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US warns Ankara, amid worry of Turkish incursion into northeast Syria
For the second straight day, on Friday, senior US Defense Department officials held discussions with their Turkish counterparts, amid US concerns that Ankara is preparing an a...
By Nicholas Heras
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US trains on transfer of operations out of Qatar
Washington’s test-transfer of US Air Force operations from Al Udeid Airbase in Qatar to Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina is part of a US effort to adjust to emerging thre...
By Nicholas Heras
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Turkey's Uphill Battle to Stay Relevant in Washington
Turkey is provoking a political civil war in Washington, DC. With Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan scrambling up the regional balance of power, U.S. officials don't kno...
By Nicholas Heras
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Technology & National Security
Pentagon seeks to triple AI warfare budget to meet China's riseThe U.S. Defense Department has made battlefield-ready artificial intelligence a priority in its planning, seeking a massive increase in related spending to counter China's ra...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Impeachment Inquiry Not Expected to Affect Rollout of the Peace Plan
The decision of House Democrats to open an impeachment inquiry against US president Donald Trump is not expected to affect in any way the time frame to roll out the peace plan...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump Won’t Let Latest North Korea Missile Test Halt Nuke Talks
The U.S. and North Korea are set to meet for the first time in months for working-level nuclear discussions, with President Donald Trump saying Pyongyang’s most provocative mi...
By Duyeon Kim
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Trump’s Top Sanctions Official Will Depart
The Trump administration’s top sanctions official will depart the Treasury Department this month, leaving a void in President Trump’s national security team as he ramps up a m...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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WTO to back U.S. tariffs on Europe in clash over Airbus subsidies
The United States won approval on Wednesday to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion (£6.12 billion) worth of European goods over illegal EU subsidies handed to Airbus, threatening t...
By Peter Harrell
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Forces in Syria’s Manbij kill ISIS suspect carrying bomb-making materials
A counter-terrorism unit from a local council in the northern Syrian city of Manbij killed a man in possession of bomb-making materials on Tuesday while he was attempting to e...
By Nicholas Heras
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Technology & National Security
The military might showed off at China’s 70th anniversary parade moved some Chinese to tears. Here’s whyThe pomp, drama and advanced military technology on display at the 70th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China sent a dramatic, carefully-rehearsed message to the world...
By Elsa B. Kania
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The Pentagon has created a new office solely focused on China. Is that a good idea?
Since the release of the National Defense Strategy in early 2018, top Pentagon officials have stressed that the department needs to keep its focus on the long-term challenge f...
By Eric Sayers
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Technology & National Security
Digital silk road: How China is creating a new global data highwayChina has a massive blueprint for boosting its economic growth, and part of the project is called the “Digital Silk Road.”Not to be confused with the online darknet marketplac...
By Elsa B. Kania
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US temporarily moves Middle East command amid Iran tension
The US Air Force temporarily moved its Middle East command and control from Qatar to South Carolina at the weekend in a move considered to be a signal to Iran. The shift in t...
By Nicholas Heras
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Turkey unveils safe zone rebuilding project amid criticism
As Ankara presses Washington to establish a safe zone in northeastern Syria by the end of September, the Turkish presidency unveiled on Friday the details of a safe zone rebui...
By Nicholas Heras
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The art of the ask: Foreign aid isn’t a campaign ‘slush fund’
Arms sales and foreign aid have long been a part of the United States’ carrot-and-stick approach to foreign policy. But President Donald Trump’s call with the Ukrainian leader...
By Richard Fontaine
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Technology & National Security
EW, Cyber Require Next-Gen Hardware: ConleyThe military is investing heavily in artificial intelligence — but AI alone is not enough. You need hardware that can handle your high-powered algorithms, without taking up so...
By Paul Scharre
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'Spaghetti at the wall': Russia rewriting World War II history to justify modern aggression
Several Twitter accounts belonging to the Russian Foreign Ministry have been pushing false narratives about the Soviet Union's involvement in World War II in what experts beli...
By Carisa Nietsche
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Technology & National Security
Nearly 100 countries have military drones, and it's changing the way the world prepares for warThe number of countries with military drones has skyrocketed over the past decade, a new report revealed, showing that nearly 100 countries have this kind of technology incorp...
By Michael Horowitz
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Technology & National Security
U.S. Looks to Boost Non-Military AI ResearchMore than a year has passed since the U.S. government began taking the first steps into officially supporting artificial intelligence research. Now, AI has its own category in...
By Martijn Rasser
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
CNAS Selected by Defense Department to Conduct Congressionally Mandated Study on U.S. Strategy in the Indo-PacificThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today announced that it was selected by the Department of Defense to conduct a study on the future of U.S. policy in the Indo-Pac...
By Cole Stevens