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Why the Pentagon isn’t heeding calls to prosecute Michael Flynn under military law
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When Michael Flynn, a retired three-star general, appeared to back calls for a coup last week, critics accused him of defying military deference to civilian authority, a tenet...
By James Golby
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Russia Cuts Dollar Holdings From $119 Billion Wealth Fund Amid Sanctions
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Russia said it will eliminate the dollar from its oil fund to reduce vulnerability to Western sanctions just two weeks before President Vladimir Putin holds his first summit m...
By Elina Ribakova
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Biden expands Trump order by banning U.S. investment in Chinese companies linked to the military or surveillance technology
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The Biden administration is expanding a Trump-era order that banned U.S. investment in Chinese companies that support China’s military to include those selling surveillance te...
By David Feith
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Biden signs order banning investment in dozens of Chinese defence and tech firms
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US President Joe Biden on Thursday (June 3) barred Americans from investing in dozens of Chinese companies in the defence sector or whose surveillance technology aids in serio...
By Martijn Rasser
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US Training Mission Uncertain as Afghan Withdrawal Nears End
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The fate of the international effort to train Afghan national security forces has become increasingly unclear as Pentagon officials point to other priorities with only about t...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Sibling Rivalry: Military Services in High-Stakes Tussle Over Long-Range Fires
Air Force and Army leaders and their supporters are trading barbs over which branches of the military should be investing in long-range strike capabilities. The outcome of the...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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How Biden Came Around to the Wuhan Lab-Leak Theory
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When Joe Biden ordered US intelligence last week to intensify efforts to determine the origins of Covid-19, he gave fresh life to the theory that the virus may have leaked fro...
By David Feith
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'US considers India one of its most important defence partners'
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Strengthening the diplomatic relations is the common challenge—China and its aggressive agenda in the Indo-Pacific region. The reorganising of the Quad, and the strategic urge...
By Lisa Curtis
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This Memorial Day, remember those who died in Afghanistan, and the loved ones they left behind
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It was a graduation gift from his mother, a chance to skydive.Quinn Johnson-Harris of Milwaukee made that first jump and declared: "I'm going to live in the sky."And he did, j...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Coronavirus ‘lab leak’ theory jumps from mocked to maybe as Biden orders intelligence review
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In the spring of 2020, as the coronavirus ripped through U.S. cities on its way to claiming more than 592,000 American lives, a group of senior U.S. national security official...
By David Feith
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Russia Is Working On A New Stealth Fighter It Probably Can’t Afford
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Russian warplane-maker Sukhoi is developing a new stealth fighter, state media reported Wednesday. The single-engine, low-observable fighter would fly as fast as Mach 2, a com...
By Samuel Bendett
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Turkey’s persistent watering down of anti-Russian language leaves NATO in bind
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Turkey has repeatedly softened language in NATO statements condemning Russia, part of a broader pattern of muscle-flexing obstructionism within the Western security pact, and ...
By Jim Townsend
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US Navy deployment could leave an aircraft carrier-sized gap in Asia's tense waters
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United States Navy commanders face a potential shortfall in their Asia sea power in the coming weeks as tensions simmer with China in the region's waters. According to two unn...
By Tom Shugart
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Will Biden Blink Over Navalny?
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On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced the long-awaited meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which will be held ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Get Ready For the Mad Max New World of Hijacked Electric Cars and Downed Power Grids
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If American motorists behave like typical consumers, they will notice a steep drop in the price of electric vehicles around the middle of the decade, and begin to snap them up...
By Richard Fontaine
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US Naval Services Aim to Put Network-War Concepts to Global Test
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For the past several years, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have been developing super-agile networked versions of age-old warfighting concepts. Now the services will try them ...
By Becca Wasser
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Russia Is Building an Army of Robot Weapons, and China's AI Tech Is Helping
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Russia is developing an array of autonomous weapons platforms utilizing artificial intelligence as part of an ambitious push supported by high-tech cooperation with neighborin...
By Samuel Bendett & Jeffrey Edmonds
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Russia Is Accelerating Its Own Link-Everything Network
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The United States isn’t the only major military power trying to digitally link all of its weapons and execute operations faster with artificial intelligence. Russia has been m...
By Samuel Bendett & Jeffrey Edmonds
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Whose News?
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The day Joe Biden was sworn in as president — January 20, 2021 — was a good day for news apps. Stuck at home due to the global pandemic, many Americans turned to their phones ...
By Martijn Rasser
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After High-Wire Act, Biden Faces Tough New Middle East Tests
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As a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas came together late Thursday afternoon, White House officials who helped to mediate the agreement were divided over a crucial next step...
By Ilan Goldenberg
