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ANALYSIS: The Section 301 tariff wall, Trump's fallback weapon after his Supreme Court defeat
Analysis· No. 289

ANALYSIS: The Section 301 tariff wall, Trump's fallback weapon after his Supreme Court defeat

On February 20, 2026, the United States Supreme Court handed down a ruling that many legal scholars had been anticipating for months:

EXPLAINER: Trump sells the Iran deal as an economic victory — but at what cost?
Analysis· No. 287

EXPLAINER: Trump sells the Iran deal as an economic victory — but at what cost?

On June 18, 2026, at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains, France, Donald Trump addressed the press with the satisfaction of a man

ANALYSIS: Down-Blending Under IAEA — America's Retreat on the Iranian Nuclear Issue
Analysis· No. 286

ANALYSIS: Down-Blending Under IAEA — America's Retreat on the Iranian Nuclear Issue

On June 18, 2026, Donald Trump signed at the Palace of Versailles a memorandum of understanding with Iran — the same place

FACT-CHECK: The $300 Billion Iran Fund — What the MOU Text Actually Says
Analysis· No. 281

FACT-CHECK: The $300 Billion Iran Fund — What the MOU Text Actually Says

This is one of the most spectacular contradictions in contemporary American diplomacy. On June 17, 2026, the United States and Iran signed

ANALYSIS: JD Vance, Architect or Scapegoat of Trump's Iran Deal
Analysis· No. 278

ANALYSIS: JD Vance, Architect or Scapegoat of Trump's Iran Deal

On June 18, 2026, on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Geneva, Donald Trump let slip a remark that immediately electrified

EXPLAINER: Iran's 14-Point MOU — The Deal That Resurrects the Pre-War Status Quo
Analysis· No. 277

EXPLAINER: Iran's 14-Point MOU — The Deal That Resurrects the Pre-War Status Quo

On June 17, 2026, amid the gilded halls of the Palace of Versailles, Donald Trump affixed his signature to a 14-point memorandum

FACTCHECK: China is "Neutral" in the War — Dismantling a Calculated State Lie
Analysis· No. 274

FACTCHECK: China is "Neutral" in the War — Dismantling a Calculated State Lie

Since February 24, 2022, every time a Western journalist, diplomat, or chancellor asks the burning question, Beijing's response drops with mechanical regularity:

ANALYSIS: The Yuan as a Weapon — How Beijing and Moscow are Shaking Dollar Hegemony
Analysis· No. 272

ANALYSIS: The Yuan as a Weapon — How Beijing and Moscow are Shaking Dollar Hegemony

There was no declaration of war. No detonation, no satellite shot down, no missile launched. And yet, for three years, a battle

ANALYSIS: The Impossible Alliance — Beijing Supports Moscow and Spies on It Simultaneously
Analysis· No. 271

ANALYSIS: The Impossible Alliance — Beijing Supports Moscow and Spies on It Simultaneously

There are geopolitical truths so uncomfortable that they defy ordinary logic. Here is one of them, revealed in a series of leaks

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