How the Ankara Summit Became the Most Important NATO Meeting
The spending commitments, the Ukraine pledges, the bilateral deals that summits are supposed to produce were all delivered at the Ankara summit; but the...
The Capital Dispatch Week of Jul 7, 2026
THIS WEEK'S STORY
The AI trade that carried markets through four months of war is showing its first real cracks, and this week it picked...
How Ukraine Became Europe’s Most Important — and Ignored Defense Lesson
Europe's defense transformation is not a spending problem that more money will solve, rather it’s a doctrinal crisis, and the gap between the warfare...
Why the US Government’s War With Anthropic Is the Most Important Tech Battle of 2026
The US government's export control order against Anthropic's most advanced AI models was not a national security measure, it was the visible breaking point...
The Capital Dispatch
THIS WEEK'S STORY
The numbers say boom, but the undercurrents show otherwise. Asia closed its best quarter in years, with the Nikkei up 38% and...
Why Belarus Is Now Europe’s Most Dangerous Flashpoint
Alexander Lukashenko had quite an unusual week. On June 19, Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave him a public ultimatum: remove the Russian signal relay stations on...
Why the Iran War Made Turkey the Gulf’s Most Valuable Defense Partner
In 2016, Turkey's defense exports stood at $1.67 billion. By the end of 2026, that figure is expected to exceed $11 billion. That is...
America’s Most Surprising New Tech Investor in 2026 Is the Federal Government
Sam Altman walked into the Oval Office in early 2025 and pitched President Donald Trump on the idea of giving the American government an...
Why the SDG Report 2026 Is the Most Urgent Wake-Up Call for Global Development
Less than four years from the deadline, and only 16% of the targets are going to be met. The 11th edition of the Sustainable...
Why Washington Is Now Taiwan’s Second Biggest Security ProblemÂ
Lai Ching-te stepped before foreign correspondents in Taipei this week. Speaking to foreign correspondents, he said something that should not need to be said...