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Expert Opposition to Turkey Acquiring S-400
“Turkey's decision to purchase S-400s from Russia is an unfortunate decision that will only weaken NATO unity and interoperability and leave Turkey isolated from its closest a...
By Julianne Smith & Jim Townsend
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The Knowns and Unknowns of What’s Happening With Iran
“Reports that say that something hasn’t happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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US-led coalition will continue to train Iraqi forces, amid Iran tensions
A spokesperson for the US-led Coalition told Kurdistan 24 that the training mission throughout Iraq will continue, despite increased tensions between the US and Iran. The coa...
By Nicholas Heras
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U.S. Hard-line Stance on Iran Rattles Allies
Allies of the United States are starting to balk at the Trump administration’s military response to what it calls credible threats from Iran to U.S. troops in the Middle East,...
By Jim Townsend
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Israel, Saudi Arabia and Trump aides want confrontation with Iran. Will Trump listen?
President Donald Trump campaigned on promises to extract the United States from wars in the Middle East. But his national security adviser, Republicans in Congress and trusted...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Shanahan's Mattis test
The Trump administration’s saber-rattling at Iran has skeptics of military action concerned about the inexperience of acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan — and whether he ca...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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War With Iran Forthcoming? Most Experts Say They Don’t Think So
It’s been an intense couple of weeks in the triangle of the United States, Iran and the European Union. The immediate trigger is the one-year mark since US President Donald Tr...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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U.S. prepares to slap tariffs on remaining Chinese imports, which could add levies on roughly $300 billion in additional goods
The United States and China traded blows on Monday in the latest escalation of their tariff war, unnerving Wall Street and threatening to draw American consumers into the fray...
By Ely Ratner
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‘Utterly Distasteful’: Donald Trump Meeting With Anti-Semitic Hungarian Leader Slammed by Former White House Adviser
A meeting today between President Donald Trump and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been deemed “utterly distasteful” by a former White House adviser in light of the ...
By Julianne Smith
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As America and Iran act tough, the risk of conflict is growing
“The worst deal ever negotiated,” was President Donald Trump’s view of Barack Obama’s signature diplomatic achievement: a deal that placed strict limits on Iran’s nuclear prog...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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US sends missile system and ship to Gulf
The United States says it's ready to defend its forces and interests in the Gulf, as tensions with Iran escalate. The Pentagon is sending an additional navy ship and a patriot...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump Warns China to Act on U.S. Trade Deal or Face Worse Terms
President Donald Trump said it would be wise for China to “act now” to finish a trade deal with the U.S., warning that “far worse” terms would be on offer for them after what ...
By Ely Ratner
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Pentagon Builds Deterrent Force Against Possible Iranian Attack
The Pentagon will deploy a Patriot antimissile battery to the Middle East to shore up defenses against Iranian threats, part of a series of carefully calibrated deployments in...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Pompeo to push Russia to end support of Venezuela's Maduro
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to discuss Russia's ongoing support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, including ongoing oil and product trade that the Trump adm...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Exclusive: Documents Detail Meetings Of Russians With Treasury, Federal Reserve
Newly obtained documents describe what happened when two now-infamous Russians took their outreach campaign into the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve in 2015. Alexa...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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North Korea Pushes Trump's Boundaries With Latest Missile Tests
North Korea is once again pressing the boundaries of what it can get away with, returning to missile tests this week in violation of international sanctions championed by U.S....
By Eric Brewer
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The Pentagon Is Finally Getting a New Defense Secretary
After more than four months as acting U.S. defense secretary, the longest anyone has served in that position, Patrick Shanahan will be formally nominated to become President D...
By Jim Townsend
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Technology & National Security
Avoiding the AI weapons raceToday's great powers are sliding toward a new arms race, this time on the battleground of lethal computer code, but experts say that rushing to develop autonomous weapons — wh...
By Paul Scharre
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Why Russia is the big winner of the Iran deal falloutIran announced Wednesday that it would stop complying with certain elements of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, better known as the Iran nuclear deal, in 60 days if the...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Echoes of Iraq in Trump’s Confrontation with Iran
The Trump administration says it does not want war with Iran. Many of its actions suggest otherwise. In the year since U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of the 2015 Iran ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman