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US Sanctions Would Hit Rouble, Force Russian Bank Bailout, Say Experts
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The Biden administration’s threat to sanction US dollar transactions by Russian banks if the country invades Ukraine could set off a domestic financial crisis and even hasten ...
By Edward Fishman
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Biden Weighs Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics
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President Biden is considering deploying several thousand U.S. troops, as well as warships and aircraft, to NATO allies in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, an expansion of Amer...
By Jim Townsend
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Russia Raises Pressure by Sending More Troops to Ukraine Border
Diplomats from the US and Russia have shuttled across Europe for security talks over Ukraine but military analysts have had their eye on more ominous movements: the further de...
By Michael Kofman
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Technology & National Security
Russia’s Marker Robot is a Testbed For Its Next-Gen Military TechThis month, Russia announced that it had completed research on its experimental Marker robot combat vehicle. The machine, designed from the start as a testbed for future tools...
By Samuel Bendett
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The Digital Sleuths Exposing Russia's Military Buildup Near Ukraine
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As Russia has moved tens of thousands of troops toward its border with Ukraine in recent months, hinted of an armed response if NATO does not acquiesce to its demands, and ann...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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North Korea Slams US, Hints at Resuming Nuclear, ICBM Tests
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Accusing the United States of hostility and threats, North Korea on Thursday said it will consider restarting “all temporally-suspended activities” it had paused during its di...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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North Korea Says U.S. Hostility Has Reached 'Danger Line,' Can No Longer Be Ignored
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North Korea leader Kim Jong Un accused the United States of hostility and threats, which he used as a reason to resume testing of nuclear explosives and intercontinental balli...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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New Report Addresses Dealing with a Taliban Controlled Afghanistan
Press Release
Washington, January 20, 2022—Nearly 20 years after U.S. forces overturned Taliban rule in Afghanistan, the country is likely to reemerge as a terrorist hotbed. While competing...
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Sound Familiar? Trump, Biden and the World Stage
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In his first foreign policy speech as president, Joe Biden couldn’t have been clearer: “America is back,” he assured the world, and he vowed to “course-correct our foreign pol...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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South Korea Gender Divide Emerges as Key Election Issue
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The issue of gender has taken center stage in South Korea's fiercely contested presidential election campaign, with both of the leading candidates proposing policies designed ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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How to Help Afghans Without Aiding the Taliban
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In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, aid groups are overwhelmed by the starving. More than half the population, the United Nations has warned, won’t get enough to eat this winte...
By Alex Zerden
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War drums Beat Louder as Blinken Visits Kyiv
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Ahead of decisive talks with Russia's top diplomat, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken touched down in the powder-keg Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Wednesday in a show of N...
By Michael Kofman
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N.Korea Fires Missiles, Drawing Both U.S. Condemnation and Appeal for Talks
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North Korea fired at least two ballistic missiles on Friday, drawing both condemnation and an appeal for dialogue from a U.S. administration that has imposed new sanctions ove...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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After Crisis talks With Russia, the Threat of War in Ukraine Still Looms. Here’s Why.
Fears of a possible Russian attack on Ukraine have sharpened after no progress was made during talks in Europe seeking to deter Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine and conv...
By Michael Kofman
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U.S. Aims Sanctions at Pro-Russian Agents as Blinken Plans Ukraine, Russia Meetings
The U.S. is preparing financial sanctions on pro-Russian agents in Ukraine as Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Europe to meet the Ukrainian leadership and his Russia...
By Rachel Ziemba
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One of the US Navy's Most Powerful Weapons Makes a Rare Appearance in Guam
One of the most powerful weapons in the US Navy's arsenal made a rare port call in Guam over the weekend, sending a message to allies and foes amid increasing tensions in the ...
By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
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The Rise of A.I. Fighter Pilots
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On a cloudless morning last May, a pilot took off from the Niagara Falls International Airport, heading for restricted military airspace over Lake Ontario. The plane, which bo...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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North Korea Fires Missiles From Train in Third Launch of 2022
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North Korea’s latest launch involved a pair of missiles fired from a train, North Korean state media reported, offering details about what was already its third launch this ye...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Biden Strategy on North Korea Under Pressure Over Missile Launches
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President Biden may soon be forced to take action amid threats from an increasingly aggressive North Korea, which has flexed its military might in recent days with provocative...
By Jacob Stokes
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Fear of Russia Brings New Purpose and Unity to NATO, Once Again
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, NATO was an alliance in search of a role. Some suggested that if NATO did not “go out of area,” beyond Europe, it would “go out of busi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
