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 ...

WORLD ROUNDUP How Rare Earths Became China’s Top Trade Weapon | Far-Right Extremists Use Minecraft to Gamify Radicalization | Israeli Attacks Brought Fear but Not Regime Change to Iran, and more ...

Consumer-grade AI tools have supercharged Russian-aligned disinformation as pictures, videos, QR codes, and fake websites have proliferated. Insurers Aren’t Saying Whether They’ll Cover Vaccines for ...

· 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 ...

Trump’s Iran Deal Withdrawal Comes Back to Haunt Him (Keith Johnson, Foreign Policy) Experts say the 2015 nuclear deal constrained Tehran’s nuclear ambitions better than the recent U.S. strikes. 12 ...

One thing I think that this attack signals is that there’s a big distinction between nuclear and non-nuclear states in that you can do whatever you want to a non-nuclear state. It would be much harder ...

What America Can Learn from Iran’s Failure (By Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic) The Iranian regime’s predicament shows what happens when conspiracies, rather than reality, shape decision making. The ...

· Trump Urges Congress to ‘Kill’ Voice of America as Its Leader Defends Gutting It. · Promise of Victory Over H.I.V. Fades as U.S. Withdraws Support · A Distracted Washington Is a Win for Beijing · ...

· Trump Got This One Right · Right Move, Wrong Team · How Trump Could Lose This War · ‘Everybody Knows Khamenei’s Days Are Numbered’ · Why a Wider War with Iran Is Unlikely · Can Iran Still Build ...

· Appeals Court Lets Trump Keep Control of California National Guard in L.A. · ICE Agent or Just Some Person? · The Secret Ingredient to AI Dominance? Nuclear Power · What Is the Golden Dome, and Can ...

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