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DECODING: KOSTIANTYNIVKA — PUTIN LIES, MADYAR RESPONDS WITH NUMBERS
Analysis· No. 444

DECODING: KOSTIANTYNIVKA — PUTIN LIES, MADYAR RESPONDS WITH NUMBERS

On June 23, 2026, before the cameras, Vladimir Putin declared that Russian forces are advancing on all front lines and are "practically reaching" Kostiantynivka.…

ANALYSIS: THE 2022 ISTANBUL PROTOCOLS — THE SURRENDER ACT PUTIN IS PULLING BACK OUT
Analysis· No. 443

ANALYSIS: THE 2022 ISTANBUL PROTOCOLS — THE SURRENDER ACT PUTIN IS PULLING BACK OUT

On June 23, 2026, Vladimir Putin publicly declared that Russia is ready for peace talks with Ukraine — but only on the basis of…

DECODING: UKRAINIAN DRONES REWRITE THE DOCTRINE OF MODERN WARFARE
Analysis· No. 442

DECODING: UKRAINIAN DRONES REWRITE THE DOCTRINE OF MODERN WARFARE

May 2026 entered the history of the Russo-Ukrainian war as the first month since 2023 in which Russia recorded a net territorial loss. According…

COMMENTARY: SYCOPHANTIC AI ON THE BATTLEFIELD — THE PLA ISSUES A WARNING FOR ALL OF US
Commentary· No. 441

COMMENTARY: SYCOPHANTIC AI ON THE BATTLEFIELD — THE PLA ISSUES A WARNING FOR ALL OF US

On June 10, 2026, the PLA Daily — the official newspaper of the People's Liberation Army, the highest institutional mouthpiece of the Chinese military…

DECODING: BEIJING CITES SPACEX TO SOUND THE ALARM — ORBITAL MILITARIZATION IS HERE
Analysis· No. 439

DECODING: BEIJING CITES SPACEX TO SOUND THE ALARM — ORBITAL MILITARIZATION IS HERE

On June 15, 2026, the PLA Daily — the official newspaper of the Chinese military, propaganda organ of the People's Republic — published two…

ANALYSIS: SIPRI 2026 — THE ERA OF DISARMAMENT IS DEAD AND NOBODY ADMITS IT
Analysis· No. 438

ANALYSIS: SIPRI 2026 — THE ERA OF DISARMAMENT IS DEAD AND NOBODY ADMITS IT

On June 8, 2026, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute published its annual yearbook — the most respected independent assessment of the global nuclear…

DECODING: CHINA'S FINLESS SUBMARINE — A WEAPON THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE EXISTED
Analysis· No. 435

DECODING: CHINA'S FINLESS SUBMARINE — A WEAPON THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE EXISTED

It was a satellite image dated June 1, 2026 that triggered everything. Captured by Vantor and published by the Paris-based military maritime analysis site…

ANALYSIS: PL-16 VS AIM-260, THE MISSILE RACE REDEFINING AIR WARFARE
Analysis· No. 434

ANALYSIS: PL-16 VS AIM-260, THE MISSILE RACE REDEFINING AIR WARFARE

There was no declaration of war. No speech at the UN. No joint communiqué. There were Chinese military seminar slides that leaked online, an…

FACTCHECK: One American in Four — The Brutal Numbers of an Unpopular War
Analysis· No. 432

FACTCHECK: One American in Four — The Brutal Numbers of an Unpopular War

Polls have this cruelty about them: they reflect the country as it is, not as its leaders would like it to be. The Reuters/Ipsos…

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