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NATO leaders gathering in London brace themselves for Trump 'fireworks'
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NATO leaders gathering to mark the alliance's 70th anniversary in London face multiple challenges -- including the uncertainty of what President Donald Trump might do. Trump ...
By Jim Townsend
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Shunned in the US, Huawei looks to Russia to invent an AI futureOne by one the doors closed. Over the past 18 months, top US universities including Princeton, Stanford and the University of California, Berkeley have rethought their researc...
By Elsa B. Kania
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It's getting harder for NATO to hide that Turkey's becoming 'a thorn in everyone's side'
After months of warnings from the US and other NATO members, Turkey tested its S-400s last week, putting the Russian-made air-defense system, deployed to an airbase near Ankar...
By Rachel Rizzo
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How NATO can punish Turkey
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In NATO’s 70-year history, no member state has strayed as far from the alliance’s foundational ideas as Turkey has in the past year. Yet as they gather for this week’s summit ...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Fact check: Trump makes at least 21 false claims at NATO meetings
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President Donald Trump held official meetings with two foreign leaders and the head of NATO at the alliance summit in London on Tuesday -- and turned the public portion of eac...
By Nicholas Heras
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The Madcap Scheme to Take Syria's Oil
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A retired Army intelligence officer, a successful Kurdish-American businessman, a former Syrian diplomat, and an eccentric entrepreneur from New Jersey met in January over foo...
By Peter Harrell
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Despite Acrimony Among Leaders, NATO Is Making Strides at 70
It was, perhaps, an unexpected way to mark NATO’s 70th anniversary. At a remarkably rancorous bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, U.S. Presiden...
By Jim Townsend
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Is China NATO’s new adversary?
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The West’s most venerable military alliance is marking its 70th birthday this week in Britain. And it’s going to be awkward. Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Domestic political considerations behind Trump's signing of Hong Kong Bills
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China may fume at United States President Donald Trump’s signing of a pair of Bills supporting the Hong Kong democracy protests, but Mr Trump has calculated that the move is u...
By Daniel Kliman
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Technology & National Security
Russia and China's High-Tech BetAs the United States increases its geopolitical and economic pressure on China and Russia, the two countries are expanding not just their military cooperation but increasing t...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Report: U.S. Shoulders Steep Price to Protect Merchant Ships in Strait Of Hormuz
The Navy pays a steep price keeping an aircraft carrier with escorts on station to deter attacks on oil tanker traffic operating in and around the Persian Gulf as part of the ...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Kaleigh Thomas
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Donald Trump has shown a surprising enthusiasm for sanctions
In December 2017 the Democratic Republic of Congo was in ferment. Joseph Kabila, then the president, seemed to be weighing whether or not to stand in an election, even though ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Is Turkey becoming a haven for terrorist financing?
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New U.S. sanctions on Islamic State (ISIS) operatives based in Turkey have brought questions about Ankara’s counterterrorism priorities and raised the prospect that the countr...
By Peter Harrell
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Technology & National Security
Trump administration proposes new powers to block business deals involving foreign technologyFollowing a White House executive order highlighting the “unusual and extraordinary threat” posed by foreign-made information and communications technology, the Department of ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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U.S. Commerce Department Proposes Reviews of Sensitive Technology Supplier Transactions
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The U.S. issued a proposed rule on Tuesday that would give Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross the ability to review transactions involving communications networks and their supply...
By Peter Harrell
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Turkish-backed groups launch attack near strategic Syrian town of Ain Issa
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Turkish-backed groups, with support from Turkish army drones, on Saturday attacked Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and Syrian government positions close to a refugee camp near ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Joint Base Charleston, Parris Island projects are in peril if Congress can’t pass a budget
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Congress avoided a government shutdown by passing a resolution to keep spending the same through next month, but the move could slow two vital construction projects: at Joint ...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Technology & National Security
How the FCC’s new ban on Huawei benefits the militaryThe Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Nov. 22 to prohibit its dollars from being spent on equipment or services from Chinese telecommunications companies Hua...
By Martijn Rasser
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To counter Iran, military may be forced into open-ended deployment, study says
Tensions between Iran and the United States could force the U.S. military to keep up a costly deployment of troops and hardware in the Middle East for years to come to protect...
By Ilan Goldenberg, Kaleigh Thomas & Jessica Schwed
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Donald Trump is threatening South Korea, but US military commitments to long-time allies are considered safe
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Washington’s military commitments in Asia and Europe are here to stay despite the Trump administration’s unorthodox foreign policy, which is causing friction with traditional ...
By Kristine Lee
