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Deep in the Heart of Texas, a Chinese Wind Farm Raises Eyebrows
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The Trump administration will not block a Chinese-owned company from building a wind farm in Texas near the Air Force’s largest pilot training base, a person familiar with the...
By Ashley Feng
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Another Chinese school dodges US software export controls, as Beihang University gets MATLAB engineering program
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The US government slapped sanctions on Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics University almost 20 years ago, alleging it was linked to the military and could contribute to miss...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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China's Publicized WHO Fundraising Drive Falls Short of Hype
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A highly touted Chinese drive to raise funds for the World Health Organization, launched after President Donald Trump announced he was ending financial support for the WHO, ha...
By Kristine Lee
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New Russian Robot Will Shoot Naval Mines With A Gun
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The last thing a naval mine expects is to be shot by an underwater robot holding a pistol. Naval mines are expectant machines, terrible potential floating below the surface. W...
By Samuel Bendett
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South Africa's rand little moved by emergency budget, bonds rally
South Africa’s rand briefly dipped after Finance Minister Mboweni announced a wider budget deficit and soaring debt in an emergency supplementary budget on Wednesday, but the ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Pentagon lists 20 companies aiding Chinese military
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The Pentagon has compiled a list of Chinese companies with ties to the country’s military as part of an intensifying effort by the Trump administration and Congress to make it...
By Eric Sayers
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Trump’s foreign friends race to lock in gains
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Israel might start annexing territory claimed by the Palestinians. Taiwan is pushing for a historic free trade agreement. North Korea is desperate for sanctions relief. And Po...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Polish President Asks Trump Not to Withdraw Troops From Europe
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Polish President Andrzej Duda asked President Trump not to withdraw U.S. troops from Europe, using his visit to the White House to express mounting European concerns over the ...
By Jim Townsend
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The Weird And Worrying Drone War In The Caucasus
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A forgotten war is gaining new momentum in the Caucasus, as opponents arm themselves with increasingly advanced drone technology for spying and strikes. The alarming implicati...
By Samuel Bendett
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The Arctic Eats Helicopters, So Russia Is Sending Drones Instead
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Russian defense firm Rostec is partnering with a small Latvian startup to make tiltrotor drones for dangerous Arctic operations. Think of it as a tiny, robotic, cold-weather ...
By Samuel Bendett
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Bolton revelations undercut Trump’s reelection message of toughness on China
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President Trump was in a White House event with governors Thursday when he took a moment to punch out a tweet from his cellphone — threatening to decouple the U.S. economy fro...
By Ely Ratner
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Bolton's tell-all book highlights incoherence, instability of US President's China policy
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On the same day that United States President Donald Trump signed into law the Uighur Human Rights Policy Act, details emerged on Wednesday on how he had allegedly told Chinese...
By Martijn Rasser
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US Forces Korea Permits Racial Injustice Protests on Bases
The demonstrators were like those protesting in cities across the United States. Many wore T-shirts saying "Black Lives Matter" and "I Can't Breathe," and they took a knee in...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Unquiet on the Western Front: Why the 74-Year Alliance Between Europe and America Is Falling Apart
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When German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas suggested during a June 15 video conference between 28 European Union diplomats and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the U.S. and Eu...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Canceling Aegis Ashore raises problems — and hopes
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Defense Minister Taro Kono has announced suspending the planned deployment of the Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense system. Kono blamed cost and technical issues for the ...
By Eric Sayers
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NATO Allies Push Back at U.S. Order to Pull Troops Out of Germany
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U.S. allies in Europe are cautiously pushing against President Trump’s order to withdraw thousands of American troops from Germany by arguing that the U.S. needs them there as...
By Jim Townsend
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North Korea blows up liaison office in escalation of hostilities with Seoul
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North Korea has blown up the inter-Korean liaison office near the country’s border with South Korea, marking a sharp escalation in hostilities by Kim Jong Un towards Seoul. So...
By Van Jackson
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Pentagon warns China is exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to wage 'economic warfare' on the US
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Defense officials are increasingly concerned China is using the coronavirus crisis to gain stakes in strategically important businesses as the pandemic leaves struggling compa...
By Martijn Rasser
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Chinese Soldiers Club 20 Indian Soldiers to Death on Disputed Border
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With India revising the death toll of the number of its soldiers killed in clashes with the People’s Liberation Army in Kashmir from 3 to 20, we speak with Joshua Fitt, a Rese...
By Joshua Fitt
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How tech and demographics could save emerging markets investors
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The acceleration of digitisation combined with the lower life expectancy of populations in developing countries are two factors that will fend off an emerging markets crisis, ...
By Rachel Ziemba
