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Kurdish-backed council welcomes US decision to keep troops in Syria
Amjad Othman, official spokesperson and founding member of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) said on Friday that the organization welcomes the US decision to keep troops in ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Editorial: Congress should approve the rightsized Space Force concept
In The News
Keeping the Space Force within the Air Force, as directed by President Donald Trump this week, serves the national interest. There was no reason to create an entirely new and ...
By Paul Scharre
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Kurds Laud US Decision to Keep Some Troops in Syria
Kurdish groups fighting Islamic State militants in Syria welcomed the U.S. decision to keep up to several hundred troops in Syria, saying the move would be crucial to keeping ...
By Nicholas Heras
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After Trump announces plan to let troops stay in Syria, experts worry about ‘in-between’ approach
President Donald Trump’s decision to leave 200 of the 2,000 U.S. troops in Syria for a peacekeeping mission signals yet another shift in the administration’s chaotic Syria pol...
By Nicholas Heras
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CNAS Names Richard Fontaine as CEO
Press Release
Washington, February 21, 2019 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Board of Directors has selected Richard Fontaine, president of CNAS and former foreign policy adv...
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VA Approves Fewer Male Veterans' Claims for PTSD Related to Sexual Trauma
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The Department of Veterans Affairs approves claims for post-traumatic stress disorder related to military sexual assault at significantly lower rates for men than women -- a g...
By Kayla M. Williams
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China's Powerful Surveillance State Has Created at Least Four Billionaires
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Before he became a billionaire, Dai Lin would ride his bike to work, pedaling through the streets of Tianjin to the headquarters of Tiandy Technologies Co., the camera maker h...
By Elsa B. Kania
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US-North Korea talks have been 'all carrots and no sticks': Expert
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Eric Brewer of the Center for a New American Security says U.S. President Donald Trump should put pressure on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to commit to working-level dialog...
By Eric Brewer
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‘You took us to the middle of the road and left us there’: Syrian Kurds fear more upheaval as US troops plan withdrawal
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When Abu Amar heard the news that the US would be pulling its troops from Syria, an old love song drifted into his head. “It goes: ‘You took me to the middle of the road and y...
By Nicholas Heras
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Legal experts: Declaring emergency to act on climate is possible but tough
President Donald Trump's decision to declare a national emergency to fund a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico could allow future presidents to use emergency powers to ad...
By Neil Bhatiya
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‘America First’ or America alone? In debut on world stage, acting Pentagon chief must answer for Trump.
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In a six-day trip that took him to four cities on two continents, acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan came face to face with one consistent reality last week: the discor...
By Richard Fontaine & Elbridge Colby
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Ep. 38: Beyond South China Sea tensions, part two: The CCP vision and the future of Chinese history
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This week on the program, we’re going to continue our exploration of the U.S.-China relationship, which we began last week with our investigation into the history of tensions ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Civilian shield stalls final liberation by US-backed forces of last IS-held pocket
Fighters with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) told Kurdistan 24 reporter Ekrem Salih on Monday that the presence of civilians in a small area of about 600 square meters in ...
By Nicholas Heras
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In Central Asia’s forbidding highlands, a quiet newcomer: Chinese troops
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Two miles above sea level in the inhospitable highlands of Central Asia, there’s a new power watching over an old passage into Afghanistan: China. For at least three years, C...
By Ely Ratner
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Kremlin seeks more control over internet in Russia
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Russia is taking steps to tighten its grip on the internet within its borders, as the nation’s legislature advanced legislation this week that would test temporarily disconnec...
By LtCol Colin Smith
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Kurdistan Syrian Kurds call on EU countries to help create safe zone in Syria
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Top officials from the Kurdish-backed administrations in northeastern Syria have called on European states to create an international force and safe zone and not to abandon th...
By Nicholas Heras
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Beijing’s denial of Huawei control bucks expert analysis
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A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson’s condemnation Monday of suggestions Beijing requires domestic tech companies to allow state access to data collected by their equipmen...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Allies wary of Shanahan's assurances with looming presence of Trump
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U.S. allies were apprehensive about acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan in his first meeting with NATO defense officials, with questions about the former Boeing executiv...
By Jim Townsend
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Jihadist defeat, US Syria pullout on table at coalition talks
Defence ministers from the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group meet on Friday in Munich to discuss how to reorganise in Syria after the defeat of the last pocket...
By Nicholas Heras
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The US held a global summit to isolate Iran. America isolated itself instead.
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A US-led conference in Warsaw this week that was intended to isolate Iran has ended up isolating America instead — highlighting one of the central problems of President Donald...
By Eric Brewer
