Geopolitics

BRUSSELS. The European Union talks of principles. It passes resolutions condemning violence. It sanctions extremist settlers in the West Bank and calls for restraint. And while it does all of this, the money keeps moving. Billions of euros flow from EU institutions and member states into Israeli companies, some of which supply the very military […]

The death toll from Russia’s overnight attack on Kyiv has risen to 17, with damage recorded at 30 locations across the city, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Thursday. The mayor called it the most massive attack on the capital since the invasion began more than four years ago. Russia warned it will “continue to increase pressure” […]

LONDON. For 18 months, Russia ran a drone surveillance campaign against Europe’s most sensitive military sites: nuclear weapons bases, power plants, and submarine ports. The drones came from ships. The ships were part of Moscow’s shadow fleet, the same tankers that already evade Western sanctions on Russian oil. And the Kremlin got away with it, […]

The European Commission has warned Albania that a luxury resort project backed by Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, could jeopardize the country’s bid to join the European Union. The warning, reported by multiple outlets on July 1-2, marks the sharpest intervention yet by Brussels in a controversy that has drawn tens of thousands of Albanians […]

WASHINGTON. The numbers are so large they resist comprehension. $2.2 billion. That is what President Donald Trump reported as income for 2025, his first full year back in the White House. It is more than three times the $622 million he reported in 2024. It is more money than any sitting American president has ever […]

Zelenskyy’s warning proved prophetic. Russia launched a large-scale combined missile and drone assault on Kyiv overnight into Thursday, killing at least two people and wounding more than a dozen others. The attack hit a hotel and multiple residential buildings, sending plumes of smoke over the capital and forcing residents into shelters as explosions echoed across […]

DOHA. The United States and Iran concluded their latest round of indirect negotiations in Doha on July 1, with both sides signaling the first meaningful diplomatic progress in months. Qatari mediators described the atmosphere as “constructive” and reported “positive progress” on implementing the June 17 memorandum of understanding, the fragile framework that underpins the current […]

TEHRAN. It is the oldest trick in the diplomatic handbook. You bomb a country for weeks. You claim you have shattered its military. Then you sit down across the table and offer to negotiate. The message is clear: accept our terms because you have no cards left to play. Iran is now testing that proposition. […]

WASHINGTON. The Supreme Court had barely released its 6-3 ruling in Trump v. Barbara before the pivot began. Within hours of losing the birthright citizenship case, President Trump’s aides and MAGA allies were sketching out a new strategy. The old plan was to deny citizenship to children born on American soil. The new plan is […]

When speed becomes the organizing principle of the Pentagon’s acquisition system, the question is not whether something will be missed. It is what. A Government Accountability Office report released June 30 warns that the Defense Department’s push to get new weapons to troops faster has hollowed out the independent office meant to catch problems before […]