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Setting the Stage for U.S. Leadership in 6G
Martijn Rasser | August 13, 2019
Congress & National Security
Enhancing Congressional Intelligence Committee Effectiveness
In a new working paper, Carrie Cordero provides a fresh assessment regarding whether the intelligence committees in Congress need significant structural reforms, assesses whic...
Transatlantic Security
The U.S. or China? Europe Needs to Pick a Side
Amid ten consecutive weeks of protest in Hong Kong, Beijing is looking to a seemingly unlikely place for support: Europe. In recent days, Chinese ambassadors across the contin...
Asia-Pacific Security
Can South Korea and America Find a Common Position on China?
The image two weeks ago of Presidents Donald Trump and Moon Jae-in greeting Kim Jong Un in the Korean Demilitarized Zone captivated the world. The impromptu, trilateral meetin...
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Rethinking America’s Approach to the World
In The News
The White House has ordered a freeze on up to $4 billion that Congress approved for global health, United Nations peacekeeping and other foreign aid. Unless lawmakers can over...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Generational clash emerges among U.S. experts in China policy debate
In The News
An emerging generation of China policy experts is advocating a much sharper tone and approach toward Beijing, in contrast with a number of veteran China hands whose careers we...
By Ellen Nakashima
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The U.S. Has Joined Secret Talks With Israel and the U.A.E. The Topic? Iran.
In The News
The United States is participating in secret talks between the United Arab Emirates and Israel to confront threats posed by Iran, a shared adversary among the three countries....
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump’s Hong Kong Caution Isolates Him From Congress, Allies and Advisers
In The News
President Trump’s cautious distance from Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement has left him politically isolated from both parties in Congress, the State Department, European all...
By Daniel Kliman
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Tension between South Korea and Japan could hurt US goals in the Pacific — and China is watching
In The News
The tweet came Aug. 2, following an emergency meeting of the South Korean government. It was a photo of President Moon Jae-in, sent out from the government’s official Twitter ...
By Eric Sayers
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Tension between South Korea and Japan could hurt US goals in the Pacific — and China is watching
The tweet came Aug. 2, following an emergency meeting of the South Korean government. It was a photo of President Moon Jae-in, sent out from the government’s official Twitter ...
By Eric Sayers
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Pentagon chief stresses alliances; back home, Trump tears at them
By Joshua Fitt
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Strategy or Straitjacket? Three Reasons Why People Are Still Arguing About the National Defense Strategy
By Chris Dougherty
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Tension between South Korea and Japan could hurt US goals in the Pacific — and China is watching
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Trump’s Hong Kong Caution Isolates Him From Congress, Allies and Advisers
President Trump’s cautious distance from Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement has left him politically isolated from both parties in Congress, the State Department, European all...
By Daniel Kliman
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Tension between South Korea and Japan could hurt US goals in the Pacific — and China is watching
By Eric Sayers
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China's Hong Kong checkmate
By Daniel Kliman
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Trump’s Hong Kong Caution Isolates Him From Congress, Allies and Advisers
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TAP for Reservists Needs to Change
The VOW (Veterans Opportunity to Work) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 was touted as a major accomplishment to help reduce unemployment among military veterans. It expanded educati...
By Annie Kleiman
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The US Is Unprepared to Mobilize for Great Power Conflict
By Elsa B. Kania & Emma Moore
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Why leaving the military is harder for female vets
By Kayla M. Williams
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TAP for Reservists Needs to Change
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A Conversation with Maggie Feldman-Piltch and #NatSecGirlSquad
#NatSecGirlSquad founder and Unicorn Strategies managing director Maggie Feldman-Piltch joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the importance of competent div...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Maggie Feldman-Piltch
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The U.S. or China? Europe Needs to Pick a Side
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Rachel Rizzo
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The Old World and the Middle Kingdom
By Julianne Smith & Torrey Taussig
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A Conversation with Maggie Feldman-Piltch and #NatSecGirlSquad
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The U.S. Has Joined Secret Talks With Israel and the U.A.E. The Topic? Iran.
The United States is participating in secret talks between the United Arab Emirates and Israel to confront threats posed by Iran, a shared adversary among the three countries....
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Could Turkey use Syria safe zone to remake the area’s demographics?
By Nicholas Heras
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Turkey’s Demands Meet Reality When It Comes to Syria
By Nicholas Heras
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The U.S. Has Joined Secret Talks With Israel and the U.A.E. The Topic? Iran.
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Could the trade war with China topple the US oil sanctions framework?
Tariffs, retaliatory tariffs and currency fights, the US and China are locked in a trade war with massive consequences for the global economy. What impact will this fight h...
By Neil Bhatiya & Ashley Feng
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Two Years of North Korean Coal Export Restrictions
By Ashley Feng
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China continued Iran oil imports in July in teeth of U.S. sanctions: analysts
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Could the trade war with China topple the US oil sanctions framework?
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Weaponizing Biotech: How China’s Military Is Preparing for a ‘New Domain of Warfare’
Under Beijing's civil-military fusion strategy, the PLA is sponsoring research on gene editing, human performance enhancement, and more. We may be on the verge of a brave new...
By Elsa B. Kania & Wilson VornDick
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Why Are Deepfakes So Effective?
By Martijn Rasser
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The question of ‘patriotism’ in U.S.-China tech collaboration
By Kara Frederick & Elsa B. Kania
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Weaponizing Biotech: How China’s Military Is Preparing for a ‘New Domain of Warfare’
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Executive Order Highlights Electromagnetic Pulse Threat
In March, President Donald Trump signed an “Executive Order on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses,” which many observers see as an important step in co...
By Paul Scharre
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How swarming drones will change warfare
By Paul Scharre
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The future of war: Autonomous weapons, AI, and cyberwarfare
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Erin Simpson
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Executive Order Highlights Electromagnetic Pulse Threat
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Enhancing Congressional Intelligence Committee Effectiveness
In a new working paper, Carrie Cordero provides a fresh assessment regarding whether the intelligence committees in Congress need significant structural reforms, assesses whic...
By Carrie Cordero
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Congress Is Gearing Up for a Bigger Fight With Trump Over Russia Policy
By Neil Bhatiya
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Perspectives on the Mark Esper nomination hearing
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Enhancing Congressional Intelligence Committee Effectiveness
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A Conversation with Maggie Feldman-Piltch and #NatSecGirlSquad
#NatSecGirlSquad founder and Unicorn Strategies managing director Maggie Feldman-Piltch joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss the importance of competent div...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Maggie Feldman-Piltch
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Women in National Security: Maggie Feldman-Piltch
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Maggie Feldman-Piltch
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Women in National Security: Sina Beaghley
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Sina Beaghley
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A Conversation with Maggie Feldman-Piltch and #NatSecGirlSquad
