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US to Europe: Fix Open Skies Treaty or we quit
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NATO allies worried U.S. President Donald Trump will abandon the Open Skies Treaty have been told the administration views the arms control agreement as a danger to U.S. natio...
By Jim Townsend
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Donald Trump is threatening South Korea, but US military commitments to long-time allies are considered safe
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Washington’s military commitments in Asia and Europe are here to stay despite the Trump administration’s unorthodox foreign policy, which is causing friction with traditional ...
By Kristine Lee
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CNAS Launches Digital Freedom Forum
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has announced the launch of the Digital Freedom Forum, part of the CNAS Countering High-Tech Illiberalism project. The Forum will...
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U.S.-India Defense Ties Grow Closer as Shared Concerns in Asia Loom
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As Indian helicopters touched down this week on the deck of an American warship in the Bay of Bengal, what was billed as a modest military simulation became the latest sign of...
By Daniel Kliman
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U.S. approves first licenses for tech sales to Huawei
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The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it has begun issuing licenses allowing some companies to restart U.S. tech sales to China’s Huawei, months after adding the t...
By Eric Sayers
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Trump Silent on Hong Kong as Senate Prepares Pro-Democracy Vote
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A push by Senate Republicans to support Hong Kong protesters has been met with silence from President Donald Trump, who has yet to indicate whether he would sign a bipartisan ...
By Daniel Kliman
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Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Faces Dimmer Prospects Than Ever
The prospects for a Trump administration plan to strike a Middle East peace deal have been receding for months, thanks to a protracted political stalemate in Israel and the re...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Pentagon: President Trump's order to withdraw troops from Syria allows ISIS to rebuild
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President Donald Trump's order to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria in October provided the Islamic State an opening to rebuild itself, giving the terrorist group "time and spac...
By Nicholas Heras
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Vindman’s dress uniform reveals a tug of war using troops as political totems, experts say
In his opening remarks at the impeachment hearing Tuesday, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman casually mentioned the other part of Washington’s intense focus. “The uniform I wear tod...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Trump Crushes Palestinian Hopes Again
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared Monday that the United States no longer considers civilian Israeli settlements on Palestinian lands a violation of international law. T...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The missing voice of John McCain in impeachment and Ukraine
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If there was ever a time and a place where the voice of John McCain was missing from Congress, this is it — at the intersection of an impeachment, an election and a constituti...
By Richard Fontaine
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Turkish military in for the long haul in Iraqi Kurdistan
Turkey launched its longest continuous military operation against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Iraqi Kurdistan this year. Operation Claw began last May, is presently ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump’s Embrace of Sanctions Irks Allies and Prompts Efforts to Evade Measures
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President Trump’s increasing reliance on economic sanctions to solve foreign policy problems is fueling concern that the United States is abusing its financial power and promp...
By Peter Harrell
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Divide between President Trump and US Congress on Hong Kong widens as violence rises
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The escalating violence in Hong Kong is spurring the United States Congress to push harder for a law that would support pro-democracy protesters, a rare bipartisan momentum th...
By Daniel Kliman
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Turkish media paints White House visit as Erdoğan triumph over Trump
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Turkish media are seizing on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s comments that President Trump had “no reaction” to his returning the American leader’s notorious letter to him, s...
By Nicholas Heras
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Russians enter US air base near Kobani after US forces left: SDF official
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US-led Coalition forces on Thursday finalized their withdrawal from the Kobani region, a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) official told Kurdistan 24, as Russian forces entered t...
By Nicholas Heras
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U.S. Struggles to Keep Allies in Fight Against ISIS in Syria
As Trump administration officials try to convince allies that the United States remains committed to the fight against the Islamic State in Syria they are facing a significant...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump hails 'long friendship' with Erdogan as US Congress increases pressure for sanctions
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TurkIsh President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday had a different welcome to that on his last visit to Washington, with protests outside the White House and tough questions ...
By Nicholas Heras
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5G's Collateral Winners: Southeast Asia
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While superpowers are fighting for world dominance in the upcoming fifth-generation cellular network technology race, smaller nations may also see some benefits. Countries acr...
By Martijn Rasser
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Syria moves further into Iran’s orbit with new deal
With Iran’s signing of a preliminary agreement to work with the Syrian government to reconstruct the country’s war-damaged electrical power grid, Moscow’s and Tehran’s often c...
By Nicholas Heras
