On 1 May 2025, the United States and Ukraine signed a historic agreement that marks a turning point in bilateral relations and global geopolitical strategy. This pact provides for preferential US access to Ukrainian mineral resources, including rare elements, iron, uranium, and natural gas, and the establishment of a joint reconstruction fund [...]
A silent war is being fought in the Red Sea with drones, ballistic missiles and electronic countermeasures. Episodes such as the shooting down of a Houthi drone by a French FREMM frigate, armed with an Italian Oto Melara gun, are now frequent. But while Western forces show their technological superiority, it also strikes [...]
For generations, the steel mills of the Ruhr, Silesia and Lorraine were the beating heart of European heavy industry. Those smokestacks, now largely converted or decommissioned, were for decades symbols of the continent's economic and industrial power. But today, in a world shaken by geopolitical crises, energy transition and new technological challenges, [...]
