FBI: Conspiracy Theories Are a Terrorism Threat
Jana Winter, Yahoo
The FBI for the first time has identified fringe conspiracy theories as a domestic terrorist threat, according to a previously unpublicized document obtained by Yahoo News.
Jana Winter, Yahoo
The FBI for the first time has identified fringe conspiracy theories as a domestic terrorist threat, according to a previously unpublicized document obtained by Yahoo News.
Mahtani & Hassan, WaPo
In Hong Kong, both police and protesters are using lasers and dizzying lights to distract, conceal and confuse.
Beddor & Sweeney, Reuters
HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - China's best-case scenario for a U.S. trade deal looks worse by the minute. Negotiators on Wednesday evening wrapped up yet another round of negotiations, but made little progress. A tariff ceasefire brokered in June has dragged on, and President Donald Trump no longer seems enthused about a quick deal that could expose him to criticism ahead of a 2020 presidential election. With supply chains already migrating out of the mainland and economic growth slowing... Читать дальше...
Vladimir Ruvinsky, Moscow Times
Opinion A judge has ruled it was actually fine to publish material stolen by the Russian intelligence even if the Trump campaign had done it.
A. Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
Argentina's populist former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner who is nominally running for vice-president, but is the indisputable No. 1 on her ticket is leading in most polls for the Aug. 11 primaries, and for the October presidential elections.If her ticket wins and ousts the current president, Maurcio Macri, Argentina will sink into an even deeper economic crisis.
LobeLog
Editor's note: The National Iranian-American Council has released a letter, signed by 30 foreign policy practitioners, calling on the U.S., Europe, and Iran to take steps to reduce tensions.
Ian Leslie, New Statesman
In a photo taken on Boris Johnson's first day in Downing Street, the cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill, plumply suited and pocket squared, greets the new prime minister. Johnson looks away from him, even as he shakes his hand. At the edge of the picture, leaning against a wall, is a wiry figure in T-shirt and combat trousers. At first you think it's the IT guy, accidentally caught in shot. Look again and you see that it's Dominic Cummings, Johnson's de facto chief of staff, and scourge of the mandarins. Читать дальше...
J. Mischke, Pol EU
Berlin's foreign minister expressed concern about provoking military escalation with Iran.
Daniel Hahn, Spectator
We could begin almost anywhere. But let's start in Ukraine, with Babar Aliev. Babar is a former gang leader who used social media disinformation campaigns to undermine a separatist movement. When his
Eric Randolph, New York Review of Books
Kian Tajbakhsh wanted to own his punishmentto see himself as part of a struggle, alongside millions of other Iranians, that may have been fruitless but had been worth fighting for. His interrogators had been coaching him for his appearance at the trial, but when he took the stand, Kian diverted from the script in a small but crucial way. He told the judge his real crime had not been treason, but the naivety to believe that the Islamic Republic could ever be compatible with Western-style democracy.
Jeff Phillips, Washington Examiner
During the House of Representatives debate and vote on the National Defense Authorization Act early this month, lawmakers had their best chance in years to knock their heads together and talk war and peace. With several amendments on the floor dealing explicitly with the power to declare war, one
Howard French, WP Review
America's foreign policy establishment is at war with itself over the shape of the country's approach toward a steadily rising China. For now, it is only an epistolary war. But as the debate deepens, its outcome will go far toward deciding how the United States responds to its most serious global rival for economic and geopolitical power for decades ahead.
Rana Mitter, CH
Tomorrow belongs to Beijing, but how can China win hearts around the world, asks Rana Mitter