The clear-eyed calculus behind reinforcing Ukraine’s air defence shield
By Steven Blatter18/06/2026 The ongoing conflict has laid bare a fundamental truth: providing Ukraine with advanced interceptor missiles is not…
The bear with the bomb: Russian nuclear coercion and the future of European deterrence
By Rafael Loss 17/06/2026 Source Russia is expanding its nuclear-capable, long-range weapon systems to press Europe and fracture NATO. Europeans need…
The Imperative of the Active Shield and the Cost of Dormant Arsenals
By James Johnson11/06/2026 In the early hours of 2 June 2026, the geopolitical landscape of the European continent was once…
Japan’s ASEAN-Centered Regional Strategy – OpEd
By Simon Hutagalung11/06/2026 Source In recent years, Japan has shifted from being a cautious ally of the US to an independent…
The Strategic Logic of Shielding Ukraine’s Skies
By Steven Blatter11/06/2026 As Europe navigates the summer of 2026, the war of attrition in Ukraine has reached a critical…
The NATO Ankara Summit: “NATO 3.0” in Practice
By Jonathan Burchell10/06/2026 Source Introduction When NATO was founded, its first secretary general, Lord Ismay, famously remarked that the alliance existed “to keep…
Moscow Tells Baltics NATO Will Not Come To Their Rescue – Analysis
By Paul Goble|10/06/2026 Source Whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will launch an attack on the Baltic countries, as many now fear…
The Collapse of Russia’s Security Myth in Armenia
By Steven Blatter 10/06/2026 For decades, the presence of Russian troops on Armenian soil was viewed as a cast-iron guarantee…
Moscow’s stranglehold on Minsk’s throat
By James Johnson 28/05/2026 As Russia’s unprovoked, full-scale war against Ukraine enters its fifth, gruelling year, the Kremlin appears to…
The end: not close, but clear
By Vladislav Inozemtsev13/05/2026 The May 9, 2026, parade in Moscow has gone down in history: remembered only for its brevity,…
The “Peace” Trap: Unmasking the Kremlin’s Trojan Horse in Europe
By James Johnson30/04/2026 In an era of shifting geopolitics, the term “pacifism” is being hijacked. The latest protagonist in this…
The Budapest Gambit: An Anatomy of Russia’s Covert Electoral Intervention in Hungary
By Ishtwan Kamel05/04/2026 The Hungarian parliamentary elections scheduled for April 2026 are widely regarded as the most significant challenge to…
Massive Escalation on 24 March: Strategic Exhaustion, Cultural Ethnocide, and the Challenge to European Security
By James Johnson25/03/2026 At dawn on 24 March 2026, Ukraine’s airspace became the stage for the most extensive and technically…
Orbán’s “Secret Medicine”: The Chasm Between Propaganda and the Reality of Hungarian Healthcare
By Ishtwan Kamel21/03/2026 For years, Viktor Orbán has positioned himself as the ultimate “defender of Hungarian families”, shielding them from…
The Machinery of Victory: Why Hungary’s Election Battle is Won Before the First Vote is Cast
By Ishtwan Kamel14/02/2026 As Hungary edges towards its next parliamentary elections, international attention is naturally fixated on the political theatre.…
The Trump Doctrine
By Leslie Vinjamuri28/01/2026Source One year into his second administration, the contours of US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy have become clearer. US…
If Europe starts attacking Russian cargo ships, all bets are off
By Anatol Lieven21/01/2026Source The consequences will be negative, from shattering the order it claims to defend all the way up to…
European Cowardice Is Empowering Trump’s New Imperialism
By Jeet Heer11/01/2026Source On Tuesday, European leaders met in Paris to try and solve their two biggest foreign-policy challenges. They…
EU Air Shield For Ukraine Under New Security Architecture
By James Johnson22/12/2025 In the context of Ukraine's experience and achievements during the war, the German initiative “European Air Shield”…
Fico’s Roadmap to Dictatorship
By Ishtwan Kemal21/12/2025 The things that happened in Slovakia were not just random. They were a plan to get revenge.…