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2026-02-13 • Russia’s strikes on Ukraine’s energy grid signal an energy-denial strategy, forcing Kyiv to redirect its
Morning Intelligence – The Gist Russia’s overnight strike – 219 Iranian-style drones plus 24 ballistic missiles – plunged Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipro back into black-out politics. More than 100 000 Kyiv households lost power and heat; rail lines at Lozova were cratered; Kharkiv counted new civilian…
Read More2026-02-12 • Europe’s leaders face economic stagnation and strategic challenges. Proposed solutions risk internal division and climate credibility issues
Evening Analysis – The Gist Europe’s emergency gathering at Alden Biesen castle exposes a continent caught between economic lethargy and strategic whiplash. EU leaders, facing pressure from Washington’s tariff feints, Beijing’s subsidies and Moscow’s coercion, conceded that their single-market…
Read More2026-02-12 • House votes 219-211 to nullify Trump’s Canada tariffs; six Republicans join, highlighting cross
Morning Intelligence – The Gist The House’s 219-211 vote to nullify Donald Trump’s steel-and-aluminum tariffs on Canada is more than a symbolic slap at the White House: six Republicans broke ranks, signalling a fragile, cross-party coalition against executive trade overreach. The tariffs—justi…
Read More2026-02-11 • Orbex collapses with £49M debt. Failed merger, lack of support highlight Europe’s launch struggles
Evening Analysis – The Gist Orbex’s collapse into administration yesterday—£49 million in debt despite £26 million in UK government loans—confirms that Europe’s small-launcher dream is wobbling. The Highlands-based start-up, once a flagship for “Global Britain”, failed to seal a rescue merger …
Read More2026-02-11 • Canada’s second-deadliest school attack highlights policy lag: gun bans without mental health and rural policing
Morning Intelligence – The Gist The slaughter of 10 people—eight at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and two in a nearby home—rips through Canada’s self-image as a haven from U.S.-style gun carnage. With at least 27 injured, it is the nation’s second-deadliest school attack since Montréal 1989, …
Read More2026-02-10 • Europe faces urgent reform needs. Von der Leyen and Macron push for market changes, but consensus is
Evening Analysis – The Gist Europe’s self-diagnosis turned urgent today. Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen called for “deep single-market surgery” while France’s Emmanuel Macron demanded a “Made-in-Europe” preference ahead of Thursday’s leaders’ retreat. Both warn the bloc is losing ground…
Read More2026-02-10 • Japan’s landslide win enables a constitutional referendum. Markets rally, but Article 9’s revision raises
Morning Intelligence – The Gist Japan’s landslide has up-ended Asia’s strategic chessboard. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party now commands 352 lower-house seats—well above the two-thirds hurdle needed to trigger a constitutional referendum—while the Nikkei 225 leapt near…
Read More2026-02-09 • Japan’s PM Takaichi wins a super-majority, pushing for constitutional revision. Markets rally,
Evening Analysis – The Gist Japan’s voters have handed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi a two-thirds super-majority (316 of 465 seats) in the Lower House, enough to push long-stalled constitutional revision onto the floor for the first time since 1947. Markets cheered: the Nikkei opened 5 % highe…
Read More2026-02-09 • Italy’s Winter Games faced protests over ICE officers, Israel’s presence, and a €14.7
Morning Intelligence – The Gist Italy’s opening weekend of the Milano-Cortina Winter Games was jolted by 30,000 protesters, railway sabotage on three trunk lines and police water-cannon in central Milan. The flash-point—ICE officers embedded with the U.S. team and Israel’s presence—taps a broa…
Read More2026-02-08 • U.S. wants Ukraine-Russia peace by June; talks likely in Miami. Deadlines align with
Evening Analysis – The Gist Washington has quietly placed a stopwatch on Europe’s bloodiest war: President Zelenskyy disclosed that the White House wants a Ukraine-Russia peace accord “by June,” with the next round of U.S.-brokered talks likely in Miami, even as Russian missiles killed civilia…
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