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America Still Has the Upper Hand Over China automated-news
America Still Has the Upper Hand Over China

Washington can win if it works with allies.

03 Aug 2026 🔒
Beijing’s Next Play for the South China Sea automated-news
Beijing’s Next Play for the South China Sea

How China is normalizing its control.

03 Aug 2026 🔒
ASML’s Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography and the Limits of Reverse Engineering in China automated-news
ASML’s Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography and the Limits of Reverse Engineering in China

In June, the U.S. Department of Commerce informed the Dutch company ASML that it suspects one of its extreme ultraviolet lithography machines has reached China, an accusation that ASML denied, and for which no supporting evidence has yet been made public. ASML is the sole global producer of the mach

03 Aug 2026 🔒
Possible Is Not Plausible: How Nightmare Scenarios Hijack Unconventional Weapons Policy automated-news
Possible Is Not Plausible: How Nightmare Scenarios Hijack Unconventional Weapons Policy

Current conversations surrounding unconventional weapons — chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear — have become so fantastical as to be unserious. As the Chinese military fundamentally rethinks biological warfare and Russia continues to use chloropicrin in Ukraine, hypothetical scenarios of

03 Aug 2026 🔒
Football has given Europe a rare geopolitical victory automated-news
Football has given Europe a rare geopolitical victory

Players like Lamine Yamal and Jude Bellingham are Europe’s rare earths

03 Aug 2026 🔒
Cornyn’s Blanche Deal Highlights the Problem With the Senate automated-news
Cornyn’s Blanche Deal Highlights the Problem With the Senate

It’s a crisis for American governance when even the most seasoned and respected politicians feel free to vote their conscience only when they are on their way out. But that’s what’s happening with Senator John Cornyn’s late stand against President Donald Trump.

03 Aug 2026 🔒
Oil Slips as Trump Says Iran, US in Talks Over Hormuz Reopening automated-news
Oil Slips as Trump Says Iran, US in Talks Over Hormuz Reopening

Oil fell after both the US and Iran signaled that discussions to restore shipping through the Strait of Hormuz are ongoing, raising hopes for a pickup in supply from the Middle East.

03 Aug 2026 🔒
Reform UK promises large-scale ‘military operation’ to block small boat crossings automated-news
Reform UK promises large-scale ‘military operation’ to block small boat crossings

Policy pledge comes as rightwing party drops behind Labour in polls

03 Aug 2026 🔒
How China gets better bang for its buck than America in AI automated-news
How China gets better bang for its buck than America in AI

Its investment lags far behind America’s. Its models do not

03 Aug 2026 🔒
After deadly day, Gazans say Trump's touting of plan jars with grim reality - Reuters automated-news
After deadly day, Gazans say Trump's touting of plan jars with grim reality - Reuters

After deadly day, Gazans say Trump's touting of plan jars with grim reality Reuters

03 Aug 2026 🔒
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