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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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In The News
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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In The News
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
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Team Biden About to Start Its First Talks With the Taliban
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President Biden’s Afghanistan negotiator has begun a diplomatic trip that will include the first meeting of the new administration with the Taliban, sources familiar confirmed...
By Lisa Curtis & Christopher D. Kolenda
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Biden ordered airstrike after determining Iran supported rocket attacks
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President Joe Biden’s decision to order a U.S. airstrike on a border crossing used by Iran-backed militia groups in eastern Syria on Thursday came after U.S. officials determi...
By Becca Wasser
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U.S. report on Jamal Khashoggi killing likely to worsen relations with Saudis
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The Biden administration is expected to soon release an unclassified intelligence report establishing that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, directed the killi...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Biden seeks common front with Europe to counter China, Russia
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United States President Joe Biden breathed new life into the transatlantic alliance in his first address to a global audience on Friday. He declared that America had returned ...
By Martijn Rasser
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Biden looks to rebuild U.S. ties to Europe damaged under Trump, but mistrust lingers
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For President Biden, rebuilding U.S. ties with Europe damaged by four years of Donald Trump's contentious leadership is a top priority. "Let me erase any lingering doubt,” Bid...
By Carisa Nietsche
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In The News
Defense / Middle East Security
Biden looks to recalibrate relationship with Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin SalmanAs a candidate, Joe Biden branded Saudi Arabia a “pariah” state which must be punished for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the killing of civilians in airstrikes ...
By Becca Wasser
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Declaring ‘America is back,’ Biden tries to regain Europe’s trust
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President Biden tried to reassure U.S. allies Friday that he is turning the page on his predecessor’s “America first” approach, and restoring a foreign policy that values coop...
By Jim Townsend
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Biden’s Plan to Link Arms With Europe Against Russia and China Isn’t So Simple
Two weeks after President Biden’s inauguration, France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, spoke publicly about the importance of dialogue with Moscow, saying that Russia is a part ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Virtual Control: The Agenda Behind China's New Digital Currency
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Celebrations to mark the lunar new year of the Ox, which began on February 12, have been somewhat muted because of the coronavirus pandemic. The numbers of people traveling to...
By Emily Jin
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As Biden Mulls North Korea, Some Urge Arms Control Approach
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump tried threats of "fire and fury,” followed by personal letters and made-for-TV summits to convince North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to give u...
By Duyeon Kim
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In The News
Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Saudi Arabia eyes Dubai's crown with HQ ultimatumSaudi Arabia has raised the stakes in a competition with freewheeling Dubai for foreign talent and cash. From 2024, the Saudi government will stop giving state contracts to co...
By Rachel Ziemba
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In The News
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
China Increases Production Of AIP Submarines With Massive New ShipyardBehind the closed doors of imposing new construction halls, bedecked with a ginormous Chinese flag, workers are busy with the serial production of submarines. The subs are kno...
By Tom Shugart
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Biden Builds Out China Team With Staff Who Reflect Tougher Tone
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President Joe Biden is filling out his China policy team with staff whose past writing and speeches align with the tough tone toward Beijing that emerged under his predecessor...
By Richard Fontaine
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In NATO debut, Biden's Pentagon aims to rebuild trust damaged by Trump
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President Joe Biden’s administration will use a NATO defense gathering this week to begin what is expected to be a years-long effort to rebuild trust with European allies shak...
By Rachel Rizzo
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What will a new US policy on Yemen mean for Saudi relations?
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America’s recent freeze on the sale of approved munitions to Saudi Arabia, along with a new policy curtailing U.S. involvement in the conflict in Yemen, is setting up an early...
By Becca Wasser
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Sullivan is Biden's national security 'listener'
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When Hillary Clinton was deciding whether she’d run for president for a second time in 2012, she talked up Jake Sullivan, a young aide at the time who is now President Biden’s...
By Richard Fontaine
