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BREAKDOWN: Is Trump Trying to Purge Hegseth and Ratcliffe for Daring to Doubt the Iran Deal?
Analysis· No. 100

BREAKDOWN: Is Trump Trying to Purge Hegseth and Ratcliffe for Daring to Doubt the Iran Deal?

An Israeli newspaper dropped a bombshell: Trump is allegedly weighing the firing of his own Defense Secretary and CIA Director for questioning the Iran…

BREAKDOWN: "Punishing the Allies" — The Real Strategy Behind Hegseth's NATO Review
Analysis· No. 97

BREAKDOWN: "Punishing the Allies" — The Real Strategy Behind Hegseth's NATO Review

Beneath the language of "constructive reform," Hegseth's six-month NATO review is a structured punishment for allies who refused US base access during the Iran…

FACT-CHECK: The EU–US Turnberry Agreement, 440 Votes, and a Time-Limited Commercial Peace
Analysis· No. 95

FACT-CHECK: The EU–US Turnberry Agreement, 440 Votes, and a Time-Limited Commercial Peace

On June 16, 2026, the European Parliament approved the two regulations implementing the trade agreement with Washington — 440 votes in favor, 151 against.…

BREAKDOWN: Rutte at Trump's on June 24 — The Real Agenda of the Pre-Summit Meeting Before Ankara
Analysis· No. 94

BREAKDOWN: Rutte at Trump's on June 24 — The Real Agenda of the Pre-Summit Meeting Before Ankara

This is not a courtesy call. When NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte lands in Washington on June 23 for a White House meeting the…

ANALYSIS: The Western Economic Arsenal Against Putin — The EU's 21st Sanctions Package
Analysis· No. 92

ANALYSIS: The Western Economic Arsenal Against Putin — The EU's 21st Sanctions Package

On June 19, 2026, the EU broke with precedent and extended its Russia sanctions for a full twelve months — a structural shift. Alongside…

INVESTIGATION: The Pack Around Moscow — How Beijing, Tehran, Pyongyang, and Minsk Feed the War
Investigation· No. 82

INVESTIGATION: The Pack Around Moscow — How Beijing, Tehran, Pyongyang, and Minsk Feed the War

This war is told as a duel: Russia versus Ukraine. That is wrong, or at least terribly incomplete. Behind Vladimir Putin stands a pack…

ESSAY: The West on Eggshells — Trump, the G7, and Chaos as a Method of Governance
Essay· No. 81

ESSAY: The West on Eggshells — Trump, the G7, and Chaos as a Method of Governance

Évian-les-Bains, June 2026: the G7 leaders came to a spa town on Lake Geneva and found themselves managing a president who declared 'I am…

FACT-CHECK: Trump "Calls Zelensky and Putin on His 80th Birthday" — What Actually Happened
Analysis· No. 79

FACT-CHECK: Trump "Calls Zelensky and Putin on His 80th Birthday" — What Actually Happened

On June 14, 2026, Trump turned 80. Two of the world's most-watched men called him separately. Here is what was actually said, what each…

BREAKDOWN: Trump, AI, and China — When the West's Survival Rests on a Flawed Executive Order
Analysis· No. 78

BREAKDOWN: Trump, AI, and China — When the West's Survival Rests on a Flawed Executive Order

On June 2, 2026, Trump quietly signed two AI decrees that frame the technology as a matter of national survival. The diagnosis is right.…

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