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Biden’s Plan to Link Arms With Europe Against Russia and China Isn’t So Simple
Two weeks after President Biden’s inauguration, France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, spoke publicly about the importance of dialogue with Moscow, saying that Russia is a part ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Virtual Control: The Agenda Behind China's New Digital Currency
Celebrations to mark the lunar new year of the Ox, which began on February 12, have been somewhat muted because of the coronavirus pandemic. The numbers of people traveling to...
By Emily Jin
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As Biden Mulls North Korea, Some Urge Arms Control Approach
Former U.S. President Donald Trump tried threats of "fire and fury,” followed by personal letters and made-for-TV summits to convince North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to give u...
By Duyeon Kim
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Saudi Arabia eyes Dubai's crown with HQ ultimatum
Saudi Arabia has raised the stakes in a competition with freewheeling Dubai for foreign talent and cash. From 2024, the Saudi government will stop giving state contracts to co...
By Rachel Ziemba
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China Increases Production Of AIP Submarines With Massive New Shipyard
Behind the closed doors of imposing new construction halls, bedecked with a ginormous Chinese flag, workers are busy with the serial production of submarines. The subs are kno...
By Tom Shugart
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Biden Builds Out China Team With Staff Who Reflect Tougher Tone
President Joe Biden is filling out his China policy team with staff whose past writing and speeches align with the tough tone toward Beijing that emerged under his predecessor...
By Richard Fontaine
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In NATO debut, Biden's Pentagon aims to rebuild trust damaged by Trump
President Joe Biden’s administration will use a NATO defense gathering this week to begin what is expected to be a years-long effort to rebuild trust with European allies shak...
By Rachel Rizzo
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What will a new US policy on Yemen mean for Saudi relations?
America’s recent freeze on the sale of approved munitions to Saudi Arabia, along with a new policy curtailing U.S. involvement in the conflict in Yemen, is setting up an early...
By Becca Wasser
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Sullivan is Biden's national security 'listener'
When Hillary Clinton was deciding whether she’d run for president for a second time in 2012, she talked up Jake Sullivan, a young aide at the time who is now President Biden’s...
By Richard Fontaine
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For US and allies, prepping for AI warfare starts with the data
The U.S. and allies are using a new forum started by the Pentagon’s top artificial intelligence office to work toward developing AI systems that can connect in the future to h...
By Megan Lamberth
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CNAS Announces 2021 Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Fellows
Washington, February 11, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today announced the selection of the 2021 Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Fellows. ...
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Biden backs off on TikTok ban in review of Trump China moves
The Biden administration is backing off former President Donald Trump’s attempts to ban the popular video app TikTok, asking a court to postpone a legal dispute over the propo...
By Martijn Rasser
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Secret Documents Show How Terrorist Supporters Use Bitcoin — And How The Government Is Scrambling To Stop Them
The propagandist who called himself Azym Abdullah didn’t need much money to set up a website for ISIS that would broadcast gruesome beheading videos. What he needed was secrec...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Interview: Former NSC director Lisa Curtis on America's Indo-Pacific strategy
In her first interview since leaving the National Security Council, where she served from 2017 to 2021 as senior director for South and Central Asia, Lisa Curtis tells Axios t...
By Lisa Curtis
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CNAS Launches Indo-Pacific Security Program, Names Lisa Curtis as Director
Washington, February 8, 2021—The Center for a New American Security today launched its new Indo-Pacific Security Program, one of seven core research programs within CNAS. Lisa...
By Cole Stevens
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The myth and reality of the super soldier
Is China trying to make its own version of Captain America? US intelligence has suggested so. But beyond the hype, the possibility of a super soldier is not so outlandish and ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Five things to know about Biden's Yemen move
President Biden's announcement this week that he is ending U.S. support for offensive operations in Yemen’s civil war was his first major foreign policy move in office. Couple...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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CNAS Responds: U.S. Ends Support to Saudi War in Yemen
President Biden has announced the end of U.S. support to Saudi Arabia's military campaign in Yemen....
By Richard Fontaine, Ilan Goldenberg, Elisa Catalano Ewers, Becca Wasser & Kaleigh Thomas
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For Biden, Tough Talk on Saudi Arabia Meets Reality
Even as the Biden administration has sought to talk tough on Saudi Arabia over its human rights abuses, it has quietly continued the workaday relations needed to preserve the ...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Department of Homeland Security stuck in neutral while awaiting confirmation vote for Mayorkas
The delay in confirming President Joe Biden's Homeland Security secretary has left the department without clear direction as it confronts a series of stark challenges, includi...
By Carrie Cordero