China Has the World in a $1tn Choke Hold (Hans van Leeuwen, The Telegraph) Experts fear Beijing’s economic arsenal leaves its international partners at risk of coercion.

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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 ...

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 ...

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Is the Arizona Tech Oasis a Mirage? (Alejandro Reyes, Foreign Policy) Taiwan’s pushback on chip production underscores continued U.S. dependency.

Trump Has Not Ruled Out Invoking Insurrection Act to Deploy National Guard, Vance Says (Ashley Ahn, New York Times) Vice President JD Vance asserted in an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that ...

Trump Has Broken the Justice Department (Julian E. Zelizer, Foreign Policy) The indictment of New York attorney general Letitia James shows how far the president is willing to go.

Europe Should Support U.S. Democracy (Amanda Sloat and Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, Foreign Policy) EU leaders still aren’t alarmed enough about democratic decline across the Atlantic.

The Geography of a U.S.-China War (Henrik Stålhane Hiim and Øystein Tunsjø, Lawfare) Conflict over Taiwan would promote escalation in ways U.S.-Soviet tensions in Europe never did.

A New Beginning for the Middle East ( Economist) The breakthrough in Gaza could open up a new approach to peace.

What with CCTVs being installed by the thousands on street corners, along perimeter fences, and as part of border protection, there is a need to effectively and efficiently manage the avalanche of ...