US & Global Affairs Brief

Anthropic's clash with the Trump administration exposes growing friction between AI firms' independence and pressure for political alignment plus...

At the BRICS Summit, President Xi framed the Global South's rise as a central force for world multipolarity amid accelerating global changes.

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Post-9/11 policies distorted "safety" into surveillance and criminalization of immigrants.

• NSEERS (2002) created a blueprint for tracking Muslim and...

Beijing is using BRICS summits to address immediate conflicts while advancing a wider agenda for Global South influence in global institutions.

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De-dollarization is framed as a gradual diversification of global trade and reserves rather than a near-term challenge to the dollar. Gold stands out...

Shared satellite infrastructure advances US and partner defense networks as ten nations commit $302 million to fund WGS-12. The upgrade doubles...

9·11袭击25年后，美国国家安全架构已远超以往复杂程度，从紧急反恐应对转向综合国土安全、反恐政策与安全治理体系。

Trump and congressional Republicans are preparing to challenge the 2026 midterm results, raising fears of a constitutional crisis on January 3, 2027,...

Can lavish campaign promises overcome deep voter discontent ahead of the 2026 midterms?

• Ambitious offer: Trump pledged a $5,000 dividend to every...

The University of Utah's inaugural Gulf States Forum reveals deepening academic and civic interest in Gulf diplomacy, economic diversification, and...

Core al-Qaeda has ended through strategic failure, with global operations ceasing after 2009.

• The organization behind 9/11 no longer survives, and...

The distribution of economic and political power in the United States makes military subversion unlikely, with commercial power centered in New York...

Foreign ministers from Canada, the UK, France and nine other nations issued a joint statement criticizing Israeli settlement expansion and settler...

Global Affairs Canada added a regional avoid non-essential travel advisory for Kauai County and the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument due to...

Effective Sept. 15, the new policy ends open-ended D/S for F-1 and J-1 holders, replacing it with a fixed Admit Until Date (AUD) capped at program...

Japan and the US remain fully aligned on exchange-rate policy, with Finance Minister Katayama confirming that Tokyo's stance is unchanged since the...

Congress has long drawn on constitutional provisions like the Elections Clause, Guarantee Clause, and Article I, Section 5 to regulate elections and...

A new OpenAI, WAN-IFRA and AIRPPU initiative equips Ukrainian independent newsrooms with AI tools to boost sustainability and resilience during...

Trump's improvisational Iran policy lacks strategy, exit plans, and has produced no gains.

• Yet the war enables a US recalibration: smaller,...

Multiple flashpoints reveal deepening stress across U.S. institutions just before the 2026 midterms.

• An armed attacker targeted Democratic Ohio...