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World news
fromFortune
13 hours ago

Why Greenland appeals to Trump's real-estate investor heart: location, location, location | Fortune

Greenland's Arctic location and mineral wealth make it a strategic security and economic prize contested by the U.S., China, Russia, Denmark, and Greenlanders.
fromWIRED
6 days ago

Discovering the Dimensions of a New Cold War

Most dramatically, first Israel and the United States bombed Iran's nuclear facilities. Some commentators feared that President Trump's decision to bomb Iran would drag the United States into the "forever wars" in the Middle East that presidential candidate Trump had pledged to avoid. The tragic war in Gaza had become a humanitarian disaster. After years of promising to reduce engagement with the region from Democratic and Republican presidents alike, it appeared that the US was being dragged back into Middle East once again.
World politics
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

You and me against the world: who was behind Trump's anti-Europe foreign policy?

A MAGA-driven national security strategy proposes restrictive immigration framing, hemispheric reassertion, and reduced US commitment to great-power competition with China and Russia.
US politics
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

The Curse of Trump 2.0

The new U.S. national-security doctrine abandons great-power competition framing, endorses power-based geopolitics, opposes NATO expansion, and signals alignment with Kremlin preferences.
US politics
fromThe Nation
3 weeks ago

Trump's National Security Strategy and the Big Con

Trump's national security agenda combines America First rhetoric, transactional alliances, contradictory use of force, and a central con accelerating U.S. global decline.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
4 weeks ago

A Strategy That Ignores the Real Threats

The new U.S. National Security Strategy misprioritizes threats, downplays the Russian menace, reduces China to an economic issue, and adopts a defensive, Maginot Line-like posture.
World politics
fromFortune
2 months ago

Trump's seemingly offhand reference to a 'G2' hands status to China that it's been seeking for years | Fortune

President Trump's brief "G2" post signals a U.S. tilt toward acknowledging parity with China, pleasing Beijing and worrying U.S. allies about China's rising global influence.
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Artificial intelligence
from24/7 Wall St.
3 months ago

4 Ways AI Will Redefine Warfare

AI integration will profoundly transform warfare by accelerating decision cycles, creating dual-use technological competition, and likely triggering a gradual military AI arms race.
History
fromWorld History Encyclopedia
3 months ago

The Pre-WWI Alliance System: Triple Entente v. Triple Alliance

European alliance systems helped precipitate World War I by forming opposing blocs and intensifying competition for global power, territory, and resources.
World news
fromBusiness Insider
3 months ago

The US Air Force's small, aging fleet is losing its edge over China

The US Air Force fleet has become significantly smaller, older, and less ready, creating critical capability and readiness gaps amid growing global threats.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 months ago

Trump not concerned' about China and Russia forming axis against US

We have the strongest military in the world, by far, Trump told the conservative pundit Scott Jennings. They would never use their military on us. Believe me, that would be the worst thing they could ever do.
US politics
Russo-Ukrainian War
fromBusiness Insider
6 months ago

Ukraine's defense industry says the fight against Russia has shown it that the West's approach to weapons is all wrong

Western nations should prioritize mass-produced weapons over fewer high-end systems for effective defense against prolonged conflicts.
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