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China's on a mission to dominate space internetChina is ramping up plans for government-sponsored satellites to beam internet from space, taking on U.S. rivals like SpaceX and Amazon in the race to own the next frontier of...
By Ainikki Riikonen
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Biden lays groundwork for high-stakes China meeting
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President Biden is preparing to confront China on a range of issues in the coming week as he seeks to reassert America's position on the global stage. Secretary of State Anton...
By Lisa Curtis
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
What China's five-year plan could mean for venture capital's tech sectorsChina recently unveiled its strategic economic vision for the next five years in a lengthy plan that could help shape the direction of high-tech industries laden with venture ...
By Jordan Schneider
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
With clock ticking before exit deadline, U.S. appears poised to postpone troop withdrawal from AfghanistanThe United States appears poised to extend its troop presence in Afghanistan beyond a May 1 deadline agreed to last year with the Taliban, as it races to secure an interim pea...
By Lisa Curtis
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Israeli Strikes Target Iranian Oil Bound for Syria
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Israel has targeted at least a dozen vessels bound for Syria and mostly carrying Iranian oil out of concern that petroleum profits are funding extremism in the Middle East, U....
By Ilan Goldenberg
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National Security Human Capital
Where Fitness Is the Job, Army Struggles to Be a Fair Boss With Female TroopsFor 99 percent of Americans, this question will never come up in a job interview: Can you hang from a bar and tuck your legs to your chest? It has, however, become a central i...
By Emma Moore
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Technology & National Security
New tech poised to neutralize Washington’s Huawei problemOnce dismissed as “pie in the sky” by top officials, Open Radio Access Networks are suddenly poised to upend China’s dominance in the global telecom marketplace. And as Washin...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
Army Trains AI to Identify Faces in the DarkFacial recognition has already come a long way since U.S. Special Operations Forces used the technology to help identify Osama bin Laden after killing the Al-Qaeda leader in h...
By Ainikki Riikonen
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U.S., South Korea reach military cost-sharing agreement after deadlock under Trump
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The United States and South Korea announced that they have reached a cost-sharing agreement for U.S. troops stationed on the Korean Peninsula, breaking through a deadlock stem...
By Duyeon Kim
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Saudi Arabia’s ‘Programme HQ’: Can Riyadh rival Dubai as a business hub?
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In the pre-pandemic days of globalisation, countries competing in emerging markets were often engaged in a "race to the bottom" to attract multinational companies, which typic...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Technology & National Security
Huawei’s Highway to Success Goes Through RussiaThe year 2020 was a difficult one for Huawei. In August, the Trump administration imposed new restrictions aimed at depriving Huawei access to computer chips made with U.S. te...
By Samuel Bendett
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Joe Biden enlists ‘Quad’ allies to counter China
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President Joe Biden is poised to hold the first ever quadrilateral US summit with the leaders of Japan, India and Australia, as the four countries step up co-operation in an e...
By Lisa Curtis
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North Korea is the most isolated country on the planet, but it still finds ways to steal billions of dollars
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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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Technology & National Security
Could Your Electric Vehicle Be Sabotaged?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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Technology & National Security
AI panel urges US to boost tech skills amid China's riseAn 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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Technology & National Security
U.S. Enlists Allies to Counter China’s Technology PushPresident 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
