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  • The Interceptor Gap

    After more than six months of war with Iran, U.S. and allied stocks of high-end missile interceptors are reportedly severely depleted. NATO is launching…

  • Who Pays for the AI Grid?

    The House overwhelmingly passed a bill aimed at making large data centers cover the electricity infrastructure costs they create, but a Senate attempt was…

  • The Makkah Pact Under Fire

    Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan are coordinating defense after a sharp Houthi escalation against Saudi territory, infrastructure and shipping. The central question is whether…

  • Who Controls the Presidential Press Pool?

    The White House restored general press credentials to CNN, MS NOW and Politico after Judge Timothy Kelly’s interim order, then excluded CNN from a…

  • Taiwan’s Arms Package: Policy or Bargaining Chip?

    A reported U.S. arms package is one instrument inside a larger cross-Strait equilibrium. Taiwan gains democratic self-government and international operating space; the United States…

  • Human Dignity in the Age of AI

    On September 25, 2026, Pope Leo XIV warned in Paris that artificial intelligence must serve human dignity rather than become an instrument of domination,…

  • Can Palestine Hold a National Election?

    Palestinian legislative elections are scheduled for November 28, 2026, with nominations opening September 26. The timetable is formal, but Hamas’s participation, voting in Gaza…

  • When Short-Term Holding Becomes Long-Term Detention

    On September 24, 2026, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan permanently ordered ICE to improve detention conditions at 26 Federal Plaza after finding unconstitutional overcrowding, sanitation,…

  • The Third-Country Deportation Test

    An examination of D.V.D., third-country removals, refugee and migrant protection law, transit through other countries, mixed economic and protection motives, screening versus asylum merits,…

  • When Marketplace Fraud Enforcement Cancels Coverage

    CMS says it canceled about 315,000 Affordable Care Act Marketplace enrollments covering more than 760,000 people after reviews found them unauthorized, while another 419,000…