CHINA WATCH · China Surveys Seabeds Where Naval Rivals May One Day Clash · U.S. Threats to AUKUS Pact Put United Front Against China at Risk · How Rare Earths Became China’s Top Trade Weapon · China’s ...

Last Tuesday, when an account on X using the name Cindy Steinberg started cheering the Texas floods because the victims were “white kids” and “future fascists,” Grok — the social media platform’s ...

· BRICS Is Sliding Towards Irrelevance –the Rio Summit Made That Clear · Coups in West Africa Have Five Things in Common: Knowing What They Are Is Key to Defending Democracy · Iran’s Collapse Could ...

Musk’s Chatbot Started Spouting Nazi Propaganda. That’s Not the Scariest Part. (Zeynep Tufekci, New York Times) Last Tuesday, when an account on X using the name Cindy Steinberg started cheering the ...

MIDDLE EAST · Trump’s Iran Deal Withdrawal Comes Back to Haunt Him · 12 Days of Attacks Later, Could Iran Make an Atomic Bomb? · Trump Warns U.S. Will Strike Again if Iran Resumes High-Level Uranium ...

DHS’s 2009 budget includes 19 percent increase in money for border security; administration to request $775 million to complete 670 miles of fencing this year and other infrastructure ...

As President Donald Trump sends mixed messages about immigration enforcement, ordering new raids on farms and hotels just days after saying he wouldn’t target those industries, he has hardly mentioned ...

· The Fog of Disaster Is Getting Worse · Johnson Won’t Say Biden Won in 2020, Raising Worries on 2024’s Process · As Lawmaker Claims Trump’s Shooting Was Inside Job, G.O.P. Indulges Him · Why Legal ...

The Trump administration is considering launching drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico as part of an ambitious effort to combat criminal gangs trafficking narcotics across the southern border, ...

· After War with Israel and U.S., Iran Rests on a Knife Edge · A Peace Agreement That Will Probably Not Bring Peace · How Europe Got Tough on Migration · Refugees Worry: Is Nicaragua Assassinating ...

The Growing Threat of Homegrown Religious Extremism (Mona Charen, The Bulwark) The alleged Minnesota assassin was known as a ‘deeply religious’ Christian man. That should be an alarm bell for all of ...

Inside Libya, the Mafia State Driving Europe’s Migrant Crisis (Tom Kington, The Times) The people smuggler was afforded a funeral fit for an admiral. Sailors saluted, the last post resounded, the ...