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Nuclear watchdog sounds warning over restart of North Korean reactor
The UN’s nuclear watchdog has warned that North Korea appears to have restarted a critical reactor at its biggest nuclear materials complex, raising another security challenge...
By Van Jackson
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North Korea May Have Restarted Nuclear Reactor, UN Watchdog Says
North Korea may have resumed operations at its plutonium-producing Yongbyon nuclear reactor in the past few months, the United Nations atomic watchdog said, a move that could ...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea’s Apparent Plutonium Moves Boost Nuclear Program, Invite U.S. Attention
North Korea’s apparent resumption of plutonium production bolsters Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal both as a deterrent and a deal-bargaining chip for potential talks with the U.S....
By Duyeon Kim
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Biden’s Rushed Afghan Exit Adds Strains to U.S.-Pakistan Ties
Joe Biden’s hopes of keeping the Afghan Taliban in check will rely heavily on Pakistan, a neighboring nation that has close ties to the militant group but which has often prov...
By Lisa Curtis & Richard Fontaine
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National Security Human Capital Program
Deaths of 2 Marines in Kabul underscore the evolving roles of women in the militaryClad in body armor with her hair pulled back in a tight bun, Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee cradled the barefoot Afghan infant in her arm as softly as she could through thick work glo...
By Kyleanne Hunter
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Underestimating the enemy: why Biden’s Afghanistan exit went so badly wrong
On July 8, Joe Biden stepped into the East Room of the White House to deliver a confident update on the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.The US military had left Bagra...
By Richard Fontaine
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America bombs Islamic State. Once it quits Afghanistan, can it still?
“TO THOSE WHO carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes America harm, know this,” said President Joe Biden, speaking after a suicide-bombing at Kabul airport kille...
By Lisa Curtis
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In Its Last Days in Kabul, U.S. Turns to Taliban as a Partner
Twenty years ago, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan to get rid of the Taliban. Today, American forces, battered by one of the bloodiest attacks of the war, are relying for their ow...
By Lisa Curtis
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U.S. spy agencies rule out possibility the coronavirus was created as a bioweapon, say origin will stay unknown without China’s help
The U.S. intelligence community has ruled out the possibility that the novel coronavirus that has killed more than 4 million people globally was developed as a bioweapon by Ch...
By David Feith
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Pentagon says threat persists after suicide bombings at Kabul airport
Pentagon has said that the threat persists after ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the deadly double attack at Kabul airport. An attack in Kabul claimed by Islamic State kille...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden hosts Israel’s new prime minister, with Iran at the top of the agenda
For the first time in more than a decade, an Israeli prime minister not named Netanyahu is arriving in Washington to visit the president of the United States at the White Hous...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
The Taliban economy: Will drugs be enough to support the Afghan people?That is what experts are saying the Taliban will soon find after the Biden administration’s decision to abandon Afghanistan was followed by a hostile takeover of the nation by...
By Alex Zerden
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America is reliable, Harris tells allies eyeing Afghan chaos
Vice President Kamala Harris sought to portray Washington as a reliable counterweight to China as the administration faces questions over its commitment to long-term partners ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Taliban Takeover Is a Boon for Cash-Strapped Iran
Read the full story and more from The Wall Street Journal....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Technology & National Security
House Bill Aims to Bridge Acquisition ‘Valley of Death’ In Race to Counter ChinaTwo provisions in the latest version of a House defense bill seek to bridge the "valley of death," the acquisition-process obstacles that can stop promising technology from ge...
By Martijn Rasser
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National Security Human Capital Program
Taliban show off U.S.-made weapons and gear in a bid to intimidate, project authority“They want to convey not just authority, but intimidating authority,” said Katherine L. Kuzminski, a military policy expert at the Center for a New American Security think tan...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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CNAS Energy, Economics, and Security Programs Announces Three New Adjunct Fellows
Washington, August 25, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce the expansion of its Energy, Economics, and Security (EES) program with the ad...
By Dr. Go Myong-Hyun, Alex Zerden & Michael Greenwald
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Afghanistan chaos tests Democrats’ opposition to US military intervention
“Now that America’s participation [in Afghanistan] is ending on such a negative note, there may well be a rethinking of the balance between US action and non-intervention,” Ri...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
To Invade Taiwan, The Chinese Navy Could Mobilize The World’s Biggest Transport FleetThe Chinese navy now has access to 1.5 million tons of shipping that could carry an assault force across the Taiwan Strait and initiate an invasion of Taiwan. For those of you...
By Tom Shugart
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China’s digital yuan is a warning to the world
In April 2020 a grainy screenshot of China’s sovereign digital currency, DCEP (short for Digital Currency/Electronic Payments) or the Digital Chinese Yuan (DCNY), was leaked o...
By Yaya J. Fanusie