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As China Leads Quantum Computing Race, U.S. Spies Plan for a World with Fewer Secrets
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Back in 1994, when quantum computers existed only as so much chalk on a blackboard, mathematician Peter Shor invented what may soon prove to be their killer app. Shor trained ...
By Paul Scharre
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‘This can’t be my Army’ — The Fort Hood report is a long-overdue wake-up call for Army leaders
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When Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston finished reading an independent committee’s review of Fort Hood — every single line of the 152 pages, he says — he flipped back to ...
By Emma Moore
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Can China Become Self-reliant in Semiconductors?
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The U.S. added China's biggest computer chipmaker SMIC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies last week, a move that will further widen the gap between China’s c...
By Martijn Rasser
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Nato has joined US in regarding China as a ‘risk’ to security, US envoy says
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America and its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization arrived “late to the game” but now see clearly that China is a “risk”, Kay Bailey Hutchison, the US envoy to N...
By Carisa Nietsche
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U.S. Policy on China May Move From ‘America First’ to America & Co.
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In tech, Metcalfe’s Law posits that a network becomes more useful in proportion to the number of its users, squared. That means big networks are much more valuable than small ...
By Martijn Rasser
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Iran assassination: One of many attempts to box in Biden
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As President-elect Joe Biden considers his first foreign-policy moves upon taking office, perhaps none is garnering more attention – and coming under greater pressure – than h...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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AI Ethical Principles Offer Strength, Opportunity
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“Artificial intelligence will be the future, and the department ... must readily and effectively adopt its best practices if the [U.S.] wants to maintain its superpower status...
By Megan Lamberth
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The Biden duo tasked with rallying America's allies
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The announcement of President-elect Joe Biden's long-time aide Antony Blinken as his choice of secretary of state last month was welcomed by the foreign policy establishment i...
By Martijn Rasser
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AP sources: Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense
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President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense, according to four people familiar with the decision. If conf...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Congress wants to boost the prominence of Pentagon’s AI center
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Congress signaled its confidence in the Pentagon’s young artificial intelligence office through a series of measures that increase its standing in the agency, including giving...
By Martijn Rasser
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Joe Biden wants to re-enter the nuclear deal with Iran
The assassin was not a human. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, erstwhile maestro of Iran’s nuclear-weapons programme, was gunned down on November 27th by a remote-controlled machinegun mou...
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Republicans confirm Rogers as ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee
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Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) on Dec. 3 was officially selected to serve as the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee in the 117th Congress. Departing ranking HASC ...
By Sarah Mineiro
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Anticipating Senate bottlenecks, Biden races to fill agency jobs
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Now that he’s chosen a big chunk of his Cabinet nominees, President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team is focusing increasingly on selecting candidates for government positions...
By Richard Fontaine
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4 looming foreign policy crises that could derail Biden’s agenda early on
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President-elect Joe Biden may want his administration to focus on long-term issues like the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, rebuilding alliances, and America’s relations...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Officials Say Peace Accord Between Sudan and Israel Is Already at Risk of Unraveling
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A landmark agreement between Sudan and Israel to begin normalizing relations is at risk of unraveling just over a month after it was announced by President Trump, revealing a ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Iran’s Nuclear Efforts Pose Growing Threat to Its Foes Despite Setbacks
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Friday’s killing of one of Iran’s most important nuclear scientists has dealt a setback to the country’s nuclear program, which had staged a partial rebound after the 2015 nuc...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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How the Biden administration is expected to approach tech research and development
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Experts expect President-elect Joe Biden’s administration to build on the Trump administration’s investments in emerging technologies, while adding to research and development...
By Martijn Rasser
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The United States has closed at least 10 bases around Afghanistan. But drawdown details remain murky.
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The United States has closed at least 10 bases across Afghanistan since the signing of a deal with the Taliban in February, according to Afghan and U.S. officials, part of a d...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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The Biden transition is at last under way, but the delay could prove costly for US democracy
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I love the country but I can’t stand the scene,” Leonard Cohen croons in “Democracy”. It’s been a beautiful autumn in Washington, DC: the sky a crisp blue, the fallen leaves a...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden will likely have to reimagine the future of U.S. economic leadership in Asia, says expert
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The Biden administration will likely have to reimagine the future of U.S. economic leadership in Asia-Pacific following two massive free trade agreements signed by countries i...
By Richard Fontaine
