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Are today’s military helmets better at preventing brain injury? Not always, study saysYour great-grandfather’s World War I helmet that’s stuffed in the back of the closet could be just as effective at preventing brain injury from some blasts as a modern-day mil...
By Paul Scharre
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Inspector general to probe whether VA chief Wilkie tried to discredit Democratic aide who reported sexual assaultThe Department of Veterans Affairs’ inspector general has opened an investigation into allegations that Secretary Robert Wilkie tried to dig up dirt on an aide to a top Democr...
By Kayla M. Williams
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CNAS Elects Admiral John Richardson and Avril Haines to Board of Directors
Washington, February 26, 2020—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Board of Directors announced today that Admiral John Richardson, USN (Ret.) and Avril Haines, Deput...
By Cole Stevens
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Will Flying Cars Help the US Beat China? The Air Force Hopes SoThe U.S. Air Force wants flying cars. But more than that, it wants to give U.S. manufacturers a head start in a hot future market. On Tuesday, service officials released a re...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Agencies play catch-up over security concerns with TikTokLawmakers scored another win in their fight against TikTok after the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) barred its employees from using the megapopular video app. Bu...
By Kara Frederick
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US, ASEAN Eye March Special Summit to Boost Ties
The United States and 10 nations from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are eyeing a special summit in March to boost ties at a time when analysts say China c...
By Joshua Fitt
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Getting the services on the same wavelength about electronic warfare
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The Pentagon is expected to spend $47 billion over the next five years to modernize its electronic warfare systems. Without this funding, experts say that the U.S. military, a...
By Will Mackenzie
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Putin Fires His Puppet Master
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The gray cardinal. Putin’s Rasputin. The Kremlin puppet master. Vladislav Surkov, a close advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has achieved near-mythical status over t...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Turkey asks US for missile defense amid Syria standoff
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The United States has not made a decision over whether to deploy Patriot batteries to Turkey’s southern border after receiving a request from Ankara, a US official told Al-Mon...
By Jim Townsend
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Lawmakers Are Warned That Russia Is Meddling to Re-elect Trump
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Intelligence officials warned House lawmakers last week that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get President Trump re-elected, five people familiar with th...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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How the 5G revolution could increase mobile security—and opportunities for hackersAs 5G becomes a bigger part of our lives, security experts warn telecoms deploying 5G networks, companies making products that connect to 5G networks, and end users need to th...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Tensions With China Help Ease Trump’s Visit to India
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When Donald Trump makes his first visit to India as president next week, there will be one thing keeping U.S.-India relations on track: China. Bipartisan support for India ha...
By Richard Fontaine
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Latest Rosneft sanctions ratchet up U.S. threats for foreign firms dealing with Venezuela
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Washington’s move this week to sanction a trading unit of Russian oil giant Rosneft for its ties with Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA escalated threats facing non-U.S. firms and w...
By Peter Harrell
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Technology & National Security
Pentagon to Adopt Detailed Principles for Using AIThe Defense Department will soon adopt a detailed set of rules to govern how it develops and uses artificial intelligence, officials familiar with the matter told Defense One....
By Michael Horowitz
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Countries walk tightrope on restricting travel from China
Amid the wave of travel advisories, suspended flights, evacuations and temporary travel bans affecting China as countries grapple to keep the coronavirus at bay, three countri...
By Joshua Fitt
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Racketeering Hammer Gives U.S. Legal Boost Against HuaweiBy filing a racketeering charge against Huawei Technologies Co., federal prosecutors unleashed a potent legal weapon in a multipronged and increasingly noisy U.S. campaign aga...
By Martijn Rasser
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CNAS Announces 2020 Brimley Next Generation National Security Fellows
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The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announced today the selection of the 2020 Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Fellows. Now it its 11th year, the Next...
By Cole Stevens
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Huawei 5G tie-up will not disrupt intelligence-sharing, U.S. officials say
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Britain's decision to allow Huawei into its 5G network will not disrupt overall intelligence-sharing with the United States, U.S. officials said Friday, in comments that may a...
By Eric Sayers
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US, Taliban Reach Deal for 7-Day 'Reduction of Violence,' SecDef SaysDefense Secretary Mark Esper said Thursday that a tentative deal has been reached between the U.S. and the Taliban on a seven-day "reduction of violence" in Afghanistan. "The...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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War on Autopilot? It Will Be Harder Than the Pentagon ThinksEverything is new about Northrop Grumman’s attempt to help the military link everything it can on the battlefield. One day, as planners imagine it, commanders will be able to ...
By Paul Scharre
