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CNAS Responds: Assessing Biden's Interim National Security Strategy
Richard Fontaine, Chief Executive Officer: "National Security Strategies do more signaling than strategizing. They resemble not true strategies so much as really long speeches...
By Richard Fontaine, Lisa Curtis, Chris Dougherty, Martijn Rasser, Dr. Nina Kollars, Michael Kofman, Becca Wasser, Nathalie Grogan, Katie Galgano & Jennie Matuschak
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North Korea is the most isolated country on the planet, but it still finds ways to steal billions of dollars
In The News
Heavy sanctions, imposed by both the US and the UN, prevent North Korea from participating in the formal global economy. The regime often circumvents these sanctions, mostly t...
By Jason Bartlett
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Could Your Electric Vehicle Be Sabotaged?
In The News
Just as the United States and its companies are pushing to electrify transportation, the nascent industry faces a new threat: In an apparent new form of brinkmanship, leading ...
By Ainikki Riikonen
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Biden’s Russia, Saudi Sanctions Spark Grumblings of Weakness
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Twice in the last week, the U.S. announced new sanctions against Russia and Saudi Arabia over what it called human rights abuses. Twice, critics said President Joe Biden pulle...
By John Hughes
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Biden pressed for tough response to China’s repression of Uighurs
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US lawmakers and human rights activists are pressing Joe Biden to make a tough response to China’s repression of 1m Uighurs in Xinjiang, which Antony Blinken, secretary of sta...
By David Shullman
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China Charges Ahead With a National Digital Currency
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Annabelle Huang recently won a government lottery to try China’s latest economics experiment: a national digital currency. After joining the lottery through the social media a...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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How Biden’s best-laid plans for Iran and Saudi Arabia failed in his first month
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President Joe Biden’s first month handling Iran and Saudi Arabia shows the new administration has succumbed to a classic problem: Initial plans and promises made during a camp...
By Kaleigh Thomas
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AI panel urges US to boost tech skills amid China's rise
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An artificial intelligence commission led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is urging the U.S. to boost its AI skills to counter China, including by pursuing “AI-enabled” weap...
By Megan Lamberth
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U.S. Enlists Allies to Counter China’s Technology Push
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President Biden portrays U.S. relations with China as a clash of values: democracy vs. autocracy. But his rhetoric obscures the administration’s more pragmatic approach of cob...
By Martijn Rasser
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Team Biden About to Start Its First Talks With the Taliban
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President Biden’s Afghanistan negotiator has begun a diplomatic trip that will include the first meeting of the new administration with the Taliban, sources familiar confirmed...
By Lisa Curtis & Christopher D. Kolenda
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Biden ordered airstrike after determining Iran supported rocket attacks
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President Joe Biden’s decision to order a U.S. airstrike on a border crossing used by Iran-backed militia groups in eastern Syria on Thursday came after U.S. officials determi...
By Becca Wasser
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U.S. report on Jamal Khashoggi killing likely to worsen relations with Saudis
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The Biden administration is expected to soon release an unclassified intelligence report establishing that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, directed the killi...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Michael Kofman Joins CNAS as Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Transatlantic Security Program
Washington, February 23, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Michael Kofman, Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Naval Analy...
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Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley, Jr Joins CNAS as Adjunct Senior Fellow
Washington, February 22, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley, Jr., USA (Ret.), former Director o...
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Biden seeks common front with Europe to counter China, Russia
In The News
United States President Joe Biden breathed new life into the transatlantic alliance in his first address to a global audience on Friday. He declared that America had returned ...
By Martijn Rasser
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Biden looks to rebuild U.S. ties to Europe damaged under Trump, but mistrust lingers
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For President Biden, rebuilding U.S. ties with Europe damaged by four years of Donald Trump's contentious leadership is a top priority. "Let me erase any lingering doubt,” Bid...
By Carisa Nietsche
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Biden looks to recalibrate relationship with Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
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As a candidate, Joe Biden branded Saudi Arabia a “pariah” state which must be punished for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the killing of civilians in airstrikes ...
By Becca Wasser
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Declaring ‘America is back,’ Biden tries to regain Europe’s trust
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President Biden tried to reassure U.S. allies Friday that he is turning the page on his predecessor’s “America first” approach, and restoring a foreign policy that values coop...
By Jim Townsend
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John Costello Joins CNAS as Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Technology and National Security Program
Washington, February 18, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that John Costello, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Intelligence and Se...
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CNAS Launches ‘Make Room’ Newsletter
Press Release
Washington, February 18, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today announced the launch of the Make Room newsletter. Every month, the Make Room newsletter will ...
