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Mud Could Complicate Possible Russian Plans for an Invasion of Ukraine, US Officials Say
A fairly mild winter and muddy ground could complicate possible Russian plans to launch an invasion of Ukraine, potentially delaying plans for military action, senior Biden ad...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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National Security Human Capital Program
Fight Over Vaccine Mandate for National Guard RagesThe Pentagon won its first battle over its vaccine mandate for the National Guard, but a broader fight over the mandate is raging as multiple states seek to exert their author...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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U.S. Plans to Discuss Missile Deployments With Russia as Part of Effort to Defuse Ukraine Crisis
Negotiators for the United States are planning to show up to talks with their Russian counterparts Monday with proposals to discuss the placement of missiles and scope of mili...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Putin Dreams of a Russian ‘Sphere of Influence.’ Kazakhstan’s Protesters Are the Latest to Push Back.
To Russian President Vladimir Putin, the collapse of the Soviet Union “was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century.” He made that statement in 2005, just months a...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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American Democracy, One Year After January 6
On the one-year anniversary of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, Center for New American Security experts reflect on the continuing implications for domestic securit...
By Richard Fontaine, Carrie Cordero & Katherine L. Kuzminski
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China and Russia Military Cooperation Raises Prospect of New Challenge to American Power
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping oversaw an ambitious joint military exercise in China this summer, which along with reported collaborations in a...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Michael Kofman
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Ethiopia’s War Turns Into a Testing Ground for the Deadliest Drones
Ethiopia’s civil war has become a testing ground for military drones that has made its people “guinea pigs”, rebel leaders have claimed.Multiple purchases of armed surveillanc...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
The legacy of the Cyberspace Solarium CommissionOne of the government’s key mechanisms for pushing cybersecurity policy in recent years is shutting down. The Cyberspace Solarium Commission was charged in 2019 with sorting t...
By Laura G. Brent
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Threat of Retaliation Looms Large Over U.S.-China Relationship in 2022
With tensions unlikely to abate in 2022, the U.S.-China relationship over the next year is likely to be colored by the omnipresent threat of Chinese retaliation against a vari...
By Jacob Stokes
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Technology & National Security
2022 Defense Authorization Bill (Once Again) Looks to Reform How DOD Buys TechThe latest military spending authorization comes with plans to increase the Pentagon’s pace and scope of technology innovation. Though generally pleased with the bill, former ...
By Megan Lamberth
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Reports Russia Is Drawing Down Troop Buildup Near Ukraine Are Mistaken
On Christmas Day, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported that a military exercise begun Dec. 1 in Crimea and around Rostov involving 10,000 soldiers of its Southern Military D...
By Michael Kofman
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Technology & National Security
T-DAY: The Battle for TaiwanOn the front line of the superpower struggle between the United States and China, Taiwan has fashioned a defensive masterstroke. It has become indispensable to both sides. In ...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
China Telecom Vows to Defy FCC Eviction, Keep Operating in U.S.China Telecom (Americas) Corp. said it intends to continue most of its U.S. operations despite an order from regulators to stop due to espionage concerns. China Telecom said i...
By Martijn Rasser
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Saudis Begin Making Ballistic Missiles With Chinese Help
Saudi Arabia has imported sensitive missile technology from the Chinese military and is manufacturing its own ballistic missiles, according to Saudi advisers and officials fam...
By Becca Wasser
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Technology & National Security
Chinese Espionage Circles the GlobeChina collects vast swathes of information from around the world, by fair or foul means, as part of its national intelligence apparatus. Some of this spying is done by individ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Congressional Probe Over Afghan Withdrawal Turns Partisan
Congressional Republicans are concerned that the Biden administration is stonewalling their investigation into the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, members of Congres...
By Lisa Curtis
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Ten Years of Kim Jong-un as North Korean Leader: How Has He Transformed the Country in His First Decade in Power?
North Korea this week marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Kim Jong-il, who ruled the country from 1994 to 2011, when he was relieved by his youngest son, Kim Jong-un, w...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Kim Jong-un: 10 Years of Missiles, Murder and Economic Misery
Kim Jong Un was not even 30 when he took control of North Korea after his father’s death in December 2011. Some predicted that when the weight of ruling an entire country was ...
By Dr. Go Myong-Hyun
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Technology & National Security
Pentagon Pivot to Asia-Pacific Came Into Focus in 2021 as US Left AfghanistanEnding America’s war in Afghanistan was President Joe Biden’s most important foreign policy decision of 2021, cementing a major shift in US military posture and Pentagon prior...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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From ‘Tempestuous’ Child to Little Rocket Man: 10 Years of Kim Jong-un
It was not, perhaps, the image Kim Jong-un would have wanted to project in his first public appearance as the latest authoritarian leader of North Korea in 2011. As wailing ci...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim