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The US has a risky new plan to protect oil tankers from Iranian attacks
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The Trump administration is planning to send US Navy ships to help escort oil tankers in the Gulf in order to protect them from possible Iranian aggression. But some experts w...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Move over, Bahrain? Iraq signals interest in better ties with Israel
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That Israel and the Sunni-Arab Gulf states cooperate closely is the Middle East’s worst-kept secret. Despite the absence of formal diplomatic relations, everybody knows Jerusa...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Former ambassador may be North Korea's new point man in U.S. talks: source
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North Korea appears to have appointed a long-time veteran of international diplomacy as point man in the new round of denuclearisation talks with the United States, a diplomat...
By Duyeon Kim
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Biden believes NATO will cease to exist in Trump’s second term. That’s a bit far-fetched.
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President Donald Trump has called NATO "obsolete." He’s bashed European leaders, like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and warmed up to strongmen such as Russian President Vla...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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'Nuclear Clock is Ticking... Very Slowly, and on Purpose' - Iran Expert
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The crumbling nuclear agreement lost yet another cornerstone this Monday, with the Iranian announcement that it is expediting uranium enrichment – above the level that was set...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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"A nasty, brutal fight": what a US-Iran war would look like
A deadly opening attack. Nearly untraceable, ruthless proxies spreading chaos on multiple continents. Costly miscalculations. And thousands — perhaps hundreds of thousands — k...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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No Grunts Under 26, $250K Bonuses: DoD's Most Radical Ideas to Transform the Infantry
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What would it take to transform U.S. infantry into a higher-caliber force modeled after the elite 75th Ranger Regiment? For starters, find recruits in their mid-20s and offer ...
By Chris Dougherty
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NATO Considers Missile Defense Upgrade, Risking Further Tensions With Russia
NATO military officials are exploring whether to upgrade their defenses to make them capable of shooting down newly deployed Russian intermediate-range nuclear missiles after ...
By Jim Townsend
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Defense / Technology & National Security
For U.S. Military Drones, Airspace Is Growing More Congested, DangerousUnmanned U.S. surveillance aircraft, with their suites of advanced technology, are the high-price product of years of domestic drone development during an era of nearly uncont...
By Paul Scharre
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump team weighs giving China a get-out-of-jail free card on IranThe State Department is seriously considering using an Obama-era loophole to allow China to import oil from Iran, violating the Trump administration’s pledge to bring Iranian ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Washington Prepares for a July 4 Spectacle, Starring and Produced by President Trump
Two Bradley armored vehicles rumbled into place on Wednesday in front of the Lincoln Memorial, to be joined later by two Abrams tanks parked nearby. Cranes were putting into p...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Trump touts July 4 military ‘salute’; critics see politics
President Donald Trump is marshalling tanks, bombers and other machinery of war for a Fourth of July celebration that traditionally is light on military might, while critics a...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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US-Backed Syrian Forces Pledge to End Child Recruitment
A major armed group in Syria has committed to identifying and releasing young boys and girls currently within its ranks, and put in place preventative, protection and discipli...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump’s Huawei ‘Reversal’ Means Nothing – Yet
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This weekend, President Donald Trump gave the world whiplash once again, pledging to lift the ban he himself imposed just last month on US sales to Chinese tech giant Huawei, ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Four questions for Duyeon Kim about the Trump-Kim DMZ meeting
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Bulletin columnist Duyeon Kim, who is also an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, is in Seoul after covering the meeting of Donald Trump and Kim J...
By Duyeon Kim
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Whether the U.S. fails or succeeds in Syria, tough choices lie ahead
As the perennial jousting between the U.S. and Iran focuses on drones, nuclear enrichment and safe passage of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, Washington is strugglin...
By Nicholas Heras
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The one big benefit to Trump’s diplomacy with Kim Jong Un
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Shortly before becoming president, Donald Trump received a stark message from the man he would soon replace, Barack Obama: North Korea would be the biggest foreign policy chal...
By Duyeon Kim
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
US keeps imposing sanctions, but how well do they work?Imposing sanctions has become the Trump administration's go-to move to signal to the country and the world that it's doing something about a problem. After President Donald Tr...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump's DMZ Summit Shows How Little Kim Has Conceded on Nukes
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For decades, U.S. presidents visiting the Demilitarized Zone dividing the Korean Peninsula have followed roughly the same playbook: Peer through binoculars at North Korean bor...
By Duyeon Kim
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In a tweet, Trump appears to invite Kim Jong Un to meet him at the Korean demilitarized zone
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President Trump on Saturday invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to meet him in the Korean demilitarized zone when he visits the peninsula over the next two days, setting u...
By Richard Fontaine
