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US Plans to Deploy B-52 Bombers to Northern Australia: Report
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Analysts told ABC the move was a warning to China amid fears it could invade the self-ruled island of Taiwan. “Having bombers that could range and potentially attack mainland ...
By Becca Wasser
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The Pentagon’s New Defense Strategy Is Out. Now the Real Work Begins, Experts Say
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Stacie Pettyjohn, director of defense programs at the Center for a New American Security, agreed that the strategy lays out a “sound vision,” but will require the Biden admini...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Five Things to Know about Putin’s Increasing Reliance on Iran
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Russia’s use of Iranian drones in Ukraine — first documented earlier this month — is an example of “the greatest degree of military cooperation that the two countries have had...
By Becca Wasser & Jonathan Lord
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Stealthiest U.S. Submarine Makes Rare Appearance in Arabian Sea
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Former submariner Tom Shugart noted that the Arabian Sea is roughly the same distance from Beijing and Moscow, and that the messaging could be to both. Technically, the locati...
By Tom Shugart
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Israel Holds Fire amid Mounting Pressure from Ukraine
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Becca Wasser, senior fellow for the defense program at the Center for New American Security, said one reason the U.S. may not send its own Iron Dome is that it only has two, a...
By Becca Wasser
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Paul Keating Slammed as Out of Step on Quad, AUKUS
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US experts such as Center for a New American Security chief executive Richard Fontaine also hit back at the idea Washington was “ungrateful” to Australia.“Nothing could be fur...
By Richard Fontaine
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Three Key Takeaways from the Biden Administration’s National Security Strategy
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While an unclassified version of the National Defense Strategy has not been released yet, Pentagon officials — including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in a statement on the N...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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New CNAS Report: "Artificial Intelligence and Arms Control"
Press Release
Washington, October 12, 2022—Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, "Artificial Intelligence and Arms Control," from authors Paul Scharre ...
By Paul Scharre & Megan Lamberth
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US Army Juggles Effects of Ukraine, Recruiting and Inflation on Budget
The big question in FY24 is “just how much [the Army] is going to be investing in missiles and ammunition that they have cut in the past years,” Stacie Pettyjohn, a defense an...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Preventing Nuclear ‘Armageddon’ Hinges on Us Policy of Ambiguity
President Joe Biden warned Thursday the US is trying to find an “off-ramp” for Putin, and worried Russia’s threats to use tactical nuclear weapons are real and could lead to “...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Putin Faces Limits of His Military Power as Ukraine Recaptures Land
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How much territory the Russians lose before the reinforcements arrive isn’t entirely down to Moscow. Ukraine has been beating back the Russians on two major fronts for more th...
By Chris Dougherty
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Indian Ocean Rivalry: China’s Naval Maneuvers Irk New Delhi
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Tom Shugart, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) think tank, said: "While we don't have any direct indications of intentions to specifica...
By Tom Shugart
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Retired Army Colonel from Omaha Embarks on Cross-Country Bike Ride to Honor Fallen Soldiers
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The retired Army colonel is with his guys: the six paratroopers who gave their lives in Afghanistan in 2007 while serving under his command. Pfc. Chris Pfeifer. Sgt. Adrian Hi...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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U.S. and Philippines Increase Military Ties over China Threat
Lisa Curtis, an Indo-Pacific expert at the CNAS think-tank in Washington, said Manila was “wary of getting stuck in the middle of increasing US-China competition” but the new ...
By Lisa Curtis
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The New India: Expanding Influence Abroad, Straining Democracy at Home
The United States, which two years into the Biden administration still does not have an ambassador in New Delhi, is reeling from former President Donald J. Trump’s assault on ...
By Lisa Curtis
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The West Is Testing Out a Lot of Shiny New Military Tech in Ukraine
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The breadth of information operations has led Brendan McCord, a hedge-fund manager who previously authored the Department of Defense’s first AI strategy, to describe this conf...
By Brendan McCord
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Joe Biden Warns of Global Disorder If Russia Is Not Stopped
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Beyond the debating chamber, the global balance of power is changing. “Every day the war goes on, Russia’s military is degraded,” argues Richard Fontaine of the Centre for a N...
By Richard Fontaine
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No More Ambiguity: US Troops Will Defend Taiwan If China Invades, Biden Says
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Stacie Pettyjohn, a defense strategy expert, has run several wargames for the Defense Department involving a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. While these games don’t track the numb...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Empowered Leaders Vital to Win Next War, Allied Air Chiefs Say
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Speaking at the International Air Chiefs Conference hosted by the U.S. Air Force in Washington, top officials from the air forces of Canada and Sweden as well as U.S. defense ...
By Becca Wasser
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Ukraine Rout in Kharkiv Has Russians on the Run: How Did They Pull It Off, and What Comes Next?
Such scenes are not necessarily unusual for armies in retreat. The phrase “bug out,” meaning a panicked reaction, entered the English lexicon following a particularly chaotic ...
By Chris Dougherty
