Should the US open a pathway to uranium enrichment in Saudi Arabia, without requiring the IAEA Additional Protocol? The new 123 agreement does just that. Robert Einhorn on why it will likely take effect in December, and how Congress can reduce the risks: brook.gs/4Bxd1as

"In a conspiratorial system like China’s, trust is the rarest political commodity." Read @jonczin and Allie Matthias on China's upcoming plenum: brook.gs/4ywJ2wl

"[T]he means of warfighting will keep changing, the fundamental nature of war will not. There is not, and will never be, a shortcut—technological or otherwise—to answering the hard questions one must confront before sending troops to fight, kill, and die." brook.gs/3VZCKb7

"Mr. Putin is trying to transform an unwon war into diplomatic concessions that the United States has no authority to give — and no ability to deliver," writes @mkimmage in the @nytimes: brook.gs/4juStst

Starting now! Israel heads to the polls on October 27, for its first election in 4 years, shaped by October 7, the war in Gaza, Iran, and judicial reform protests. Join us online today, 10 am ET, as experts preview what’s at stake: brook.gs/3UkGXFM

It's not too late to register for our look-ahead webinar on the Israeli elections tomorrow at 10 a.m.: brook.gs/3UkGXFM

"Technology can inadvertently make war appear mechanical and sterile. But the nature of war has not changed. Its language is violence, and technology simply offers new and different ways to communicate." Mara Karlin writes in @ForeignAffairs: brook.gs/3VZCKb7

"The Iran war has not demonstrated that the United States no longer has interests in the Middle East; it has demonstrated, very painfully, that it does and that the way Washington has been pursuing them for a generation is unsustainable." @PhilGordonDC brook.gs/4B7uTYW

"Trump’s successors will need to learn from his missteps, if they wish to steadily rebuild confidence in America as an upholder of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait." Read the new policy brief from @ryanl_hass: brook.gs/4hS3MbB

Writing in @TIME, @AndrewIYeo explains why Ukraine's announcement that it has sent two captured North Korean soldiers who were fighting for Russia, to South Korea, has caused a diplomatic incident: brook.gs/4B0S6w9

🚨 STARTING SOON 🕙: Join us online for a conversation with Nobel economics laureate and MIT professor Daron Acemoglu, as he reviews the political, economic, and technological causes for the crisis in liberal democracy: brook.gs/47FWaEp

🎧 Listen to @ryanl_hass, @jonczin, & @eosnos as they look at China from the ground up. What do people want & how has that changed over the past decade? How are they living through a period of slower growth, tighter control, and rapid technological change? brook.gs/4jfvZeU

”The focus on how much southern NATO members spend risks obscuring a more important question: how effectively are they contributing to regional security?" @bcreis37 writes: brook.gs/4dD0lEt

"The Trump years have changed America’s relationship with the rest of the world—specifically, with the projection of its own power." @asliaydintasbas writes: brook.gs/3WetS1g