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Technology & National Security
Assange: the hunted manCNAS Adjunct Fellow Rachel Rizzo recently appeared in a documentary produced by a team of Arte reporters about activist Julian Assange's career and ongoing legal troubles. V...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Energy, Economics & Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Reforming National Security Tariff Tools: Issues and Recommendations for PolicymakersIntroduction President Trump’s late-May threat to impose tariffs on U.S. imports from Mexico in response to illegal immigration, and ongoing threat of tariffs against U.S. aut...
By Peter Harrell
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Trump Keeps ‘Maximum Pressure’ on Iran, Even Though It Is Failing in Venezuela
Escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf peaked last week when President Donald Trump abruptly canceled U.S. airstrikes against Iranian military assets, after Iran shot down an...
By Neil Bhatiya
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How to Address the Greater Russia-China Alignment
The world’s leaders will gather this week for the G20 Summit in Japan. All eyes will be on President Donald Trump’s highly anticipated meetings with Chinese president Xi Jinpi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & David Shullman
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Democrats Face a Defense Spending Conundrum
On Wednesday and Thursday, 20 of the two dozen contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination will converge on stage in Miami to make their case to the American people....
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Sanctions, insults and threats: the state of U.S.-Iran relationsPresident Trump imposed new sanctions on Tuesday aimed at Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and threatened the Republic by saying an attack by Iran on “anything Am...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
The Key to Success with North Korea: A ROK-Solid AllianceWhen President Trump meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in after the G-20 Summit next week, he will have a golden opportunity to jump-start diplomatic engagement with North...
By Kristine Lee & Neil Bhatiya
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Trump and Kim’s Interactions Aren’t Transactional Anymore
There’s a Korean saying that goes “Chop 10 times, and there isn’t a tree that won’t fall over.” Sometimes that number goes up to 100, but the underlying point—fundamental to c...
By Duyeon Kim
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U.S. Officials Working To Build Up Maritime Coalition To Deter Further Iranian Attacks
U.S. officials say they are trying to build up a coalition to deter Iranian attacks in the Persian Gulf. They are calling it the "Sentinel Program" to "help us have eyes on th...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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New Pentagon head to push NATO on military spending
Mark Esper takes over Monday as acting secretary of defense, and this week at a NATO meeting he will continue the Trump administration’s push for trans-Atlantic allies to boos...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
One-on-one with former Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert WorkThe Chinese government is developing tactics to combat those of the United States. A new report from the Center for a New American Security says that the country is exploring ...
By Robert O. Work
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Brian Taylor on Putinism and Its Long-term Effects on Russian Politics
Dr. Brian D. Taylor, Chair of the Political Science Department at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School, joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor for a discussion about his book, The Code o...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Brian Taylor
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Defense / Middle East Security
Let’s call the whole thing offTensions with Iran escalated this week and then, Thursday evening, President Trump apparently signed off on airstrikes in Iran only to cancel them. According to reports and an...
By Chris Dougherty
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Roots and Ramifications of Hong Kong Protests
In Hong Kong, millions of protestors took to the streets to demonstrate against a controversial bill proposed by the Beijing-backed Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, which would ha...
By Daniel Kliman
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The Implications of China Developing a World-Class Military: First and Foremost a Regional ChallengeSubmitted Written Testimony Chairmen Lewis and McDevitt, Distinguished Members of the Commission, it is an honor to testify to the Commission. Thank you for the invitation to ...
By Elbridge Colby
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Technology & National Security
Battlefield singularity, AI pixie dust, and the future of warOn this National Security Podcast, Elsa Kania joins Katherine Mansted to talk about strategic competition in the age of artificial intelligence, the modernisation of China’s P...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?War has been a driver of breakthrough technology for a long time. The first waves of artificial intelligence and even the internet came out of DARPA, a defense agency whose or...
By Paul Scharre, Richard Danzig, Arati Prabhakar & Jonathan Wilson
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Addressing America's Operational Shortfall in the PacificThe Trump administration has made a number of strong statements about the need for the United States to do more to prepare for great power competition with China. Officials ha...
By Mark Montgomery & Eric Sayers
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No Cheese, Extra Pickles
If you want to know how sanctions are playing out in Iran — look no further than the classified ads. You’ll find folks selling unused cosmetics, pets, and… someth...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Greek Politics with Katerina Sokou
Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, Kathimerini and Skai TV Washington Correspondent Katerina Sokou joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Carisa Nietsche to discuss t...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Carisa Nietsche & Katerina Sokou