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How Far Would Biden Go to Defend Ukraine Against Russia?
At a news conference a few days ago, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was asked whether the Biden administration had a “red line” in Ukraine, a point beyond which Russian ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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US Blacklists Chinese Quantum Computing Companies
The US has placed a dozen Chinese groups involved in quantum computing and other advanced technologies on an export blacklist, saying they pose a risk of gaining access to cri...
By Martijn Rasser
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The Marine Corps wants junior Marines to have a say in who their leaders are
Junior Marines could help determine whether officers and senior enlisted leaders are selected for promotion as part of the Marine Corps’ efforts to revamp its evaluation proce...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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China's New Privacy Law Leaves U.S. Behind
While China's sweeping new data privacy laws have left tech companies confused about how to comply, they also put the U.S. even further behind in the global race to set digita...
By Martijn Rasser
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Putin Warns the West to Heed Russia’s Redlines in Donbass
“Ukraine’s internal crisis is among the most pressing and sensitive issues for us, which has so far remained unresolved,” the Russian President said on Thursday in an address ...
By Michael Kofman
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Biden Opens Direct Line to Xi Amid Taiwan Tensions
The world became a little bit safer this week, especially for anyone living in or near the Asia-Pacific, a part of the world increasingly anxious about a confrontation between...
By Richard Fontaine
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Belarus Blame Game: What the Key Players Are Saying on Border Crisis
The stand-off at Poland’s border with Belarus has developed into a public relations battle, as the countries blame each other for the plight of migrants trapped in the middle....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Kremlin Says Second Biden-Putin Meeting Is in the Works
Amid increasing alarm among U.S. officials about a Russian military equipment buildup near its border with Ukraine, preparations are underway for a virtual meeting between U.S...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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U.S. Keeps Ukraine Close Amid Russian Build-Up
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiyi Reznikov is in Washington today to meet with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin as the United States continues to show support for Ukra...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Troop Build-Up Shows Putin Views Ukraine as ‘Unfinished Business’
“There’s no appetite to take the Kremlin on because that requires a significant investment in time and resources and they would rather be using those resources on the China ch...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Should Women Be Eligible for the Draft? Defense Bill Stirs Up Military Debate
A measure that would make young women eligible for the military draft that is moving through Congress and could become law soon is stirring up a long-standing debate about the...
By Kyleanne Hunter
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A Veteran Diplomat, a ‘Tragic Figure,’ Battles Critics in the U.S. and Afghanistan
The failure to rescue Afghanistan from the Taliban weighs on many American generals and diplomats. But few had as personal a stake as Zalmay Khalilzad. Raised in Kabul and nat...
By Lisa Curtis
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Biden tried to push Putin aside. The Russian isn’t having it.
When National Security Council officials approached President Joe Biden with a package of sanctions to impose on Russia earlier this year, he sent it back to them three times....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Biden-Xi virtual summit: Value lies in managing tensions so don't expect breakthroughs, say experts
The meeting between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday (Nov 15) is a chance to manage the superpowers' tensions so they do not spiral out ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden and Xi set 1st virtual summit for early next week
President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their first virtual summit on Monday evening, U.S. time, to discuss cooperation and competition, White House pre...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden and Xi to Meet Virtually on Monday
On Monday, Presidents Biden and Xi Jinping will meet for a virtual summit—the first such meeting of Biden’s presidency. Below, Jacob Stokes, Fellow with the Center for a New A...
By Jacob Stokes
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On a Quiet but Tense Corner of Russia's border, its Neighbors are Gaining on It
Thirty years ago, Russia's supremacy in the Caspian Sea was unquestioned. Even with the independence of new countries with their own navies in the early 1990s, Russia and its ...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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The debate over registering women for the draft is a waste of time: There is no draft
Every time lawmakers debate whether women should be required to register for the draft, I just want to yell: There is NO draft! President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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How did a $3 billion US Navy submarine hit an undersea mountain?
Surface ships or a sub operating at periscope depth can relay on global positioning satellites to give sailors a very accurate location, said Shugart, now an adjunct senior fe...
By Tom Shugart
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Pentagon predicts 5 times increase in China's nuclear weapons over next 10 years
That focus on Taiwan and the South China Sea has tempered some ambitions for the Chinese army to become a more global force that can operate outside the first island chain...
By Jacob Stokes