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Analysis· No. 974

DECODING: 210 Strikes in May, 28 on Oil — The Arithmetic of the Deep-Strike Campaign

There are moments when military figures are not mere data points — they tell a strategy. 210 confirmed intermediate strikes in May 2026, 145…

Analysis· No. 973

ANALYSIS: S-300 Missile Shortage — Russia's Air Defense Cracking Under Sanctions

There is something deeply ironic about the Russian air defense debacle of 2026. Russia nominally possesses one of the most sophisticated air defense systems…

Analysis· No. 971

DECODING: NATO's Forward Land Forces in Finland: The Alliance Locks Down the High North

On June 6, 2026, in Boden, in northern Sweden, a quiet but deeply significant ceremony marked a strategic turning point in European security architecture.…

Analysis· No. 966

DECODING: The Digital Euro Moves Forward — ECB and European Parliament Clear a Decisive Hurdle

On June 23, 2026, in Brussels, the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) voted 43 in favor, 14 against and 1 abstention…

Analysis· No. 962

ANALYSIS: The June 17 US-Iran agreement shatters in the Strait of Hormuz

On June 17, 2026, the United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) — a provisional truce meant to end months of…

Analysis· No. 959

DECODING: NASA's DAPHNE Mission — Protecting Digital Civilization from Solar Storms

On June 18, 2026, NASA announced the selection of the DAPHNE mission (Dynamic Atmosphere-Ionosphere Explorer) to enter Phase B development — the detailed planning…

Column· No. 956

COLUMN: Alibaba, Anthropic Muzzled, Huawei — the Chinese Triad Winning the AI Cold War

On June 12, 2026, at 5:21 PM Eastern Time, the US Department of Commerce issued an export control directive ordering Anthropic to suspend access…

Analysis· No. 948

DECODING: Germany and Its Defense — A Giant Still Learning to Walk

It took the courage of a deputy minister to say what diplomats had been avoiding for months. Nils Schmid, parliamentary state secretary at the…

Analysis· No. 942

DECODING: Green Credits in the Big Beautiful Bill — How Trump Is Dismantling Biden's IRA

Since President Donald Trump called the clean energy tax credits included in the Senate version of the One Big Beautiful Bill a "giant SCAM"…

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