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The Failure to Stop 9/11 Was a Catastrophe. But Even Bigger Mistakes Were Made in Its Aftermath
One clear way the September 11 attacks changed the world was as a catalyst for a decades-long global “War on Terror”. This war never had a clear strategic plan or an agreed endpoint. Instead, it saw first Afghanistan, then Iraq, drawn into destructive conflict that amplified threats and gave new opportunities to terrorist groups.
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USPS Plays a 'Puzzle Game' With the Right to Vote
Months away from elections, a federal judge worries President Trump’s mail-in voting executive order could cause disenfranchisement.
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Maduro Is Gone, but His Surveillance State Has a Chinese AI Upgrade on Order
Casual observers of Venezuelan politics might have assumed that the US capture and removal of former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro in January would guarantee the dismantling of his authoritarian regime and a rupture with Beijing. Yet one of the most consequential pieces of Maduro’s authoritarian legacy remains intact.
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Election Experts See Few Legal Options for Trump to Meddle with Polling Places
President Donald Trump has so far declined to rule out sending the National Guard or federal law enforcement officers to polling locations throughout the country, and a few months ago casually and briefly mentioned canceling the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. Any such actions would lie outside the bounds of presidential power and the law, according to experts.
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The State Department Says: Do Not Travel to Libya
The State Department has renewed its strongest possible warning to Americans considering a trip to Libya: do not go. The department’s current Libya advisory is Level 4, the highest of the four travel-advisory levels. Libya is one of 23 countries currently carrying the State Department’s Level 4 “Do Not Travel” designation:
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Everything About the US-Venezuela Oil Deal Is Troubling
The US-Venezuela oil deal is a gift to socialists all over the world who can now point to it with some credibility as an example of an imperial resource grab. But the deal flies in the face of economic freedom and the principle of voluntary exchange that made the United States prosperous, and it makes little strategic or economic sense.
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Trump’s DOJ Blocked Serious ICE Shooting Charge Over Federal Prosecutor’s “Strongest Possible” Objections
A prosecutor planned to file civil rights charges — similar to those brought against the officers who killed George Floyd — against an ICE agent. In an email we exclusively obtained, he reveals that Trump officials quashed those plans.
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Where Have the Workers Gone? 2 Million Foreign-Born Men Have Left the Country, Analysis Says
Economists, policymakers and journalists have been puzzling over why so many workers between 25 and 54 have been leaving the labor force over the past two years. Happening amid President Donald Trump’s mass deportations, many were probably forced to leave.
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Why the Rushed Postal Service Plan for Mail-in Voting has States in a Panic
President Donald Trump’s executive order placing new restrictions on mail-in voting would assign state officials a Herculean task to reach compliance before the crucial midterm elections.
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An Ideologically Driven Plan to Target Nonprofits?
Looks like someone has leaked details to the New York Post about a plan led by appointees of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to go after the tax exemptions of major nonprofits perceived as being at ideological odds with the Trump administration. -
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Nuclear Weapons: The Global Outlook in An Unstable New Era
The stalled US–Iran negotiations on Tehran’s nuclear program and President Donald Trump’s announcement of a US-Saudi nuclear agreement have put nuclear weapons back in the spotlight. But the threat of nuclear breakout has been growing for several decades.
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Manhattan’s Flood Walls Are Almost Done. What Sill Mamdani Do Next?
New York City has more than 500 miles of coastline. The new mayor wants to invest in coastal resilience, but he will have to decide which areas of the city to protect.
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‘Gamified’ DDoS Attacks Wage Psychological Warfare Against NATO States: Study
‘Hacktivism’ is evolving into a hybrid threat that blurs the lines between propaganda, geopolitical warfare and financially incentivized cyber-crime, says study of pro-Russian hackers NoName057(16).
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Official: USPS Version of Trump Plan Could Paralyze Mail Balloting
An official with the USPS alleges that the service, despite a temporary restraining order blocking a key provision of President Trump’s executive order on mail voting, has moved forward anyway with a “risky and haphazard” implementation of the order that “could lead to a ‘catastrophic failure’ in the mail ballot system ahead of this year’s midterm elections.”
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Report Finds Widespread Antisemitism in U.S. Teachers Unions
A new report documents alarming levels of anti-Jewish conduct, hostile rhetoric, and institutional failure that Jewish K-12 employees have experienced in teachers unions across the country.The report exposes a systemic pattern of exclusion that is driving Jewish educators to self-censor and many fear backlash for vocalizing concerns.
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The long view
The Drone Threat to America’s Cities
Drones are coming for our cities. The tech is cheap, the threat is real, and our defenses are nearly nonexistent. To avoid that ugly reality, we need to come up with better ideas, and we need them fast. Because ready or not, the drones are coming.
Remotely Coerced Violence: 764, The Com Network, and the Hybridization of Threats
Nihilistic violent extremism is best understood as a victim-driven, youth-centered online ecosystem in which status, belonging, and identity are earned through the production, circulation, and escalation of harm. It combine sadistic online exploitation, cybercrime, self-directed violence, animal abuse, school-violence threats, and terrorist or violent-extremist conduct.
Combat Experience as a Strategic Resource: Lessons of the Red Army Purges
Since January 2025, the Defense Department has removed, replaced, or forced the early retirement of a remarkable concentration of operationally experienced senior officers. What is the impact of these removals on combat effectiveness, which is Secretary Hegseth’s own widely shared standard? I believe the impact is negative. In fact, the impact of those decisions on combat effectiveness constitutes a strategic liability of the Defense Department’s own making – the depletion of a vital resource central to the Secretary’s sought-after lethality.
How Cybercriminal Networks Evolve into Global Security Threats
Cyberattacks have become an increasingly common part of modern life, disrupting hospitals, schools, businesses and governments around the world. New research points to a new threat: online communities can also spread political extremism.
‘Nihilistic Violent Extremism’ Isn’t a Thing, and I’m Tired of Pretending It Is
“Nihilistic violent extremism” (NVE) is a term used to bring together an array of hateful actors who, working online, try to convince people to kill themselves, produce child sexual abuse material, and other hateful actions. But the term confuses more than it helps—NVE is too vague a concept and encompasses too wide a range of behavior, leading to misunderstanding, poor analysis, and potential response mistakes.
Bookshelf: The Next China Is Still China
Could another country replace China as the world’s economic growth leader, or could China reset for a new phase of economic leadership? This is the key question Joe Ngai and Nick Leung address in their new book.