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.

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...