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Tom Lehrer Satirized the National Security State From the Inside

The Cold War comedian and rumored Jell-O shot inventor had a lesser known side as an NSA operative.

Reason

A Brief, Bloody History of All the Times the U.S. Caused Chaos in the Middle East

The conflict with Iran is the latest in a decadeslong series of regime change operations, long-term entanglements, and all-out wars that always seem to invite more problems.

Reason

Trump’s war on Harvard was decades in the making. This letter proves it

A message tucked into an old book serves as a reminder that the assault on the institution is part of a long-planned effort

The Guardian - US

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Why Kissinger would have been a Fortnite champ − and other foreign policy lessons from the gaming world

Charlemagne, the medieval King of the Franks, has taken control of modern-day America and is looking to expand his borders by invading your neighboring country.

The Conversation

Beasts and besties: German chancellors and US presidents through time

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz meets US President Donald Trump in the White House for the first time. It might be the beginning of a terrible friendship. How did Merz's predecessors cope with the respective men in the Oval Office? Euronews checks out some of the key pairings through time.

Euronews

Loyalty matters most in race to become Trump’s next national security adviser

Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller, White House cronies with very different backgrounds, are up for Mike Waltz’s old post

The Guardian - US

National security advisers manage decision-making as advocates or honest brokers

The removal of Mike Waltz as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser – formally the assistant to the president for national security affairs – raises the question of just what that position entails and also what it means that Marco Rubio will now act as secretary of state and national…

The Conversation

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Zbig: a bracing life of Carter’s abrasive national security adviser

Zbigniew Brzezinski, the Polish-born rival of Kissinger, is the subject of a highly readable biography by Edward Luce

The Guardian - US

Why the Wilson Center Had To Go—From a Former Employee

The taxpayer-funded think tank cloaked elite impunity and American interventionism in the language of liberalism.

Reason

Why it matters for European security if an American no longer commands Nato troops – by a former Trident submarine commander

Gen Christopher Cavoli is due to come to the end of his term as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (Saceur) this summer. Since 1951, this post has been filled by American four-star officers, admirals or generals.

The Conversation

Trump wants a Nobel peace prize. Here’s how he can earn one

We must persuade Trump to do the right thing – securing peace in the Middle East – for the wrong reason

The Guardian - US

Is Trump trying to pull Putin away from China – and can it work?

Observers say Trump wants to pull off a ‘reverse Nixon’ by deepening ties with Russia, but is that even possible?

Al Jazeera

Is a united European voice possible in the age of Trump, Putin and far-right politics? Germany’s new leader intends to find out

“Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?”

The Conversation

In this Trump era of shakedown diplomacy, everything has a price

Friends and allies of the US president will say his recent tariff threats delivered quick wins, but he may find there are no winners in a trade war

The Guardian - UK

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“I called Gene Simmons. He said: ‘How the hell did you get this number?!’ That was when I got the idea that we weren’t going to be best buddies”: Dee Snider’s wild tales of Robert Plant, Frank Zappa, Freddy Krueger and Kiss

From Johnny Cash and John Denver to Manowar and Henry Kissinger, former Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider has mixed with them all

The Conversation

Nixon’s official acts against his enemies list led to a bipartisan impeachment effort

The Nixon administration’s enemies list inspired bipartisan revulsion. Its purpose was, in the immortal words of President Richard Nixon’s White House counsel, to “use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies.”

Fortune

Ex–Google CEO Eric Schmidt warns that when AI starts to self-improve, ‘we need to seriously think about unplugging it’

The longtime tech executive warns that it’s a “dangerous point” when AI begins learning on its own.

France 24

‘October Surprise’: The US election phenomenon that can sway a presidential race

Few American presidential elections have sailed all the way through to Election Day without one – or more – unexpected news events, sometimes turning a race totally on its head. This last-minute phenomenon is known as an “October Surprise” and has changed the course of more than one US election…

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Reason

Who Wanted To Kill Henry Kissinger?

Newly released FBI files show a lot of strange threats against the former secretary of state’s safety—and say a lot about 1970s America.

The Independent UK

A Jewish veteran from London prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings

A Jewish veteran is preparing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings

The Guardian - UK

‘My songs spread like herpes’: why did satirical genius Tom Lehrer swap worldwide fame for obscurity?

In the 1950s and 60s, his songs stunned and delighted listeners with their irreverence, wit and nihilism. Then he gave it all up to teach mathematics. Lehrer is still alive at 96 – so I went in search of answers

The Guardian - UK

Sir Tony O’Reilly obituary

Irish rugby international who went on to become one of his country’s most charismatic businessmen

The Guardian - UK

UK must nurture alliances in new era of global power politics, says policy adviser

In sweeping lecture on Britain’s ‘grand strategic moment’, John Bew warns ‘we cannot just manage risk, we are in a competition’

The Guardian - UK

Hella Pick obituary

Formidable foreign correspondent for the Guardian who covered major global events from the 1960s to the 90s, and commanded great respect from world leaders

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Jenna Bush Hager Finds Flirting With Husband A Turn-On

Jenna Bush Hager shares her perspective on flirting with her husband, while her co-host goes on a date in Midtown Manhattan. Relationship insights and ligh...

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