Beijing Insiders’ Plan to Play Donald Trump ( Economist) They see America’s president as a golden opportunity for China.

China Is Already Pulling Ahead on the Next Energy Supply Chain (Jane Nakano and Mathias Zacarias, Foreign Policy) Low-emission hydrogen is quickly becoming the latest frontier for geoeconomic ...

Donald Trump Says He May Strike Nigeria to Save Christians. Really? ( Economist) The reality behind the American president’s latest threats. War Looms in Venezuela as Trump Tests an “Americas First” ...

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 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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...