Daily Archives: Jul 2, 2026

Could a few strategic agreements rewrite the balance of power in one of the world's most tightly controlled supply chains? That is the question facing policymakers and industry leaders as U.S. President Donald Trump returns from a whirlwind Asia tour, having inked rare earth and critical minerals deals with...

When they start shutting down airports, it ceases being a harmless prank and turns into a geopolitical flashpoint. Lithuania's recent decision to shoot down unidentified balloons crossing from Belarus dramatically escalates tensions along NATO's eastern flank. What appears as low-tech incursions is, in the view of Vilnius, deliberate hybrid...

Can a war be fought by targeting fuel instead of frontlines? Ukraine's recent campaign of long-range strikes against Russian oil refineries has delivered a measurable blow to Moscow's war economy, cutting refining capacity by 20% according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The combined effect of these attacks with sweeping US...