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fromThe New Yorker
5 days agoHow Much Has the War in Iran Depleted the U.S. Missile Supply?
U.S. defense strategy should prioritize countering China over involvement in Middle Eastern conflicts.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 month agoChina slams Trump's trade investigation, as it approves a 5-year economic plan
China's Foreign Ministry opposes a U.S. investigation into trade practices, calling it political manipulation, while Beijing approves a five-year economic plan emphasizing technological self-reliance amid U.S.-China tensions.
fromAxios
1 month agoA world at war: The Iran conflict goes global
Iran has struck at least 10 countries since the war began, hitting U.S. and Israeli bases, Persian Gulf capitals, oil infrastructure and civilian areas in an attempt to impose maximum pain on Washington and its allies. The war has spread far beyond the Middle East, pulling European militaries into the conflict and forcing NATO to shoot down Iranian missiles over allied territory for the first time.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months agoTrump is ready to grab Greenland. The EU should move first and offer it membership | Robert Habeck and Andreas Raspotnik
The new year is still young, yet Donald Trump's fixation on expanding his homeland signals a troubling geopolitical shift. From Venezuela to Greenland, the world is unmistakably moving away from the relative stability of the post-cold war era not least also because of Russia's war against Ukraine. This erosion of long-established norms has severe implications for Europe, a continent whose core political philosophy is built on limiting (national) power.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months agoYou 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.
World politics
fromFortune
5 months agoTrump'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.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
7 months agoTrump 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.
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Russo-Ukrainian War
fromBusiness Insider
10 months agoUkraine'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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