Analysis
Digital Sovereignty: The Doctrine Splitting the Internet
Data-localization laws, adequacy decisions and platform rules are re-fencing the open internet — sovereignty arriving through the server room.
Valentina Sokolov · July 27, 2026
Analysis: What the Numbers Mean
Analysis is where longer arguments are made. Pieces trace a conflict, alliance, sanction regime or economic crisis back through the decisions and interests that produced it, then set out the range of outcomes still available. Sources and assumptions are stated. Written for readers who want causation rather than a summary of yesterday.
Analysis
Why the Nuclear Treaty's Review Conferences Keep Ending in Failure
The NPT's five-yearly summits have produced final documents twice since 1995 — and the same three paragraphs keep breaking them.
Valentina Sokolov · July 5, 2026
Analysis
The Shadow Fleet: Sanctions Evasion at Twelve Knots
Aging tankers, flag-of-convenience registries and switched-off transponders keep sanctioned oil moving — and the countermeasures are catching up.
Valentina Sokolov · June 12, 2026
Analysis
The Ocean Is the New Contested Frontier — and the Law Is the Map
Seabed minerals, fishing rights and cable corridors have turned the high seas into a slow-motion scramble governed by a 1982 treaty with 1990s amendments.
Christopher Lee · May 20, 2026
Analysis
The Arctic Council Froze Over. Can It Thaw Without Politics?
The region's only all-eight-states institution has been paused since 2022 — and its working groups quietly show what governance loses when diplomacy stops.
Valentina Sokolov · April 27, 2026