China’s Pacific Missile Test and the Indo-Pacific’s New Nuclear Reality
On July 6, at 12:01pm Beijing time, a Chinese nuclear-powered submarine launched a ballistic missile from beneath the South China Sea. The missile came...
Why Turkey Is Now Indispensable to the Future of NATO
Turkey's emergence as NATO's indispensable partner in 2026 is not a product of Erdogan's charm or Trump's personal loyalties, it is the strategic payoff...
The Capital Dispatch | Week of 14 July, 2026
THIS WEEK'S STORY
Six weeks was all the peace the market got. Trump reinstated the Hormuz blockade on Monday and by Tuesday oil had jumped...
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...