In Donald Trump’s World, the Strong Take What They Can ( Economist) That will be bad for America—and everyone else. The Dangers of Donald Trump’s Ad Hoc Foreign Policy (Lawrence J. Haas, National ...

Election Deniers Think the Venezuela Attack Is All About 2020 (David Gilbert, Wired) Conspiracy theorists claim the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is proof that the Venezuelan ...

First the Shooting. Then the Lies. (Adam Serwer, The Atlantic) The Trump administration has perfected the smear campaign.

· A Quarter Century After 9/11: Terrorism Trends in the United States and West in 2026 ...

Discovering the Dimensions of a New Cold War (Michael McFaul, Wired) The United States’ plan for dealing with Putin’s Russia and Xi’s China remains ill-defined among a shifting global order. That must ...

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 ...

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

DOD released its report on countering extremist activity in the ranks. Andrew Mines writes that the report is timely, as data from research by different organizations provide multiple metrics that ...

The white-supremacist influencer is laying the groundwork to go even bigger. Pam Bondi Memo’s Quiet Rewriting of Domestic Terrorism Rules (Thomas E. Brzozowski, Lawfare) A leaked directive recasts ...

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 ...

In striking and chilling terms, several career Justice Department officials on Thursday offered dire warnings about the online extremist network “764,” whose young followers around the world use ...

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.