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Technology & National Security
China Threatens U.S. Primacy in Artificial IntelligenceIt is a statement that has been broadcasted and heard around the world: China intends to be the global leader of artificial intelligence by 2030. The country is putting its mo...
By Elsa B. Kania
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National Security Human Capital Program
Air Force takes steps to clear path for women’s advancementWhen Alexandra Jackson joined the West Virginia Air National Guard in 2018, she was looking forward to becoming a pilot with the 167th Airlift Wing, like her father. But at 5-...
By Kayla M. Williams
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Technology & National Security
The AI Company Helping the Pentagon Assess Disinfo CampaignsIn September, Azerbaijan and Armenia renewed fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory in the Caucasus mountains. By then, an information warfare campaign over the ...
By Martijn Rasser
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Analysis: Trump sanctions could give Biden a bargaining chip in deal talks with Iran
The Trump administration’s imposition of new sanctions on Iran may have been intended to forestall a new nuclear deal with Tehran if Joe Biden is elected president, but it cou...
By Peter Harrell
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Instead of learning from South Korea’s coronavirus example, Trump is lying about it
The Trump White House doesn’t think the pandemic can be contained, but South Korea shows it is possible. Rather than learn from its example, President Trump and his officials ...
By Kristine Lee
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Here’s how Trump and Biden stack up on crucial foreign policy issues, from Iran to ChinaIn one week, the United States will either reelect President Donald Trump or send former Vice President Joe Biden to the White House. In addition to contending with the corona...
By Richard Fontaine
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National Security Human Capital Program
Marine Corps boots infantryman investigated for sharing alleged white supremacist materialThe Marine Corps has kicked out an infantryman investigated earlier this year for allegedly sharing white supremacist material, one of more than two dozen Marines to come unde...
By Emma Moore
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
The PLAʼs Unlikely WingmanIn May of this year, an 84-year-old inmate in a North Carolina federal prison died from Covid-19. Dongfan Greg Chungʼs death barely registered on the local news, but Chung hel...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Top White House Official Criticizes ‘Totalitarian’ Xi in ChineseA senior White House official delivered a speech in Mandarin attacking Xi Jinping’s “totalitarianism” and calling on the Chinese people to research the “truth” about the count...
By Jordan Schneider
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As US Military Moves Into Palau, China Watches Intently
The United States is stepping up its military presence and activity in and around the small island nation of Palau in the Philippine Sea, a strategic location coveted by Penta...
By Eric Sayers
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US policy toward North Korea under Joe Biden: pageantry out, pragmatism in
US President Donald Trump’s unorthodox approach to North Korea saw him threaten “fire and fury” and ramp up sanctions, then meet dictator Kim Jong-un and exchange “beautiful” ...
By Van Jackson
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Technology & National Security
UK Conservatives ponder global trade rebootPost-Brexit Britain must soon decide how active to be in shaping global trade — and it won't be short of advice about how to embrace its new role outside the European Union. B...
By Anthony Vinci
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North Korea detention like the ‘dark ages’, report says
North Korea’s pretrial detention system is rife with forced labour, sexual abuse and filthy prison conditions, according to testimony obtained by Human Rights Watch. The new ...
By Duyeon Kim
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National Security Human Capital Program
Deployed soldiers face punishment for their ‘message to liberals’ videoTwo deployed Michigan Army National Guard soldiers who in September posted an obscenity-laced TikTok video of themselves, armed and in uniform, chiding “liberals and Democrats...
By Jim Golby
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Technology & National Security
Artificial Intelligence Cold War on the horizonThe United States is the world’s leading force in artificial intelligence (AI), for now, but China is rapidly catching up making partnerships among democracies critical to sta...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
The grim fate that could be ‘worse than extinction’What would totalitarian governments of the past have looked like if they were never defeated? The Nazis operated with 20th Century technology and it still took a world war to ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
As Trump’s Language Grows More Heated, Fears Rise of Political ViolenceThe arrest of more than a dozen right-wing extremists who are accused of targeting the governors of Michigan and Virginia is only the latest example of threats of violence, in...
By Carrie Cordero
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Technology & National Security
Experts pan new White House ‘strategy’ on emerging techDespite an impressive title, the reception for the White House’s new National Strategy for Critical and Emerging Technologies received a remarkably tepid response from experts...
By Martijn Rasser
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National Security Human Capital Program
As election nears, Pentagon leaders’ goal of staying out of elections is testedPentagon leaders faced renewed challenges in their attempt to steer clear of divisive election politics this week, as events during the final sprint toward the Nov. 3 polls un...
By Jim Golby
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National Security Human Capital Program
Army will encourage urgency to find missing soldiers after high-profile disappearancesThe Army is planning to introduce a policy calling for more urgency in finding missing soldiers, top leaders said, after a handful of high-profile disappearances at Fort Hood ...
By Kayla M. Williams