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Ship with Russia Oil Makes Rare Move off India as Trade Strained
A tanker carrying crude from recently-sanctioned Rosneft PJSC has made a rare cargo transfer off Mumbai, as the Trump administration ramps up its scrutiny of India’s oil trade...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Technology & National Security
Microsoft Backs Massive AI Push in UAE, Raising Security ConcernsWhile American policymakers have debated how to safely develop AI technologies while keeping up with the massive efforts of US rivals, large technology firms are pushing to se...
By Janet Egan
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Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
More than 100 nations were poised last month to approve a historic deal to slash pollution from cargo ships. That’s when the United States launched a pressure campaign that of...
By Richard Fontaine
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National Security Human Capital Program
Military Influencers Are Going Viral, and the Pentagon’s Social Media Rules Aren’t Keeping UpTop military influencers are taking over corners of social media — and it's opening a can of ethical worms for the Pentagon....
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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As Pokrovsk Is Set to Fall, Ukraine Must Choose to Fight or Save Troops
Ukrainian forces are still battling desperately to maintain their foothold in the besieged eastern city of Pokrovsk, even as debate mounts over whether they should tactically ...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Mushroom Clouds on the Horizon? What Trump’s Threat Means for Global Nuclear Testing
In June 2019, the director of the Pentagon's main intelligence agency made an eyebrow-raising allegation about Russia and its nuclear programs: Moscow is testing its atomic we...
By Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, Jr. (Ret.)
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What It Would Take to Build Trump’s Golden Fleet ‘Battleships’
When President Donald Trump told a group of high-ranking military officers in September that he was “seriously considering” building “battleships” for the US Navy, it raised e...
By Carlton Haelig
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U.N. Security Council Removes Syria’s President from Sanctions List
The United Nations Security Council voted on Thursday to remove President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria from a terrorism sanctions list, just days before his planned visit to Washin...
By Alex Zerden
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In the Trump Era, Cheney’s Brand of Conservatism Became Obsolete
When George W. Bush asked Dick Cheney to be his running mate in the summer of 2000, Mr. Cheney warned that his voting record was well to the right of Mr. Bush’s presidential c...
By Richard Fontaine
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Supreme Court’s Skepticism on Trump Tariffs Means Uncertainty Reigns
President Donald Trump’s use of broad powers to impose his signature tariffs faced a barrage of skeptical questions at the Supreme Court on Wednesday that signal it may be rea...
By Rachel Ziemba
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What If Trump’s Tariffs Are Illegal? It’s Everybody’s Problem
Opponents of President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs are finally getting their day in the U.S. Supreme Court....
By Emily Kilcrease
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Inside the Pentagon Fight with Congress over Troops
The Trump administration’s decision to draw down troops from Romania is escalating the tug-of-war over how much say Congress should have in where the U.S. puts its forces....
By Jim Townsend
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Tariffs Are Trump’s Favorite Foreign Policy Tool. The Supreme Court Could Change How He Uses Them
President Donald Trump sees tariffs — or the threat of them — as a powerful tool to bend nations to his will....
By Emily Kilcrease
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Spoiler or Supporter? Trump Silent on EU Enlargement Process
Washington has historically supported the enlargement process on the basis that more member states joining the EU means more business and influence. Not anymore....
By Nicholas Lokker
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Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin Budapest Summit Axed Following Moscow Memo
The U.S. cancelled President Donald Trump’s planned Budapest summit with Vladimir Putin after a Russian memo to Washington holding firm to hardline demands on Ukraine was swif...
By Peter Schroeder
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China Talks Put Markets at Ease, for Now
The first in-person meeting in six years between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping brought a round of mutual concessions on issues underpinning recent tensi...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump-Xi ‘Amazing’ Summit Brings Tactical Truce, Not Major ResetU.S. President Donald Trump hailed a meeting with China's Xi Jinping as "amazing" and "12" on a 10-point scale, but the agreement the two leaders reached appears to be no more...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Republican Lawmaker Says Don’t Give China Nvidia’s Blackwell ChipA leading Republican voice in Congress on China policy said on Wednesday that selling Nvidia's best AI chip to China "would be akin (to) giving Iran weapons grade uranium", as...
By Tim Fist
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National Security Human Capital Program
Airmen and Space Force guardians will be extended for 60 days due to shutdownThe Air Force is telling roughly 50 airmen and Space Force guardians who had expected to separate in November that their time in the service is being extended for 60 days due ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Trump Antifa Crackdown Steered to Agency That Targets Organized Crime
A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office that works with prosecutors to pursue drug cartels, war crimes, and money laundering is shifting resources to investigate antifa...
By Carrie Cordero