Pentagon Plan Prioritizes Homeland Over China Threat (Paul McLeary and Daniel Lippman, Politico) This marks a major departure from the first Trump administration, which emphasized deterring Beijing.

Russia’s Reckless Provocation (Tom Nichols, The Atlantic) Whether by accident or malice, the Russians are risking a wider war in Europe. Russia Tested NATO in Poland. NATO Flunked. (Phillips Payson ...

The Horrifying Assassination of Charlie Kirk (David A. Graham, The Atlantic) The shooting of the conservative activist is the latest act of political violence in the United States.

The New Math of Quantum Cryptography (Ben Brubaker, Wired) In theory, quantum physics can bypass the hard mathematical problems at the root of modern encryption. A new proof shows how.

Why Does China Care About New York Politics? (James Palmer, Foreign Policy) Beijing’s influence efforts can be surprisingly small-scale. The Future of Airpower Is Denial (Kelly A. Grieco and ...

America Must Cut Its Reliance on China—Now (David Sauer, National Interest) China dominates the rare earth industry—and has shown it is willing to weaponize its market power to wring concessions from ...

Our Own Lysenko (Nick Catoggio, The Dispatch) Giving Americans the health system they voted for. States Begin to See Job Losses from Trump’s Cuts, Housing and Spending Slowdowns (Tim Henderson, ...

Xi Jinping’s Anti-American Party ( Economist) To see the cost of Trump’s bullying, tally the world leaders flocking to China. Trump Cedes the Clean Energy Lead to China (Christina Lu, Foreign Policy) ...

But the Pentagon is hoping it can change that. For China, the Ukraine War Is a Laboratory (David Petraeus and Clara Kaluderovic, National Interest) Beijing is using the Russia-Ukraine War as a testing ...

The U.S.’s foreign-born population shrunk this year for the first time since the 1960s, new data shows. After rapidly growing for more than 50 years, the number of immigrants living in the U.S.

Energy-starved countries on the continent have reluctantly turned to coal and gas for decades. Cheap Chinese solar panels are now finally changing the calculus. Trump Is Inching Toward a Major ...

Cybercriminals are increasingly using generative AI tools to fuel their attacks, with new research finding instances of AI being used to develop ransomware. I can see the picture of a president doing ...