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In Focus

Putin’s Total War

“Putin’s trajectory reflects the continuities of Bolshevik power: the rejection of law, fear of the people, obsession with eliminating internal and external enemies, violence, imperial expansion as legitimacy, the will to achieve hegemony over Europe. […]
Hedy Belhassine — Photo © Joël-François Dumont
Hedy Belhassine

The Iran War Without Iran

Before being strategic, war is geographical. The Arab-Persian Gulf—aptly named—is the demarcation line of imperial confrontation. It is a warm sea, very salty, never blue, rarely tumultuous, trapped between muddy beaches and charmless rocks stunned […]
2026 NDS Pete Hegseth & Donald Trump — US War Department Photo
Special Reports

Europe-United States: The Great Rupture

In one year, Donald Trump has succeeded where European federalists have failed for 70 years: unifying Europe. This irony of history alone sums up the glacial climate of this January 2026. The publication yesterday morning of the Eurobazooka poll only confirms “weak signals” that have become deafening. In Davos, recent speeches by Mark Carney, Emmanuel Macron, and Volodymyr Zelensky have already shown that the cup was full: the time has come to set the record straight.

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Denmark: In Putin’s Crosshairs

Denmark, the strategic sentinel of the Baltic straits and guardian of the Arctic, is no longer whispering: it is sounding the alarm. In their new joint assessment, the Defence Intelligence Service (FE) and the Security and Intelligence Service (PET) paint a chilling picture of a world where “might now makes right.” Far from being a simple geopolitical weather report, this document reveals a brutal mutation: Copenhagen has become a priority target. Russia, whose economy has shifted into total war mode, is no longer limiting itself to Ukraine but is actively preparing physical sabotage operations against critical European infrastructure.

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And Now for the Peace Nobel Prize the Winner Is…

Suggesting the Nobel Peace Prize for Donald Trump is an act of magnificent audacity, almost as absurd as demanding the Nobel Prize for Virtue for Rocco Siffred. The latter has little chance of ever seeing the light of day because, since 1968, it has no longer been possible to expand the categories. Greta Thunberg will therefore not be getting a Nobel Prize for environmental activism either. Of course, audacity knows no bounds, especially when big egos are wallowing in the swamp of self-importance.

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