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Analysis· No. 1766

DECODING: The 76th Prisoner Exchange — 160 Soldiers, 2/3 Wounded, and Russia's Systematic Obstruction

Two-thirds wounded in captivity. Not in battle. In captivity. That number is not a statistic — it is a sentence. It describes what Russia…

Analysis· No. 1765

ANALYSIS: Russia Targets Ukraine's Fuel Infrastructure — And Its Offensive Is Stalling Anyway

Russia launched 151 drones in one night and hit 17 targets. Ukraine intercepted 86% of them. Most coverage focuses on the 86%. The analysis…

Analysis· No. 1764

FACT-CHECK: Ukraine's Defense Export Mechanism — What Is True, Partially True, and Unverifiable

Fact-checking a policy mechanism on the day it is announced is an exercise in intellectual honesty — and intellectual humility. I can verify what…

Analysis· No. 1755

DECODING: The UK Cuts Its Destroyers for £5 Billion in Drones — Thanks, Ukraine

There is a painful irony in this story: Ukraine is teaching the West how to fight, after the West spent years refusing to supply…

Analysis· No. 1754

ANALYSIS: Four Autonomous Drones to Watch Over Scarborough — Washington Against Beijing in the South China Sea

I am struck by the precision of the American response. Two weeks after China installed a floating platform at Scarborough, Washington delivers four autonomous…

Analysis· No. 1753

FACT-CHECK: What Ukraine's arms export mechanism actually says — and what it does not

It is tempting, faced with an announcement this symbolically powerful, to be swept along by the enthusiasm. But journalistic rigor demands precisely that one…

Analysis· No. 1749

DECODING: China exports its ethnic unity law — Taiwan and the world in its crosshairs

A law passed 2,756 to 6. Then a provision that applies outside China's borders. This is not a legislative accident. It is an architecture…

Analysis· No. 1748

FACT-CHECK: The Russian FPV drone against Kherson civilians — what the facts establish

An FPV drone against a civilian minibus. This is not a targeting error. This is not collateral damage. That is an assertion that deserves…

Reportage· No. 1745

NARRATIVE: China is stealing American AI — while Washington looks the other way

A report says China is stealing more than half of America's military-civil technologies. The FBI confirms hundreds of billions in annual losses. And the…

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