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Trump’s debts and foreign deals pose security risks, former intelligence officials say
Security teams at U.S. spy agencies are constantly scouring employee records for signs of potential compromise: daunting levels of debt, troubling overseas entanglements, hidd...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Russia’s Weird Fixar Drone Offers Military Capabilities At Commercial RatesRussia’s Fixar drone is designed for the sweet spot between quadcopters and fixed-wing aircraft. With rotors set at an angle and wings for efficiency, it can take off and land...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russia Uses ‘Swarm Of Drones’ In Military Exercise For The First TimeRussian state news agency TASS reports that a swarm of drones was used for the first time in a military exercise.The drone operation was part of the giant Kavkaz-2020 (Caucasu...
By Samuel Bendett
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The Army is rolling out a new fitness test: Will it hold back women?An Army initiative to create a stronger, fitter fighting force has yielded a dramatic gender gap, raising questions about whether the service might unintentionally compound ba...
By Emma Moore
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Energy, Economics & Security / National Security Law
Leaked Treasury Documents Prompt Fresh Calls for Updated Anti-Money-Laundering RegulationsA leak of U.S. Treasury Department records on red-flagged financial transactions underscores a message that national security officials, banks and regulators have been sending...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Law
The Trump foreign policies Biden might keepIt’s the type of question that does not land well with advisers to Joe Biden: Aren’t there some Donald Trump foreign policy decisions they should keep, and maybe even build up...
By Richard Fontaine
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U.S. imposes Iran sanctions, says U.N. penalties resume despite skepticism
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The United States on Monday slapped new sanctions on Iran’s defense ministry and others involved in its nuclear and weapons program to support the U.S. assertion that all U.N....
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Exclusive: U.S. to slap sanctions on over two dozen targets tied to Iran arms
The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Iran’s nuclear, missile and conventional arms programs, a senior U.S. official sa...
By Peter Harrell
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Trump steps up Iran fight in final election stretch
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President Trump is ramping up a fight with both Iran and U.S. allies with just weeks to go before the presidential election.The Trump administration insists all United Nations...
By Peter Harrell
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Q&A: What does banning TikTok and WeChat mean for users?The U.S. government is cracking down on the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat, starting by barring them from app stores on Sunday. President Donald Trump has cited concerns about...
By Elsa B. Kania
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U.S.-Iran relations at a crucial crossroad as nuclear deal hangs on election outcome
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Voters in November’s presidential election will choose how the United States deals with Iran and its nuclear capabilities, according to multiple government officials and exper...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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U.S. bans WeChat, TikTok as China becomes major focus of electionThe Trump administration announced Friday that it is banning China’s TikTok and WeChat services from mobile app stores beginning late Sunday, an unprecedented move that furthe...
By Paul Scharre
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CNAS Selects Kaleigh Thomas as 2020 1LT Andrew J. Bacevich, Jr., USA Award Recipient
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The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Kaleigh Thomas, Research Associate for the CNAS Middle East Security Program, has been selected as th...
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
CNAS Launches Major Effort on U.S. National Technology StrategyThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today announced the launch of its U.S. National Technology Strategy project, a U.S. government–supported initiative to bolster Am...
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The Army wants to build a brand new exoskeleton to help soldiers ruck faster and harderThe Army is formally moving ahead with the development and fielding of a powered exoskeleton to help soldiers move faster and carry more while reducing overall fatigue after y...
By Samuel Bendett
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Elina Ribakova Joins CNAS as Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Energy, Economics, and Security Program
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Elina Ribakova, Deputy Chief Economist at the Institute of International Finance, has joined CNAS as ...
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Rep. Anthony Brown to Keynote CNAS Event on Race in the MilitaryThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announced today that Rep. Anthony Brown (D-MD) will deliver keynote remarks at the launch of the CNAS discussion series on Race i...
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US military draws a line: No more bias against pregnant soldiersOne day shortly after Lt. Col. Jessica Ruttenber went back to work as an Air Force pilot following the birth of her first child in 2011, the controls on her jet started malfun...
By Kayla M. Williams
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Are China and Iran meddling in US elections? It’s complicated.
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This spring, the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua posted a roughly two-minute video titled “Once Upon a Virus” on social media, including on official Chinese government ac...
By Carrie Cordero
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Technology & National Security
Report: How democracies can push back on China's growing tech dominanceA group of researchers from Europe, the U.S. and Japan are proposing a "tech alliance" of democratic countries in response to the Chinese government's use of technology standa...
By Martijn Rasser
