A Ukraine-Baltics Security Pact (Fredrik Wesslau, Foreign Policy) To deter Russia, Europe needs to bring Ukraine into its security architecture. China’s Global Initiatives Are Worth Taking Seriously ...

Why Rare Earths Are About to Cost a Lot More (Patrick Schröder, Foreign Policy) Contrary to Trump’s claim, diversifying the supply chain won’t drive down prices.

The Countries Courting Trump with Critical Minerals (Rishi Iyengar, Foreign Policy) From Japan to Pakistan, the deals keep coming. Three Key Questions About Trump’s War Against Drug Boats (John ...

It’s (Still) Henry Kissinger’s World (Julian E. Zelizer, Foreign Policy) A new documentary argues Nixon’s secretary of state learned the wrong lessons from his experiences with Nazi Germany.

A Solution to the CIA ’s Kryptos Code Is Found after 35 Years (Humberto Basilio edited by Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American) After decades of speculation, two writers uncovered the answer to the ...

· Reporters Leave Pentagon En Masse After Refusing to Sign on to New Rules ...

American Infrastructure Is About to Get Even Worse (Marc J. Dunkelman, The Atlantic) Donald Trump is using the power of the White House to load public-works projects down with bureaucracy. The ...

What Germany Can Teach Britain About China’s Spy Threat (Markus Frenzel, The Telegraph) Berlin once had a tendency to overlook the ‘dark side’ of closer economic ties to Beijing, but federal ...

The White House released a video which, it claimed, showed unruly and violent conduct by Chicagoans in confrontations with police and ICE gents, thus justifying Trump’s order to send 300 Texas ...

DHS begins collecting ten fingerprints from international visitors at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport; Washington Dulles airport began doing so in late November; eight additional U.S.

Why China Is Winning the Trade War ( Economist) It has rebuffed America and rewritten the norms of global commerce.

Islamist Extremists Have Taken This Country to the Brink (Rachel Chason, Washington Post) A fuel blockade imposed by al-Qaeda-aligned militants has paralyzed the capital of Mali and roiled its ...