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Zelensky spurns Trump’s call for compromise
James Davis reports that the Russia-Ukraine conflict remains locked in a stalemate, with both sides entrenched and prospects for negotiations dim. Backed strongly by Europe, Zelensky has taken a harder line, rejecting any territorial concessions as eliminating grounds for talks.
Germany’s paper revenues and paper soldiers
Diego Faßnacht reports that Germany, instead of pursuing structural reforms to restore competitiveness, is trying to finance a larger army with a weakening tax base and without institutional capacity to process new cohorts, weakening its strategic reliability.
South Korea abandons US-China balancing act
Scott Foster observes that South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s Washington visit marked a move toward deeper alignment with Washington. Seoul’s pivot, though cloaked in diplomatic subtlety, is strategically profitable for South Korean arms, autos, and shipbuilding industries.