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'Beloved' LGBTQ+ activist, David Mixner, who worked alongside several LGBTQ+ activist groups across several decades, has died aged 77.

When Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner went public Wednesday with what he called “a serious national security threat,” he set off a mad scramble.

Daily on Defense: Russian nuclear threat, Stoltenberg calls on Congress to pass Ukraine aid, NATO defense spending soars, Trump repeats threat to NATO laggards

The pressure is on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to bypass House Speaker Mike Johnson to bring the $95 billion foreign aid bill to the House floor.

Here we go again. As the Senate worked furiously over the last several days to bring a $95 billion aid bill for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan across the finish line, a minority of Republicans, at the urging of former President Donald Trump and led by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), have been working just as hard to block any additional aid to Ukraine

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Join USIP, the Institute of Current World Affairs, and American Purpose for the final event in a series featuring prominent figures in Russia’s exile community. This conversation will examine plausible scenarios for a post-authoritarian Russia, including questions on decolonialization, collective understanding of history and Russian identity, the interests of minority regions, and the possible role of the United States and other Western countries based on lessons learned from the post-Soviet 1...

Cheng Li is a nonresident senior fellow in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. He was a senior fellow at Brookings from 2006 to 2023 and served as director of the John L. Thornton China Center from 2014-2023. Li serves as professor of political science and founding director of the Centre on Governance of China and the World at the University of Hong Kong.

Ashta Rajvanshi comes under attack including a threat from an Indian government-linked defence analyst

Join USIP, American Purpose and the Institute of Current World Affairs for the third in a series of discussions with key figures in the Russian exile community. This conversation will look at how these scholars have managed to preserve and continue their work in the face of exile and why these efforts matter in the greater context of Russia’s political landscape.