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DECODING: Istanbul 2022: why Putin's peace is capitulation
On June 23, 2026, Vladimir Putin declared that Russia was "ready to negotiate" with Ukraine — on the basis of the Istanbul agreements of…
ANALYSIS: Quadrupling shells — the West's industrial lag laid bare
When NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, General Christopher Stringer, publicly calls for a fourfold increase in 155mm shell production ahead of the Ankara summit…
EDITORIAL: Hegseth's six-month review — the blackmail fracturing the alliance
Some announcements change the climate of an alliance. One of them came before the Ankara summit: Pete Hegseth, the American Secretary of Defense in…
COMMENTARY: Tens of billions in contracts — Ankara, where defense became industry
On June 25, 2026, during a conversation at the Atlantic Council, Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General, announced that the Ankara summit on July 7…
OPINION: Importing gasoline by ship — the energy collapse of Putin's empire
Some images are worth a thousand analyses. Here is mine, the image of summer 2026: Russia, the world's third-largest producer of crude oil, is…
PROFILE: Mark Rutte, the Man of Ankara: Portrait of the Secretary Who Must Keep Trump in the Alliance
Mark Rutte. The name does not stir patriotic emotions the way Churchill's or de Gaulle's does. Nor does it provoke the emotional devotion of…
INVESTIGATION: The Diplomacy of Deception: Inside the Kremlin's Machinery for Simulating Peace While Striking
On June 23, 2026, Vladimir Putin declared that Russia was «ready to negotiate» with Ukraine — on the basis of the 2022 Istanbul agreements…
DECODING: The Ankara Gamble: Turning The Hague's Promises into Real Tanks, Shells and Missiles
On July 7 and 8, 2026, the leaders of NATO member states will gather at the presidential Beştepe Palace in Ankara, Turkey. This summit…
DECODING: Anchorage, Istanbul, MFA — decoding the Kremlin's three maximalist peace mantras
In diplomacy, words matter more than facts — at least for those who do not take the time to break them apart. Vladimir Putin…