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In Peng Shuai Case, Critics See History of IOC Treating Authoritarian Hosts with Kid Gloves
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When Olympics organizers held a video call with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, many activists and experts said it was merely a continuation of a decadeslong trend in which th...
By Kelley Eckels Currie
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Technology & National Security
Meet the ‘Spy Stone,’ a Russian Robot Disguised as a RockUnder lightly falling snow, a soldier sets a rock on the ground. A moment later the rock animates, extending first a periscope-like camera, and then lifting the whole of its r...
By Samuel Bendett
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Hacking the Supply ChainAs far back as January 2013, a Defense Science Board task force report, “Resilient Military Systems and the Advanced Cyber Threat,” warned that adversaries could exploit cyber...
By Laura G. Brent
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Michèle Flournoy and Richard Fontaine Named to Defense Policy Board
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The Department of Defense named Michèle Flournoy, Chair of the CNAS Board of Directors, and Richard Fontaine, CNAS CEO, to the Defense Policy Board, chaired by Madeleine K. Al...
By Richard Fontaine & Michèle Flournoy
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Air Force Opens Door for Select Few From the Enlisted Ranks to Become OfficersThe airmen involved in the Air Force’s enlisted drone pilot program have a great shot at becoming officers and remaining pilots if they want to, the top officer and enlisted a...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Gunnery Sergeants Who Never Went to Boot Camp? It May Be Coming in the Marine CorpsEnlisted Marines are made in boot camp. Marine officers, The Basic School. Long days and harsh instructors give sharp lessons in what it means to be a Marine and forge a bond ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Defense Official Warns Data Overreliance Could Hurt Training
As the Pentagon works to become more digital, the services should be wary of their training programs leaning too heavily on data, a top official in charge of strategic readine...
By Chris Dougherty
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‘Backwater’ Intelligence Office Faces Test Under Biden Nominee
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I&A has also struggled with the second prong of its mission: making sure the federal government and its state and local partners are talking. While the FBI works with stat...
By Christian Beckner
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Pentagon Chief Issues COVID Vaccination Order for National GuardU.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered all National Guard and Reserve service members to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face the loss of pay and other consequences...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Kamala Harris-Led Space Council Faces Challenges from Russia and China
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The Biden administration faces national security challenges in space as Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to chair her first Space Council meeting. Harris said early on th...
By Sarah Mineiro
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US, Iran Return to Nuclear Talks After Five-Month Delay
The U.S. and Iran on Monday held their seventh round of indirect talks as part of efforts to return to the 2015 nuclear deal. The talks came more than five months after the co...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Pentagon’s Global Posture Review Emphasizes China, but Lacks Major Strategic Changes
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After a nine-month deep-dive by Defense Department planners and policy experts billed as a holistic look at where and how America is deployed around the world, the Pentagon ha...
By Becca Wasser
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Threat of Russian Invasion of Ukraine Tests Biden Administration
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The White House is reviewing options to deter a feared Russian invasion of Ukraine, including providing more military aid to Kyiv and threatening sanctions, to dissuade Russia...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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CNAS Responds: Will the Iran Deal Be Revived in Vienna?
The U.S., UK, France, Germany, Russia, and China—along with the European Union High Representative—meet with Iranian representatives today in Vienna for the seventh round of t...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Technology & National Security
Russian Mail Drones Could Simplify Siberian Postal DeliveryOn its platform, the helicopter-style SH-350 drone receives a blue package in a pelican-case-style box. Tied tight into place, it rises with the drone over a field of snow. Th...
By Samuel Bendett
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12 More Chinese Companies Are Placed on US Export Blacklist
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Jacob Stokes, a fellow at the Centre for a New American Security, a think tank in Washington, said the hypersonic missile test underscored “the massive stakes in the military-...
By Jacob Stokes
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How Far Would Biden Go to Defend Ukraine Against Russia?
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At a news conference a few days ago, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was asked whether the Biden administration had a “red line” in Ukraine, a point beyond which Russian ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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US Blacklists Chinese Quantum Computing CompaniesThe US has placed a dozen Chinese groups involved in quantum computing and other advanced technologies on an export blacklist, saying they pose a risk of gaining access to cri...
By Martijn Rasser
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The Marine Corps wants junior Marines to have a say in who their leaders areJunior Marines could help determine whether officers and senior enlisted leaders are selected for promotion as part of the Marine Corps’ efforts to revamp its evaluation proce...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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China's New Privacy Law Leaves U.S. BehindWhile China's sweeping new data privacy laws have left tech companies confused about how to comply, they also put the U.S. even further behind in the global race to set digita...
By Martijn Rasser
