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Israel Worries as Qatar Eyes F-35 Jets (Maya Carlin, National Interest) For more than half a century, the United States has worked to ensure Israel’s qualitative military edge in the Middle East. That ...

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

Trump’s Business Model Is to Break Europe (Majda Ruge, Foreign Policy) Washington wants a free hand for Silicon Valley and Russia investment. The EU is an obstacle—and the far right is an ally.

US president singles out London, saying it is now a “different place” and referring to London mayor Sadiq Khan as “vicious and disgusting.” Why Trump’s “America First” Security Strategy Is Misguided, ...

For years, conversations about the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence in the West have been dismissed as fringe, conspiratorial, or Islamophobic. The result is that many policymakers, security ...

The long-anticipated plan aims to selectively impose the U.S. president’s worldview around the globe. Trump Administration Says Europe Faces “Civilizational Erasure” (Michael D. Shear, Jeanna Smialek, ...

Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent. No operational necessity justified Hegseth’s de facto order to kill two survivors clinging to the ...

The U.S.-China rivalry is fueling a legal arms race. West Bank Violence Threatens Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan (John Haltiwanger, Foreign Policy) Rights groups say the Israeli government is complicit. How ...

The inspector general finds that the defense secretary violated his department’s policies. “Signalgate” Report Contradicts Hegseth’s Claim of “Total Exoneration” (Dan Lamothe, Washington Post) The ...

Nuclear energy financing must undergo a parallel shift alongside improvements in technology in order to witness the second nuclear renaissance. AI Regulatory Lessons from the Atomic Age (Emily de La ...