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OPEN LETTER: Pro-Ukraine Republican Senators Against Trump — The Fracture Over Aid to Kyiv
Op-Ed· No. 77

OPEN LETTER: Pro-Ukraine Republican Senators Against Trump — The Fracture Over Aid to Kyiv

An open letter to the Republican senators who co-signed the SABER Act: you represent something many thought extinct — an internationalist GOP tradition that…

ANALYSIS: Ukraine Crosses the European Rubicon — Kyiv Opens Its First EU Accession Cluster
Analysis· No. 74

ANALYSIS: Ukraine Crosses the European Rubicon — Kyiv Opens Its First EU Accession Cluster

On June 15, 2026, in Luxembourg, the EU opened its first substantive accession negotiations with Ukraine. Two and a half years after symbolic talks…

TESTIMONY: 522 Bodies Returned by Moscow, 33 Received — The Silent Mechanics of Exchanging the Dead
Profile· No. 72

TESTIMONY: 522 Bodies Returned by Moscow, 33 Received — The Silent Mechanics of Exchanging the Dead

On June 18, 2026, trucks crossed the front line carrying 522 Ukrainian bodies returned by Russia. In exchange: 33 Russian remains. Behind the asymmetry,…

NOTE: The Federal Court Strikes Down Trump's $100,000 H-1B Fee — But the Damage Is Done
Note· No. 71

NOTE: The Federal Court Strikes Down Trump's $100,000 H-1B Fee — But the Damage Is Done

On June 8, 2026, a federal judge in Boston ruled Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee unconstitutional. The court was right. But while Washington litigated,…

NOTE: Trump Offers the Keys to the American Arsenal to Europe — Finally, Perhaps
Note· No. 70

NOTE: Trump Offers the Keys to the American Arsenal to Europe — Finally, Perhaps

At the G7 in Évian on June 17, 2026, Trump said he would ask U.S. arms makers to consider licensing missile production in Europe…

EDITORIAL: £1 Billion in Frozen Russian Assets Turned Into 150,000 Drones for Kyiv
Editorial· No. 69

EDITORIAL: £1 Billion in Frozen Russian Assets Turned Into 150,000 Drones for Kyiv

On June 18, 2026, Britain announced a £752 million military package for Ukraine — financed by Putin's own frozen sovereign assets. Poetic justice has…

FACT-CHECK: Moscow Convicts Ukrainian Soldiers for "Terrorism" — The Geneva Convention Says No
Analysis· No. 68

FACT-CHECK: Moscow Convicts Ukrainian Soldiers for "Terrorism" — The Geneva Convention Says No

Russia has systematically tried captured Ukrainian soldiers as terrorists rather than prisoners of war. Over 305 have been convicted. The Geneva Conventions are unambiguous.…

COLUMN: Trump Against His Own Senate — The Republican Civil War Paralyzing Washington
Column· No. 67

COLUMN: Trump Against His Own Senate — The Republican Civil War Paralyzing Washington

Political science textbooks have repeated it for decades: governing with a parliamentary majority is harder than governing against the opposition. Donald Trump, in his…

ESSAY: The Ukraine 20-Point Peace Plan — NATO Abandonment, Territorial Freeze, Can Zelensky Sign?
Essay· No. 66

ESSAY: The Ukraine 20-Point Peace Plan — NATO Abandonment, Territorial Freeze, Can Zelensky Sign?

Since mid-June 2026, a document has circulated in diplomatic corridors claiming to resolve in twenty points one of the most deadly wars in recent…

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