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What Trump 2.0 Might Mean for Russian Cybercrime

Hacking the Hackers

Cybercrime has long been a useful foreign policy tool for the Russian state. But observers now wonder if shifting geopolitics, including Donald Trump’s rapprochement with the Kremlin, will impact such activities, for better or worse.

Can Europe Back Ukraine’s Fight Alone?

Continental Drift

For Europeans watching, one thing is clear: Washington now regards Kyiv as an adversary from which concessions must be wrung and terms of conditional surrender imposed, while it sees Moscow as an ally-in-the-making and the more justifiably aggrieved party in the war of conquest Moscow started three years ago.

Israeli Politicians Normalize Population Transfer

Israeli Politicians Normalize Population Transfer

At a Feb. 4 White House press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump proposed the relocation of Gaza’s Palestinian population. He thus transformed population transfer from a near-taboo subject in Israel to a viable policy option, with dangerous implications for Palestinians, Israel and regional stability.

The Worldview of the Afrikaner Diaspora Now Haunts the US

The Worldview of the Afrikaner Diaspora Now Haunts the US

Donald Trump has taken an aggressive stance toward South Africa over its alleged oppression of its white Afrikaner minority, despite a lack of facts backing up his claims. The personnel guiding the new administration, including Elon Musk, may offer a hint at what is driving this new policy.

Jordan May Be Ready To Challenge Trump

Jordan May Be Ready To Challenge Trump

Today’s meeting between King Abdullah II of Jordan and President Donald Trump is being closely watched across the Middle East. Often seen as a pragmatic and cautious mediator, Jordan’s king is emerging as central in a new grouping of Arab states aligned against U.S. and Israeli regional policies.

Trumpism’s Mass Appeal

Trumpism’s Mass Appeal

Drawing from his book The Strange Case of Donald J. Trump: A Psychological Reckoning (2020) and his groundbreaking research on narrative identity, McAdams explores the psychology behind Trump’s enduring appeal.

MAGA Zionism and Its Discontents

MAGA Zionism and Its Discontents

A growing number of American Christians are eager to turn a prevailing Zionist theology and associated pro-Israel policies on their head. They might be dismissed as outliers for the moment. But the fringe has somehow repeatedly found its way to the center in American politics.