Trump Loses the Other Strait (Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic)
The Houthi advance is bad news for the U.S., and even worse news for Saudi Arabia.
Rules Designed to Create Chaos (Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic)
The Trump administration is hoping to put so many restrictions on mail-in balloting that people simply won’t be able to vote that way at all.
As much as 15.2 terawatt-hours of electricity could be generated annually at non-powered dams — enough to supply more than 1.4 million homes, according to an updated assessment of hydropower technical potential across the nation compiled by researchers at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
25 Years After 9/11, What Are We Failing to Imagine Now? (Colin P. Clarke and Clara Broekaert, Foreign Policy)
The counterterrorism community struggles with how technology might be applied to novel use cases.
Top Signs You’re Heading for a Quagmire (Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy)
Failed wars are predictable, if you know what to look for.
The Truth and the Lies About Islam in Europe (Economist)
Islam poses no serious danger. But Islamism and the fear of Islam do.
With rockets propelling it down the sled track at Sandia National Laboratories, a semitrailer loaded with mock nuclear weapons slammed into a barrier. It took mere moments to complete the second and final full-scale crash test of the Mobile Guardian Transporter, a next-generation system that will carry nuclear weapons and other sensitive materials for the Department of Energy’s Office of Secure Transportation.
On September 5, Guyana received six people expelled from the United States who were not Guyanese: four Cubans and two Afghans, according to Guyanese reporting. Guyana’s government says the arrivals were vetted, had no criminal backgrounds, and entered under a one-year arrangement administered with the International Organization for Migration. Officially, their placement is temporary.
Twenty-five years after 9/11, the surveillance infrastructure built and expanded in its aftermath has become part of a far larger digital ecosystem — producing tools that can collect and analyze information on a scale unimaginable in 2001.
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, did more than reshape the nation’s approach to terrorism. They changed the architecture of American intelligence and policing. They expanded how government agencies collect, share and analyze information, and brought national security tools deeper into ordinary law enforcement.
What Bush Understood That Trump Doesn’t (Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic)
The leaders of the American right have embraced the false idea that the United States is at war with Islam.
The Untold Pre-History of 9/11 (Chris Naylor, National Interest)
As the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks approaches, we should remember that the events of that day were far from unforeseeable.
The 9/11 Trial That Never Happened (David Raskin, Washington Post)
President Obama’s wavering and Congress’s fear killed the court case Americans deserved to hear.
Why Israel Reacted with Fury to U.K. Sanctions on West Bank Settlements (David M. Halbfinger, New York Times)
The fierce retaliation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to the new restrictions is a reflection of his tough re-election fight, analysts say.
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. It warns Americans not to travel to Libya “for any reason” because of crime, terrorism, unexploded landmines, civil unrest, kidnapping, and armed conflict. The advisory also warns of health risks and notes that violence between competing armed groups can erupt without warning.
In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members (Jonathan Swan, Adam Entous, Maggie Haberman, and Eric Schmitt, New York Times)
About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military’s diminished stocks of munitions.
What Was the War on Terror? (Joseph Stieb, Foreign Policy)
A defining period in U.S. foreign policy has ended, but it remains misunderstood.
The U.N. Backed a Map that Shows Africa True to Size. The U.S. Was Sole Objector.
ICE Agent Charged with Lying to Investigators in Nonfatal Minneapolis Shooting (Jeremy Roebuck, Joyce Sohyun Lee and Perry Stein, Washington Post)
The case is the first known instance of the Justice Department seeking to prosecute a federal immigration officer for actions taken during the Minneapolis operation.
The Fallout of Russia’s Failed Drone Attack on Germany (Alexandra Sharp, Foreign Policy)
European nations join Berlin in punishing Moscow for an alleged unsuccessful attack on Leipzig airport.
A new study by researchers at UC Berkeley’s Center for Global Healthy Cities published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open found that the California city of Richmond’s Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) was responsible for a 61% reduction in that city’s firearm homicides and inju
Hegseth Targets 7 More Officers as His Frustrated Army Secretary Quits (Greg Jaffe, Helene Cooper, and Eric Schmitt, New York Times)
The defense secretary’s cuts, which have hit about 10 percent of the military’s top officers, are dividing the Pentagon, officials said.
Trump Has Peaked (Ravi Agrawal, Foreign Policy)
The U.S. president will remain disruptive on the global stage, but he is losing his coercive powers.
Trump’s Venezuela Oil Deal Is a Farce (Keith Johnson, Foreign Policy)
There aren’t 65 billion barrels, they won’t be lowering gas prices, and they won’t refill the SPR.
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