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Editorial· No. 1743

EDITORIAL: LinkedIn as a battlefield — China is recruiting spies from your network, right now

What strikes me about this operation is its brutal elegance. No complex hacking. No high-risk undercover agent. Just a job posting on a platform…

Analysis· No. 1742

FACT-CHECK: Did Ukraine's IT Army really pivot toward Russian military targets?

I want to begin with a warning I apply to myself: it is easy to glorify the IT Army because it is fighting for…

Essay· No. 1741

ESSAY: Transatlanticism as a Convenience Partnership — and Why That Is Enough, for Now

A convenience partnership. The formula is honest and a little sad. NATO was founded on the principle that democracies sharing common values would defend…

Analysis· No. 1735

ANALYSIS: The Vyrivniuvach Bomb Enters Combat — Ukraine Rebalances the Air War

Watching a Ukrainian weapon go from exhibition to operational in a matter of weeks is to understand that industrial warfare has its own rules…

Analysis· No. 1734

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…

Essay· No. 1730

ESSAY: NATO Ankara, July 2026 — The Alliance Survives Trump, Ukraine Awaits Its Guarantees

This conversion of Atlanticist discourse into economic argument is both clever and troubling. It may work with Trump. It also means the alliance's value…

Analysis· No. 1723

DECODING: Magyar blocks Ukraine's EU accession — Orbán gone, the obstacle remains

Magyar replaced Orbán. Europe applauded. But the blockade mechanisms themselves have not changed seats. The problem was perhaps not only the man — it…

Analysis· No. 1722

ANALYSIS: Ukraine destroys the Donetsk-Mariupol bridge — a Russian logistics corridor severed

When both sides simultaneously confirm the same destruction, there is no room left for doubt. This bridge fell. And with it, an entire segment…

Analysis· No. 1721

FACT-CHECK: Regiment 425 Skelia — 25 soldiers dead outside combat, investigation opened

I am not a forensic pathologist. But I know how to read an autopsy report well enough to understand that multiple rib fractures in…

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