Trump’s Lawless Narco-War ( Unherd / CATO) Once upon a time, American conservatives were deeply committed to resisting the expansion of presidential war powers.

A decade ago, the terrorist attacks in Paris illustrated the risks and challenges posed by complex coordinated terrorist attacks in a Western capital. These marauding attacks, striking multiple scenes ...

China Proved Its Strengths in 2025—and Donald Trump Helped ( Economist) It was a good year for Xi Jinping.

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Who Can Solve Iran’s Many Problems? Not I, Says the President. (Farnaz Fassihi and Leily Nikounazar, New York Times) Amid sky-high inflation, water and energy cuts and prospects for a deal with the U.

Washington wants a free hand for Silicon Valley and Russia investment. The EU is an obstacle—and the far right is an ally. Why Did the White House Write This National Security Strategy? (Benjamin ...

DHS begins collecting ten fingerprints from international visitors at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport; Washington Dulles airport began doing so in late November; eight additional U.S.

I Watched 12 Hours of Nick Fuentes (Ali Breland, The Atlantic) The white-supremacist influencer is laying the groundwork to go even bigger.

A parable of China’s industrial supremacy. Trump Weighs Options, and Risks, for Attacks on Venezuela (David E. Sanger, Tyler Pager, Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt, and Devlin Barrett, New York Times) ...

Australia becomes the latest country to sign a deal with the U.S. president. African Non-State Actors Put Drones on the Attack (Rueben Dass, Lawfare) Groups are increasingly using weaponized drones ...

Yttrium plays a critical role in everything from aircraft engines to semiconductors. China controls the vast majority of the market—and that’s not changing anytime soon. Even imagining a potential ...