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China Raises Threat of Rare-Earths Cutoff to U.S.
With a simple visit to an obscure factory on Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping has raised the specter that China could potentially cut off supplies of critical materials ne...
By Ashley Feng
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New wave of violence in Syria war as 200,000 flee Idlib offensive: ‘There were bombs every minute’
A Syrian government offensive to capture the northern province of Idlib has killed dozens of civilians and forced more than 200,000 people to flee over the past month, leading...
By Nicholas Heras
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ISIS suicide attack targets SDF demining convoy
Islamic State sleeper cells on Monday targeted a demining convoy of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeastern Syria, deep behind the Kurdish-led forces’ lin...
By Nicholas Heras
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Is the U.S. Planning for the Right War?On Sept. 10, 2001, the George W. Bush administration had a view of American national security that, in 24 hours, was buried under the rubble of the World Trade Center. The day...
By Elbridge Colby
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
As Trump escalates China trade dispute, economic ties lose stabilizing force in matters of national securityThe United States for years relied on economic interdependence with China as a stabilizing force in relations with Beijing, with business between the two nations forming what ...
By Ely Ratner
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Aims to Prevent Chinese Companies From Building 5G Network in U.S.US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that could prevent Chinese companies from building 5G networks in the US.“The president has made it clear that...
By Peter Harrell
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
On Huawei and Autos, Trump Aligns Trade With U.S. SecurityPresident Donald Trump is taking his trade wars into a new realm likely to both extend them and make them harder to resolve. With his crackdown on Chinese telecom giant Huawe...
By Jude D. Blanchette
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Technology & National Security
Existing US Huawei gear has risks, but forcing removal may not be a priorityIn the wake of recent U.S. government actions to prevent future use of telecommunications equipment from certain international sources, security experts said risks remain for ...
By Peter Harrell
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Trump Vs. Huawei: The World Is WatchingPresident Trump’s new Executive Order on imported technology bares sharp teeth at Huawei and other Chinese companies, but it doesn’t have any teeth yet. The actual impact will...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping the WorkforceWalmart last month announced that shoppers soon might see a lot more robots in its stores -- but the company wasn't referring to toy robots or even human assistant gadgets tha...
By Megan Lamberth
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Iran missile photos grant US new picture of threat in Arabian Gulf
As American officials circulated photographs of Iranian boats traversing the Arabian Gulf bearing missiles, there was a growing consensus on Friday that Tehran had been caught...
By Nicholas Heras
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Democrats and Republicans are freaked out by Chinese 5G technology — but are they just being paranoid?Democrats and Republicans rarely agree on anything, but this week, the parties united to condemn one common enemy: China. The views of President Trump and lawmakers on both si...
By Peter Harrell
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CNAS Welcomes Shai Korman as Director of Communications
Washington, May 16, 2019 - The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to welcome Samuel (Shai) Korman as Director of Communications. In this role, he will lead t...
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Technology & National Security
This Chinese facial recognition start-up can identify a person in secondsIn China, facial recognition technology — biometric computer applications that automatically identify an individual from a database of digital images — is a part of daily life...
By Kara Frederick
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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