…

ANALYSIS: Trump hands Ukraine's peace to Xi Jinping, Putin's ally — the century's riskiest gamble
Analysis· No. 326

ANALYSIS: Trump hands Ukraine's peace to Xi Jinping, Putin's ally — the century's riskiest gamble

On June 1, 2026, the South China Morning Post reveals explosive information: at their Beijing summit in May 2026, American President Donald

EDITORIAL: Calling Putin over Kyiv's head — the betrayal Trump is about to commit
Editorial· No. 324

EDITORIAL: Calling Putin over Kyiv's head — the betrayal Trump is about to commit

On June 14, 2026, Donald Trump picked up the phone to call Vladimir Putin. Fifty-five minutes of conversation, described as "friendly and

ANALYSIS: The Yuan as a Weapon — How Beijing and Moscow are Shaking Dollar Hegemony
Analysis· No. 272

ANALYSIS: The Yuan as a Weapon — How Beijing and Moscow are Shaking Dollar Hegemony

There was no declaration of war. No detonation, no satellite shot down, no missile launched. And yet, for three years, a battle

ANALYSIS: The Impossible Alliance — Beijing Supports Moscow and Spies on It Simultaneously
Analysis· No. 271

ANALYSIS: The Impossible Alliance — Beijing Supports Moscow and Spies on It Simultaneously

There are geopolitical truths so uncomfortable that they defy ordinary logic. Here is one of them, revealed in a series of leaks

PORTRAIT: Guo Jiakun, the Voice of Denial—The Spokesman Defending Beijing Against Moscow
Profile· No. 270

PORTRAIT: Guo Jiakun, the Voice of Denial—The Spokesman Defending Beijing Against Moscow

On January 6, 2025, a 44-year-old man takes his place behind the lectern of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's

ESSAY: Peace Through Strength or Through Weakness — Western Doctrine in Crisis Against Putin
Essay· No. 263

ESSAY: Peace Through Strength or Through Weakness — Western Doctrine in Crisis Against Putin

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the West has been torn by a question that dates back

REPORT: Is the 60-Day Iran-US Roadmap Fracturing the Moscow-Tehran Axis?
Reportage· No. 262

REPORT: Is the 60-Day Iran-US Roadmap Fracturing the Moscow-Tehran Axis?

On June 21, 2026, mediators from Qatar and Pakistan announced from the Buergenstock resort in Switzerland that Iran and the United States

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