How Japan Built a Rare-Earth Supply Chain Without China (River Akira Davis and Kiuko Notoya, New York Times) The 15-year effort by Japan is a model for countries now scrambling to reduce their ...

Trump’s New National Security Strategy Goes Full “America First” (Rishi Iyengar and Christina Lu, Foreign Policy) The long-anticipated plan aims to selectively impose the U.S. president’s worldview ...

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 ...

“Signalgate” Report Contradicts Hegseth’s Claim of “Total Exoneration” (Dan Lamothe, Washington Post) The defense secretary’s actions “created a risk to operational security,” according to an ...

As numbers of migrants fall and restrictions on immigration are implemented, are high public concerns about immigration also likely to come down, reducing pressure on the government? Not necessarily, ...