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U.S. leaves Bagram Airfield as America winds down its longest war
All U.S. and coalition troops have left Bagram Airfield, once the largest base in Afghanistan and the hub of American air operations throughout the nearly two-decade conflict,...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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China on Cusp of Eliminating Cash, Pushing the World Toward Total Government Surveillance
The Chinese were the first in the world to invent paper money back in the 7th Century. Now, more than 1,400 years later, China is again on the cusp of creating a new form of g...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Homeland Security Watchdog Delayed Inquiry, Complaint SaysThe Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general blocked an inquiry into whether senior agency officials demoted an employee who criticized the Trump administration, ac...
By Carrie Cordero
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
U.S. House to vote on select committee to probe deadly Capitol attackThe U.S. House of Representatives votes Wednesday on legislation to create a new select committee to probe the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, after Senate Republica...
By Carrie Cordero
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U.S. Questioned Whether Afghan Government Could Survive Taliban Onslaught
The Biden administration is mapping out a strategy for Afghanistan after the U.S. military completes its withdrawal that is centered around the boosting of economic support fo...
By Lisa Curtis
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Rachel Brandenburg Joins CNAS as Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Middle East Security Program
Washington, June 30, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Rachel Brandenburg, Associate Vice President at The Cohen Group (TCG), has ...
By Rachel Brandenburg
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Kim Jong Un Sounds Alarm on Covid With Warning of ‘Great Crisis’
Kim Jong Un’s warning that North Korea faced a “great crisis” over a quarantine breach is raising more questions about what’s going wrong inside his secretive regime. While th...
By Duyeon Kim
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National Security Human Capital Program
South Dakota governor sending National Guard to Mexico border on mission funded by GOP megadonorSouth Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R) will deploy up to 50 National Guard troops to the southern U.S. border, her office said Tuesday, with a highly unusual caveat — the missio...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The junta overthrew the government they represented. What happens next for Myanmar's diplomats in limbo?
In a beige stone townhouse on a leafy New York street, a political coup thousands of miles away has split an office in two. Downstairs in the dimly lit building, staffers at M...
By Kelley Eckels Currie
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Memes, NFTs, sanctions: North Korea and the evolving world of cryptocurrencies
As the market for cryptocurrency grows and the wider public engages with the technology behind it, there are new opportunities for illicit actors like North Korea to take adva...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Technology & National Security
Martijn Rasser Named Director of the Technology and National Security ProgramWashington, June 28, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Martijn Rasser has been named Director of the Technology and National Secur...
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Technology & National Security
Department of Defense AI ethics principles still lack implementation guidanceThe Department of Defense will produce guidance for its artificial intelligence ethical principles by late August, six months after an initial self-directed deadline for the c...
By Paul Scharre
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Quad can pool resources to prevent China from dominating global tech
Elizabeth Roche interviews Lisa Curtis and Surjit Bhalla, co-chairs of the Mumbai-based Gateway House Economy and Technology Taskforce discuss ways on how the Quad can scale u...
By Lisa Curtis
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Russia Stumbles in Bid to Fight Global Price Surge With Duties
Russia’s answer to the surge in global commodity prices has been a mass experiment with duties, export curbs and price controls. It’s not working. Inflation has spiked to the ...
By Elina Ribakova
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Blinken, Lapid meet in Rome amid reset US-Israel relations
Hush-hush diplomacy. In-person visits. And a very public no-surprises agreement on Iran.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met in R...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Technology & National Security
FBI China spy probe faces backlash as case against professor ends in mistrialAn FBI agent’s admission he baselessly targeted a Chinese Canadian researcher in an economic espionage probe is driving calls for a federal investigation into the Justice Depa...
By Ainikki Riikonen
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Biden will meet President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan at the White House.
President Biden will meet with the Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, on Friday afternoon at the White House to discuss ways to ensure a safe future for a country increasingly un...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Technology & National Security
A warning to DoD: Russia advances quicker than expected on AI, battlefield techThe Russian military is more technologically advanced than the U.S. realized and is quickly developing artificial intelligence capabilities to gain battlefield information adv...
By Jeffrey Edmonds & Samuel Bendett
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Five things to watch on Biden's first foreign tripPresident Biden’s first international trip is intended to shore up alliances amid rising challenges to the United States from Russia and China. It comes after divis...
By Lisa Curtis
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Afghan leaders to meet Biden at the White House
Afghan leaders Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah will meet United States President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday for a high-stake discussion likely to shape Afghanis...
By Lisa Curtis