Iran, the deal is signed: the Pasdaran's victory and Israel's debacle 18/06/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The agreement between the United States and Iran has been signed, ending the war for now and opening the way to the 2 months of… [read more]

British Secretary of State for Defence Resigns in Open Protest Against Insufficient Budget 12/06/2026 | Gabriele Molinelli In the increasingly embarrassing chaos surrounding the now-infamous British “Defence Investment Plan,” the resignation letter from Secretary of State for Defence John Healey has detonated… [read more]

Iran: Trump strikes, Tehran responds 11/06/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Another night of war. In an apparent attempt to break the negotiating deadlock - as announced by President Trump on Tuesday evening - the United… [read more]

Iran: a night of war 10/06/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Overnight, in response to the shootdown of an APACHE helicopter, the United States launched a series of airstrikes against targets in southern Iran. As currently… [read more]

Ukraine: Russian forces re-deploy the 9M729 NOVATOR cruise missile 03/06/2026 | Francesco Bossi In the wake of the heavy Russian missile strikes that hit the Ukrainian capital in late May, video and photographic evidence has emerged apparently showing… [read more]

NATO towards Ankara: a reshuffle, not a new start 26/05/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) In the hours before the NATO political and military meetings last week, unease spread within the Alliance. Reports surfaced of a planned redeployment of 5,000… [read more]

Iran, credibility, reputation, and war 25/05/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Just when it looked as though the Americans and Iranians had reached an agreement — one that deferred the most important issue, the nuclear file,… [read more]

Weekend with ORESHNIK in Kyiv: a first look at Russia's massive combined missile strike 25/05/2026 | Igor Markic (Reporting from Kyiv) On the night of 23-24 May, Russia launched a massive missile attack against Ukraine. According to official Ukrainian figures, the Russians fired roughly 90 missiles… [read more]

Iran: a weekend on a knife's edge 22/05/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Talks on Iran continue, but the sticking points remain. A trip to Tehran by General Asim Munir, the "ruler of Pakistan," was on the agenda… [read more]

Israel's manpower crisis deepens: IDF need thousands more recruits 15/05/2026 | Pietro Batacchi Speaking before the Knesset on May 10, Chief of the General Staff Eyal Zamir renewed his call for the enlistment of additional troops. The Israeli… [read more]

Record drone barrage on Ukraine: Moscow brings the war to NATO's edge 14/05/2026 | Igor Markic Yesterday, Wednesday 13 May, Russia carried out one of the most massive aerial attacks since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, with a total of… [read more]

Fourth Gulf War: Washington Post confirms FW MAG's strategic takeaways 07/05/2026 | Editorial Team One month after the ceasefire between the United States-Israel and Iran, the Washington Post has published a detailed and exclusive analysis regarding the damage inflicted… [read more]

Iran escalation: on the brink of war? 05/05/2026 | Carolina Paizs Yesterday, the ceasefire between Iran and the United States - relatively stable since the 8 April truce - entered a phase of extreme fragility. The… [read more]

The Yerevan shift: building a European pillar beyond NATO nostalgia 05/05/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) Europe has responded to Washington’s pullback by moving quickly to take control of its own strategic destiny, pairing a push for 'strategic autonomy' with a… [read more]

Iran, total impasse at Hormuz continues. An aviation fuel crisis looms 04/05/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The situation in the Strait of Hormuz remains deadlocked. President Trump announced, with his customary fanfare, the launch of an operation named FREEDOM, aimed at… [read more]

Mali - Jihadists and Tuareg on the offensive. Russian forces leave the North of the country 29/04/2026 | Francesco Bossi In the early hours of 25 April 2026, the Tuareg forces of the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), in coordination with al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadists (Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam… [read more]

EU unlocks €90 billion for Ukraine after Hungarian and energy realignment 23/04/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) It took the end of the Orbán era and the restart of a Soviet-era pipeline for the European Union to finally untangle the knot of… [read more]

Who's in charge in Iran? The answer and its effects on the peace talks 21/04/2026 | Pietro Batacchi The second round of negotiations between the US and Iran, expected to get underway between today and tomorrow in Islamabad, is overshadowed by the uncertainty… [read more]

The Strait of Hormuz and Europe’s strategic circle squared 20/04/2026 | Caterina Tani (reporting from Brussels) The Strait of Hormuz is doing what decades of summits could not: forcing a solution to Europe’s strategic dilemma. For years, Europe has wrestled with… [read more]

France increases Defence spending - again 17/04/2026 | Fabio Di Felice French Defence Minister Catherine Vautrin has announced a €36 billion ($42 billion) increase to the defence budget over the next 4 years, as part of… [read more]