What Dependence on China Brings: Britain Approves an Enormous London Embassy (Jake Thrupp, The Strategist) In approving construction of an enormous Chinese embassy in London, Britain is trading ...

A Failed Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Would Be Disastrous for Xi Jinping (Bonnie S. Glaser and Zack Cooper, Foreign Policy) Beijing’s saber-rattling conceals the real possibility of a loss. Why Does ...

ICE Is Imposing Autocracy in Minnesota (Damon Linker, Persuasion) The state has become Trump’s most radical experiment with militarized government.

America vs. the World (Robert Kagan, The Atlantic) President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.

First the Shooting. Then the Lies. (Adam Serwer, The Atlantic) The Trump administration has perfected the smear campaign.

Claims of Vehicular Terrorism in Minnesota Don’t Hold Up (Yannick Veilleux-Lepage, Foreign Policy) The U.S. government is adopting dangerous language to justify unlawful killing.

D.H. S.’s Role Questioned as Immigration Officers Flood U.S. Cities (Hamed Aleaziz, New York Times) The Department of Homeland Security was formed after 9/11 amid international terrorism threats. Now, ...

Israel Is Still Demolishing Gaza, Building by Building (Samuel Granados, Adam Rasgon, Iyad Abuheweila, and Sanjana Varghese, New York Times) More than 2,500 structures have been destroyed since the ...

Trump Is Trying to Change How the Midterm Elections Are Conducted (Patrick Marley and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Washington Post) Many of these endeavors go far beyond typical political persuasion, ...

China Isn’t Leaving Latin America (Simon Shuster, The Atlantic) Trump wants to reestablish American dominance in Latin America, but Beijing has plans of its own. Why Arab States Are Silent About ...

In Donald Trump’s World, the Strong Take What They Can ( Economist) That will be bad for America—and everyone else. The Dangers of Donald Trump’s Ad Hoc Foreign Policy (Lawrence J. Haas, National ...

Election Deniers Think the Venezuela Attack Is All About 2020 (David Gilbert, Wired) Conspiracy theorists claim the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro is proof that the Venezuelan ...