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What Britain’s New Sanctions Reveal About US-UK Relations
On July 6, the U.K. did something that it had never done before: it unilaterally sanctioned dozens of individuals across the globe for human rights abuses. Acting pursuant to ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Mysterious explosions keep happening in Iran. Israel is likely behind it.
For weeks, Iran has faced a deadly wave of explosions and fires at sensitive military and civilian sites, including one incident that caused immense damage to an important nuc...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Tony Ierardi, Sarah Mineiro, and Paul Benfield Join CNAS as Adjunct Senior Fellows in the Defense Program
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that LTG Anthony R. "Tony" Ierardi, USA (Ret.), head of strategic engagement for Rebellion Defense, Sarah ...
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James Beamesderfer, Fred Humphries and Heather Nauert Join CNAS Board of Advisors
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today announced that James Beamesderfer, Vice President for Prudential’s Office of Veterans Initiatives, Fred Humphries, Corporat...
By Cole Stevens
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‘Zero percent’ chance of U.S.-China decoupling
The U.S. is talking about China in a way it hasn’t since the days of Mao Zedong's disastrous rule. White House National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien wrote in the Washington...
By Van Jackson
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No Name, No Picture: Military to Reckon With Bias in Promotions
The U.S. military currently has just two four-star generals who are Black. House Democrats and the Pentagon are seeking to change that statistic by removing pictures and names...
By Emma Moore
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Why Hackers Use Bitcoin and Why It Is So Difficult to Trace
By now you have probably heard of bitcoin, even if you haven’t used it yourself. Launched 11 years ago, bitcoin is a digital currency that operates independently of third-part...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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‘The military failed him’: Soldier’s bones found months after he was labeled a deserter
Since the remains of Pvt. Gregory Wedel-Morales were discovered in a shallow grave outside Fort Hood last month, the mystery of his disappearance has only intensified. The Ar...
By Kayla M. Williams
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Huawei's hopes of global domination have been dashed
Britain's decision to ban Huawei from the country's 5G network is a huge blow to the Chinese conglomerate's global ambitions and hopes of leading the next generation of wirele...
By Carisa Nietsche
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As the U.S. and China spar on the world stage, Cold War 2.0 may already have begun
The signal wasn't subtle. While China practiced amphibious landings in a contested area of the South China Sea this month, the U.S. Navy dispatched two aircraft carriers to t...
By Paul Scharre
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Russia Working On Directed Energy Weapon
Since humans have bent electricity to war, there has been a hunt for a special weapon that renders the technology particularly useless. Lurking in the annals of weapon design,...
By Samuel Bendett
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Caught in ‘Ideological Spiral,’ U.S. and China Drift Toward Cold War
One by one, the United States has hit at the core tenets of Xi Jinping’s vision for a rising China ready to assume the mantle of superpower. In a matter of weeks, the Trump a...
By Rush Doshi
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The Next Defense Strategy
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today announced the launch of a new project, The Next Defense Strategy, led by the CNAS Defense Program. Regardless of who wins t...
By Cole Stevens
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US hardens stance against China’s claims in South China Sea
The US hardened its stance against China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea and vowed to maintain pressure over human rights abuses in Xinjiang after Beijing sanction...
By Eric Sayers
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Allies bite their tongues after Trump withdraws from WHO
President Trump’s move to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO) has received only muted criticism from allied nations as they look to preserve American co...
By Kristine Lee
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Digging in on rare earth, the next front in the US supply chain war with China
As US-China relations hit new lows, Washington is redoubling efforts to address a major Achilles’ heel: its dependence on Beijing for rare earth elements – essential materials...
By Martijn Rasser
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Why Jewish Americans are shifting position on Israel
"I've had people tell me, ‘Things have shifted more in the past two weeks than I’ve seen them shift in the past ten years,’” Emily Mayer said. Mayer is the co-founder and poli...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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China says it will hit back against new U.S. sanctions over Uighur rights
China said on Friday it would take “reciprocal measures” against the United States after Washington imposed sanctions on senior Chinese officials over alleged human rights abu...
By Peter Harrell
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What Beijing Lost With Its Border Clash Blunder
Think of it as Xi Jinping’s Himalayan blunder. The final outcome of the border standoff between China and India may be uncertain, but the consequences of New Delhi’s decision ...
By Rush Doshi
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Suspicions Mount Of Foreign Hand In Fire At Sensitive Iranian Nuclear Site
There is growing support among outside security experts for the notion that an "incident" at Iran's main nuclear-enrichment facility last week was an act of sabotage in a shad...
By Ilan Goldenberg