South Africa Is at Risk of Becoming a Mafia State ( Economist) An extraordinary public inquiry is confirming the country’s worst fears about organized crime.

Trump Says a Smart President Is All That’s Needed to Rein In A.I. (Jonathan Swan, New York Times) The president again rejected calls to try to regulate the industry, even as som ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Is Traffic Through Hormuz Really Back to Normal? (Economist) America would like the world to think so as oil prices top $100 again. Israel’s Neglected Threat from Within (Dan Ben-David, Economist) ...

How Counterterrorism Has Empowered Donald Trump’s Imperial Presidency (Economist) After 25 years, it may be time to reform the policies 9/11 inspired. As the Iran War Menaces Shipping, Land Routes Are ...

Persistent Engagement and the Illusion of Cyber Equilibrium (Jason Healey and Jack Snyder, Lawfare) Strategies built to disrupt cyber adversaries may impose costs but are unlikely to lead to long-term ...

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 ...

After three years of war, the axis of resistance is no longer an axis. America’s War on Drug Smugglers at Sea Is Unlawful—and It Is Failing (Stephen Chamberlin, Leanne Lusk and Brian McNamara, Just ...

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.