The Dulling of America’s Scientific Edge (Editorial Board, Washington Post) U.S. researchers are increasingly looking to do their work abroad. Drones are Changing How Wars Harm Civilians (Lauren Spink ...

Why Is Trump Suddenly Talking About Invading Nigeria? (Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, Foreign Policy) A U.S. military intervention would be a disaster in an already divided country. China Places a Hong Kong-Sized ...

China Started Separating Its Economy from the West Years Ago (Keith Bradsher, New York Times) Two decades of sustained effort to build national self-reliance and minimize imports have antagonized ...

The Unitary Artificial Executive (Alan Z. Rozenshtein, Lawfare) Previous expansions of presidential power were still constrained by human limitations. Artificial intelligence eliminates those ...

Will Trump’s Critical Minerals Blitz Pay Off? (Christina Lu, Foreign Policy) The U.S. president has been on a mission to secure new supply chains—and counter China’s grip. Strongmen in Politics and ...

A Ukraine-Baltics Security Pact (Fredrik Wesslau, Foreign Policy) To deter Russia, Europe needs to bring Ukraine into its security architecture. China’s Global Initiatives Are Worth Taking Seriously ...

The Firewall Against Nick Fuentes Is Crumbling (Ali Breland, The Atlantic) The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream.

What Will It Cost to Make Vladimir Putin Stop? ( Economis t) Europe must offer Ukraine a big enough financial package to deter the Kremlin. A bloody Police Raid in Rio Was the Deadliest in Brazil’s ...

Why Rare Earths Are About to Cost a Lot More (Patrick Schröder, Foreign Policy) Contrary to Trump’s claim, diversifying the supply chain won’t drive down prices.

It’s (Still) Henry Kissinger’s World (Julian E. Zelizer, Foreign Policy) A new documentary argues Nixon’s secretary of state learned the wrong lessons from his experiences with Nazi Germany.

What We Know About the Poseidon, Russia’s New Super Torpedo (Mary Ilyushina and Alex Horton, Washinton Post) Poseidon is part of Russia’s lineup of “super weapons” meant to gain military parity with ...

The white-supremacist influencer is entering the MAGA mainstream. J. D. Vance’s Bad Answer to an Anti-Semitic Question (Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic) The vice president will need to choose between ...