Hacker News with Generative AI: Foreign Policy

The Rise and Fall of America's Response to Foreign Election Meddling (lawfaremedia.org)
The administration is dismantling U.S. capacity against foreign interference despite the urgency of the work being done.

Politics, Foreign Policy, Elections, United States, National Security

39 points by mplanchard 16 hours ago | 10 comments

Trump warns of doubling tax rates on foreign nationals and firms in the US (livemint.com)
United States President Donald Trump has alleged “discrimination” against American companies by other countries and threatened to double tax rates for foreign nationals and companies in the US, as per a report by the Financial Times.

Politics, Taxation, United States, Foreign Policy

10 points by agnosticmantis 18 days ago | 0 comments

Bill Banning Foreign Adversaries Setting Up Shop Near Critical Areas Advances (cowboystatedaily.com)
The Senate Appropriations Committee gave a unanimous thumbs up Thursday to a bill that would ban foreign adversaries from setting up near critical infrastructure in Wyoming.

National Security, Legislation, Wyoming, Infrastructure, Foreign Policy

10 points by LinuxBender 35 days ago | 4 comments

Domestic issues pile pressure on Iran's president amid foreign policy setbacks (theguardian.com)
The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the latest in a string of foreign policy reversals for Iran including the weakening of its allies in Lebanon and Gaza, has coincided with growing domestic frustration over rising executions, planned increases in the price of petrol and a proposed law that imposes heavy fines and loss of access to public services to any woman not wearing the hijab.

Iran, Politics, Middle East, Domestic Issues, Foreign Policy

5 points by PaulHoule 67 days ago | 0 comments

Noam Chomsky Has Been Proved Right (foreignpolicy.com)
For more than half a century, Noam Chomsky has been arguably the world’s most persistent, uncompromising, and intellectually respected critic of contemporary U.S. foreign policy. In a steady stream of books, articles, interviews, and speeches, he has repeatedly sought to expose Washington’s costly and inhumane approach to the rest of the world, an approach he believes has harmed millions and is contrary to the United States’ professed values. As co-author Nathan J.

Politics, Foreign Policy, United States, Noam Chomsky

12 points by foobarqux 98 days ago | 7 comments

Turkish Journalists Are Now 'Telling the Xinjiang Story Well' for Beijing (jamestown.org)
Türkiye could be a key player in the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) strategy of coopting foreign journalists in order to create a more favorable image of its policies in Xinjiang.

China, Journalism, Xinjiang, Propaganda, Foreign Policy

20 points by nafnlj 128 days ago | 10 comments

FBI Resumes Communication with Facebook, X and Others on Foreign Disinformation (nytimes.com)

Social Media, Disinformation, Government, Foreign Policy, Technology

6 points by howard941 190 days ago | 0 comments

Leaks reveal how Russia's foreign intelligence runs disinformation campaigns (theins.ru)

Russia, Disinformation, Intelligence, Foreign Policy

30 points by jseliger 230 days ago | 6 comments

Israeli documents show expansive government effort to shape US discourse (theguardian.com)