The End of America’s Soft Power. The United States has given up on one of its core international strengths. Can Donald Trump Reopen the Strait of Hormuz? (Economist) Probably no ...

DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Activity, Location Over Anti- ICE Posts (Maddy Varner, Wired) Using a 1930s trade law, Homeland Security targeted the man—who hasn’t entered the US in ...

Why Trump Might Come to Regret the Iran War (Aaron David Miller and Daniel C. Kurtzer, Foreign Policy) He hoped it would be transformational; instead, it’s just one more round in the conflict.

The Government’s Lawsuit Against the Southern Poverty Law Center Is Bonkers · It’s Harder Than Ever to Get Federal Disaster Aid. Eve ...

Most Americans fully reject political violence. It’s time to differentiate between those who tolerate it and everyon ...

The Taiwan Evacuation Trap (Eyck Freymann, Foreign Policy) Washington has no good options for evacuating Americans in a crisis.

· Former FBI General Counsel Weissmann on FISA Reforms ...

Donald Trump’s advisers are treating him like he can’t handle the reality of the war in Iran. They might be right—but that fact is a danger to the constitutional order. A U.S. aid worker said that the ...

The Strongman Era Has Peaked (Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy) Why a global era of authoritarian governance may be coming to an end. Israel’s Open-Ended Wars Have Eroded Its Security ( Economist) ...

Iran Is Calling the Shots Now (Michael Hirsh, Foreign Policy) Tehran is following Ho Chi Minh’s playbook in Vietnam. The Costs of Trump’s Contempt Are Starting to Show (Fareed Zakaria, Foreign Policy) ...