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72 Hours to Tehran. Europe's $38bn Backstop, Untested.

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Adrian Monck
Feb 19, 2026
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Geneva peace talks collapsed in two hours as Europe commits $38bn to replace vanishing US support for Ukraine; Trump’s Board of Peace convenes with only 27 of 60 invitees as West Bank annexation and a potential Iran strike within days compete for diplomatic bandwidth; and Washington invokes the Defence Production Act for phospho…

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