Defense and Military Forces
- Zelensky Offers Compromise Before Latest Round of Peace Plan Talks - Ukraine’s president is meeting with U.S. negotiators on the latest plans to try end the war with Russia. He said he would give up hopes of joining NATO, at least for now, if he got strong security guarantees.
- AfD Pushes to Publish German Information That Officials Say May Help Russia - Opponents of AfD lawmakers say that their push to publish sensitive details about national security could benefit Russian military planning.
- Israel Says It Killed Senior Hamas Commander, Despite Cease-Fire - Hamas said the attack on Saturday was a breach of the truce. The militant group did not comment on Israel’s claim to have killed one of its members.
- Thailand Says Trump Call About Cambodia Conflict Is Set for Friday - President Trump’s planned intervention comes as the hostilities entered their fifth day and appeared to escalate, and while Thailand moves toward early elections.
- China Is Getting Much of What It Wants From the U.S., Including Chips - For China, President Trump’s moves to loosen chip controls, soften U.S. rhetoric and stay silent on tensions with Japan amount to a rare string of strategic gains.
- Syria, Rebuilding its Military, Relies on Loyalists and Religious Teaching - Critics say Syria’s fledgling government is hobbling military preparedness as it redoes the country’s forces from scratch.
- Trump’s Nvidia Chip Deal Reverses Decades of Technology Restrictions - President Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell its chips to China has raised questions about whether he is prioritizing short-term economic gain over long-term American security interests.
- Thailand Launches Airstrikes on Cambodia in New Wave of Violence - Each side accused the other of firing first. The fighting came weeks after President Trump had cast himself as a peacemaker in the decades-old border dispute.
- Superpower Competition: The Missing Chapter in Trump’s Security Strategy - President Trump is shifting from discussion of the long-lasting competition among the world’s biggest economies and nuclear powers.
- Trump’s Security Doctrine Leaves Europe at a Strategic Crossroads - A new White House policy document formalizes President Trump’s long-held contempt for Europe’s leaders. It made clear that the continent now stands at a strategic crossroads.