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.

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

How Japan Built a Rare-Earth Supply Chain Without China (River Akira Davis and Kiuko Notoya, New York Times) The 15-year effort by Japan is a model for countries now scrambling to reduce their ...

Inside the Space Force’s Push for Orbital Missile Killers (Stavros Atlamazoglou, National Interest) The development of these weapon systems has a clear goal: deter and, if necessary, defeat US ...

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Members of the medical and scientific community who have long supported an active government role in health issues likely never expected that a controversial figure like Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—who has ...

The New German War Machine (Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic) After World War II, Germany embraced pacifism as a form of atonement. Now the country is arming itself again. China’s Turn to National ...

What Would Teddy Roosevelt Think of the “Trump Corollary”? (James Holmes, National Interest) The new “Trump Corollary” to the Monroe Doctrine echoes a similar set of ideas promoted by Teddy Roosevelt ...

Military Competition in Space Will Intensify ( Economist) Five areas to watch in the coming year. When Leaders Mistake Brutality for Strength (Jeff Flake, The Atlantic) Americans may disagree on many ...

Trump’s New National Security Strategy Goes Full “America First” (Rishi Iyengar and Christina Lu, Foreign Policy) The long-anticipated plan aims to selectively impose the U.S. president’s worldview ...

“Signalgate” Report Contradicts Hegseth’s Claim of “Total Exoneration” (Dan Lamothe, Washington Post) The defense secretary’s actions “created a risk to operational security,” according to an ...