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Trump Appears Ready to Attack Iran as U.S. Strike Force Takes ShapeA lack of calamities during those previous operations has made it easy to overlook the potential pitfalls of future missions, said Jason Dempsey, a retired Army officer who st...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Why Trump’s ‘Faux Pas’ on Taiwan Is Ringing Alarm Bells in Washington
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The Munich Security Conference proved a tough training ground for Democratic firebrand and potential US presidential contender Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who made headlines for...
By Derek Grossman
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Defense / Middle East Security
What Iran’s Naval Exercise with China and Russia in the Strait of Hormuz Actually MeansAs the U.S. flows assets toward the Middle East, including the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (CSG) now reportedly off the Moroccan coast, Iran, China and Russia will hol...
By Tom Shugart
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How Trump Revived Gunboat Diplomacy
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The message to the Islamic Republic is unmistakable: submit to US demands or face the wrath of the world’s most powerful navy....
By Tom Shugart
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‘Getting Ties on Track Top Priority for Both India, U.S.’: Former Us National Security Official Lisa Curtis
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US-India relations were once described as one of Washington’s most important strategic bets in the 21st century. But, over the past year, that partnership has come under serio...
By Lisa Curtis
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The U.S. Is Racing to Build a Drone Shield and This 90-Degree Missile Could Power Trump’s “Golden Dome”
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A missile fires straight up, pivots, and kills a drone midair, JAGM’s latest test hints at a new weapon in America’s race to counter aerial threats....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Once the Americans Warned of the Russian Threat. Now, It’s the Europeans’ Turn.
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Four years ago American officials arrived at the Munich Security Conference armed with satellite photographs of massing Russian troops and intercepts of conversations among Ru...
By Richard Fontaine
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El Paso Airspace Shutdown Is ‘Case Study’ in Complexity of Counter-Drone Ops: Experts
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The use of a military counter-drone laser on the southwest border this week—which prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to abruptly close the airspace over El Paso, Tex...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Technology & National Security
Pentagon Brings ChatGPT Into Its Official AI Tool SetThe Pentagon’s adoption of generative artificial intelligence tools—including the recent addition of the world’s most popular model, ChatGPT—holds promise for more efficient w...
By Caleb Withers
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Venezuela’s Natural Gas, Not Oil, Might Be a Big Early Prize
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Venezuela’s oil reserves may be vast, but some of the best opportunities to quickly develop the country’s resources lie offshore, in the pockets of natural gas trapped deep be...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump Turns to Military Leaders for High-Stakes Diplomacy
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President Trump is increasingly turning to military leaders for some of his toughest diplomatic assignments, sending top brass to help negotiate the end of the Russia-Ukraine ...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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El Paso Incident Highlights Gaps in America’s Drone Defense Industry
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The debacle at the El Paso airport this week is a sign that America’s counter-drone technology — and the ability to deploy it — is still at an early stage, despite billions of...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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El Paso: Why Anti-Drone Laser May Have Backfired and Led to Airport Closure
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U.S. forces deployed an anti-drone laser weapon close to El Paso airport in Texas earlier this week, according to new reports, sparking an airspace closure lasting several hou...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Why Netanyahu Wants His Say in Shaping a Trump Deal for Iran
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As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for his seventh meeting with President Donald Trump since the U.S. leader took office a year ago, former officials identif...
By Rachel Brandenburg
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FAA Shutdown of El Paso Airspace Triggered by Dispute over Pentagon Laser Weapon
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The abrupt closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, was triggered by an interagency clash within the Trump administration on the use of a counterdrone laser system from a near...
By Molly Campbell
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As Naval Combat Evolves, There Will Be Few ‘Safe Havens’ in a Future War
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The Navy has been heavily involved in combat operations in recent years, including two lengthy campaigns against Houthi rebels in Yemen, during which sailors were pitted again...
By Tom Shugart
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Trump Administration’s Venezuela Approach Gets Murkier
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Nearly six weeks after the Trump administration ousted Venezuela’s leader with plans to effectively run the country, its manner of doing so is increasingly opaque....
By Alex Zerden
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Technology & National Security
The Fight over China Splitting Big TechAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei has emerged as a prominent and vociferous critic of the Trump administration’s chip export policies....
By Janet Egan
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Weapons Used to Fight Drones Don’t Mix Well with Civilian Airspace
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The military has made fast progress in recent years building an arsenal of guns, missiles, lasers, jammers and even high-powered microwaves that can shoot down drones. But it ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Former U.S. State Department Official Optimistic USMCA Will Be Renewed
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By Edward Fishman
