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Column· No. 888

COLUMN: American AI under seizure — when Washington cuts access to its own brains

On Friday, June 12, 2026, at 5:21 PM Eastern Time, a letter signed by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick landed in the inbox of Anthropic,…

Analysis· No. 885

DECODING: The Iran-US Geneva deal — temporary peace or disguised capitulation?

On June 17, 2026, in a Geneva conference room, three men signed a document that immediately made front pages around the world. Donald Trump,…

Analysis· No. 884

ANALYSIS: The Ukrainian drone that set Moscow — and Putin's strategy — on fire

On June 18, 2026, at dawn, residents of the Kapotnya district in southeastern Moscow woke to an apocalyptic atmosphere: columns of black smoke rising…

Analysis· No. 881

DECODING: The EU tightens screws with a 21st sanctions package against Moscow — but Brussels stumbles

On June 9, 2026, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced with great fanfare the 21st European Union sanctions package against Russia. Nearly…

Profile· No. 877

PROFILE: Huawei, the Champion Forged Against Its Will — Born of Sanctions, King of Chinese AI

In 2019, the Trump administration placed Huawei Technologies on the U.S. Department of Commerce's Entity List, cutting the company off from Qualcomm, Intel, ASML…

Essay· No. 876

ESSAY: Ukraine Between Two Chairs — Associate Membership Rejected, 90 Billion Promised, Accession Suspended

On June 15, 2026, in Luxembourg, at the second intergovernmental EU-Ukraine conference, the official opening of Cluster 1 — Fundamentals of accession negotiations was…

Investigation· No. 874

INVESTIGATION: Kim Jong-un Had His Hackers Inside Your Offices — 167,000 Applications, 76 Jobs Obtained

In 2024, a candidate for an AI architect position applied to Nisos, a cybersecurity firm based in Virginia. He stumbled through his answers, changed…

Analysis· No. 872

DECODING: IEEPA struck down by the Supreme Court — Trump bypasses, innovates, threatens still

On February 20, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling that shook American trade policy to its foundations. By a vote of…

Analysis· No. 867

ANALYSIS: 40,000 Russian soldiers per month — arithmetic of an empire that bleeds but does not collapse

Since November 2025, Russia has been losing 40,000 soldiers per month — killed, seriously wounded, captured, or missing — according to estimates from Western…

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