Ukraine Has Finally Given Up on Trump (Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic) Zelensky has written off the United States.

The Film That Explains Contemporary America (David A. Graham, The Atlantic) The Sorrow and the Pity has lessons for how authoritarianism takes root—and how to fight against it.

Hungary offers lessons in defeating right-wing populists. Why Israel’s Post-Oct. 7 Securit ...

At times during the Cold War, the United States pursued its interests by switching from confrontation to détente: the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty came just six years after the Cuban missile crisis ...

The CIA ’s retraction of intelligence reports should raise concerns about politicization and the Trump administration ...

Donald Trump Is the War’s Biggest Loser ( Economist) There is a reason he wants an exit from Iran.

The United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR ), the predecessor of Russia, largely shaped the nuclear order that emerged around 1970. The two superpowers engaged in an ...

The Dangers of Hegseth’s “Warfighter” Ethos (Allison McManus, Just Security) Hegseth may present his version of a warfighter as the paragon of U.S. military power, but for all his talk, he fails to ...

The New Era of Militia Influencers (David Gilbert, Wired) The militia movement in the US is undergoing a rebrand that trades counterprotests for expensive weapons, manly sweatshirts, and highly ...

Preventing an Iranian Bomb Is Only Getting Harder (Eric Brewer, Foreign Policy) A weaker, angrier, more suspicious regime with a less cautious supreme leader and leverage over Hormuz. What could go ...

The Hungarian leader faces an energized opposition—and questions about whether he would accept defeat. Growing List of Orban Loyalists Defecting Before Critical Election (Andrew Higgins and Lili Rutai ...

European Allies Are Losing Hope of Keeping America in NATO ( Economist) Donald Trump is furious at their refusal to help his war against Iran. The Real Intelligence Failure in Iran (Shane Harris, The ...