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 ...

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

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

Azruddin Mohamed’s case is significant: it illustrates how business, political ambition, resource-exports, and cross-border law-enforcement intersect in a small, oil-and-gold-rich country like Guyana, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Why China Is Winning the Trade War ( Economist) It has rebuffed America and rewritten the norms of global commerce.