
NATO’s Ankara Summit: From Spending Promises to Strategic Reality
The Alliance gathers in Turkey under pressure to convert its 5% defence pledge into weapons, industrial capacity, and a clearer answer to Washington’s demands.

The Alliance gathers in Turkey under pressure to convert its 5% defence pledge into weapons, industrial capacity, and a clearer answer to Washington’s demands.

Kyiv observed a day of mourning as the death toll from a major attack on the capital rose to 30.

The European Commission proposes extending temporary protection until 2028 to Ukrainian refugees—except for males subject to military obligations.

Moscow-installed governor vows city will endure blackout and heat wave.

The Russian leader said Moscow is ready to resume negotiations based on the draft agreements reached in March-April 2022, while citing battlefield realities and criticizing Ukrainian strikes inside Russia

Strike on Zelensky’s home city has him demanding more ’pressure’ on Moscow from the West, including air defence systems.

Ex-PM says let Kyiv politicians “return the MiGs and tanks” to Poland

The U.S. president backed increased pressure on Russia, confirmed that Israel received a copy of the Iran agreement, and said he expects a peace deal with Iran to be signed later this week.

Can Ukraine sustain the costs of a long war of attrition against a larger opponent while preserving the demographic, economic, and social foundations of a viable post-war state?

A society can survive temporary economic hardship. It can recover from military defeat. It can rebuild cities destroyed by war. What it cannot easily recover from is the loss of civilizational self-confidence.