Center for International Relations

09/04/2026

How Taiwan Can Win the Strait: A Nimbler Navy Can Deny China, write Holmes Liao and Dennis Blair https://www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/how-taiwan-can-win-strait via

A nimbler navy can deny China.

09/04/2026

What is the for? experts discuss

On this week’s episode of Independent Thinking, our experts discuss the issues facing the United Nations ahead of the 81st General Assembly.

09/04/2026

Germany Built a Firewall Against the Far Right. It’s on the Verge of Collapse https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/09/04/germany-far-right-firewall-afd-01059834 via

Elections this weekend may see Alternative for Germany take control of a state parliament for the first time.

09/03/2026

Is China’s humanoid robot industry a bubble? https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/09/chinas-humanoid-robot-industry-bubble via

The market debut of Unitree, China’s leading humanoid robot company, has stoked fears that Beijing’s ambitions for robots exceed demand. Until humanoid robots reach their ‘ChatGPT moment’ those worries will remain.

09/03/2026

USPS Version of Trump Plan Could Paralyze Mail Balloting, writes Walter Olson https://www.cato.org/blog/official-usps-rule-interpretation-could-paralyze-mail-balloting via

A whistleblower reports that the U.S. Postal Service is ill prepared to implement Trump’s plan to control mail-in voting, should it be held valid by the courts, and that it is considering rules that could prevent the timely delivery of mail ballots to millions of American voters.

09/03/2026

reports ICE whistleblower: Agency cut corners to fill ranks

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official warned the agency about cutting corners in vetting officer candidates as the agency surged its hiring under the Trump administration. The w…

09/03/2026

In Russia’s Long Drone Shadow, discusses Pavlo Zvenyhorodskyi https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2026/08/russias-long-drone-shadow via

Moscow is testing Europe’s defenses with drone incursions and could decide to use drones against the continent on a much larger scale once the war in Ukraine pauses. European countries will need Kyiv to help them prepare for such a possibility.

09/03/2026

is Outsmarting its Creators: when OpenAI's agents went rogue in July, they demonstrated ingenuity and drive beyond what many experts imagined https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/podcasts/the-daily/ai-openai-hugging-face-rogue-model.html via

When OpenAI’s agents went rogue in July, they demonstrated ingenuity and drive beyond what many experts had imagined.

09/02/2026

Can Israel End Its Forever Wars? The Netanyahu Doctrine Could Outlast Netanyahu, discusses Amos Harel https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/can-israel-end-its-forever-wars via

The Netanyahu doctrine could outlast Netanyahu.

09/02/2026

How climate change threatens Europe’s nuclear renaissance https://www.politico.eu/article/climate-change-threatens-europe-nuclear-renaissance/ via