WORLD ROUNDUPThe New German War Machine | China’s Turn to National Security Lawfare | Some Cocaine-Smuggling Presidents Are More Innocent Than Others, and more

The New German War Machine  (Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic)
After World War II, Germany embraced pacifism as a form of atonement. Now the country is arming itself again.

China’s Turn to National Security Lawfare  (Weijia Rao, Lawfare)
The U.S.-China rivalry is fueling a legal arms race.

West Bank Violence Threatens Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan  (John Haltiwanger, Foreign Policy)
Rights groups say the Israeli government is complicit.

How Israel’s Settlement Surge in the West Bank Is Displacing Palestinians  (Natan Odenheimer and Fatima Abdul Karim, New York Times)
The Israeli government authorized 22 settlements in May, the largest expansion in decades, and Palestinian families are now being forced from their homes.

China’s Military Machine Shouldn’t Run on American Chips  (Josh Hodges and Michael Sobolik,Foreign Policy)
The GAIN AI Act would have given U.S. buyers priority in the global AI race.

Some Cocaine-Smuggling Presidents Are More Innocent Than Others  (Economist)
As Donald Trump revives the Monroe Doctrine, he is bewildering America’s neighbors about what it stands for.

As West Faces Russian Sabotage, U.K. Points Finger at Putin Over Novichok Death  (Lizzie Dearden and Michael Schwirtz, New York Times)
The 2018 death of a British woman from exposure to a rare, military-grade nerve agent was the result of a botched assassination attempt on a former Russian spy, an official report said on Thursday.