The EU’s Digital Markets Act is a Gift to China | Why Russia’s Vast Security Services Fell Short on Deadly Attack | U.S. Support for Israel’s War Has Become Indefensible, and more

Why Russia’s Vast Security Services Fell Short on Deadly Attack  (Paul Sonne, Eric Schmitt and Michael Schwirtz, New York Times)
What made the security lapse seemingly even more notable was that in the days before the massacre Russia’s own security establishment had also acknowledged the domestic threat posed by the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan, called Islamic State Khorasan Province, or ISIS-K.

‘We Knew Radicalization Was Going to Happen After October 7 – the Government Was Behind the Curve’  (Lizzie Dearden, The Telegraph)
The hatred, extremism and division coursing through the UK as a result of the Israel-Gaza conflict did not come as a shock to Dame Sara Khan, the Government’s independent adviser for social cohesion. 

World’s Best Fighter Jet Gets an Upgrade for War Against China  (David Axe, The Telegraph)
The US Air Force’s Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor stealth fighter has gotten a major upgrade as the iconic warplane nears its third decade of front-line service and retirement.

U.S. Support for Israel’s War Has Become Indefensible  (Phil Klay, The Atlantic)
In principle, Israel has a case for military action in Gaza, and it goes something like this. Across its border sat an army of tens of thousands of men intent on massacring civilians. Ghazi Hamad, from Hamas’s political bureau, declared that the atrocities of October 7 were “just the first time, and there will be a second, a third, a fourth.” 

A Family Feud in the Philippines Has Beijing and Washington on Edge  (Nick Aspinwall, Foreign Policy)
When Rodrigo Duterte left the Philippine presidency and returned to private life in 2022, public life seemed suddenly quiet. Duterte’s brash statements, late-night rants, and off-the-cuff threats directed at his enemies were replaced with the caution of his successor—and then ally—the mild-mannered President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

The EU’s Digital Markets Act is a Gift to China  (Robert C. O’Brien and Shigeru Kitamura, National Interest)
 If responsible and robust tech competition and innovation are the goal, then the EU’s DMA is most certainly not the solution. It would create an unworkable regulatory environment that stifles innovation in the digital market and cedes the future of human technological development to the CCP.