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Trump’s Confidential Plan to Put Ukraine in a Stranglehold  (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The Telegraph)
Panic in Kyiv as US president demands higher share of GDP than Germany’s First World War reparations.

Donald Trump’s Assault on Europe  (Economist)
His invitation to Vladimir Putin to make a deal over Ukraine has thrown the transatlantic alliance into turmoil.

What Gazans Want (Scott Atran and Ángel Gómez, Foreign Affairs)
A brutal war has weakened support for Hamas—but made peace with Israel harder.

Team Trump’s Shakedown Diplomacy  (Economist)
America has just tried to grab Ukraine’s vast mineral wealth.

China is Exporting Its Model of Political Authoritarianism to Africa  (Samir Bhattacharya, The Strategist)

To expand its influence in Africa, China has stepped up its elite capture programs from hosting delegations and training to exporting its authoritarian model of governance. Graduates are now emerging from a school for politicians and officials in Tanzania, the first of its kind that China has set up in Africa. More may follow. 

Argentine Lawyers Charge President Milei with Fraud Over Cryptocurrency Promotion  (AP / VOA News)
Argentine lawyers filed fraud charges against President Javier Milei in criminal court Sunday for promoting a cryptocurrency on his social media, one of the lawyers told The Associated Press.
On Friday, Milei posted on X about $LIBRA, a coin that he said was aimed at “encouraging economic growth by funding small businesses and startups.”
He deleted the post a few hours later and the value of the currency collapsed, causing millions of dollars in losses to its brief investors, according to financial site Dexscreener.

Palestinian Displacement in the West Bank Is Highest Since 1967, Experts Say  (Fatima AbdulKarim and Patrick Kingsley, New York Times)
The Israeli military launched a wide-scale operation last month against militants in several cities in the West Bank. Now, roughly 40,000 Palestinians have fled their homes — the highest since Israel occupied the territory nearly six decades ago, according to researchers.

Trump’s Threats Against Canada Upend Conservative’s Playbook  (Norimitsu Onishi, New York Times)
A darling of the American right, Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader, is facing an electorate worried about Trump’s vow to annex Canada.

Trump Is Rattling Europe’s Far Right  (Anchal Vohra, Foreign Policy)
The new U.S. president’s agenda has been complicated for his ideological allies abroad.

The Islamic State Is Making a Comeback  (Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Policy)
A metastasizing threat will only remain localized for so long.