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Turkish-backed groups launch attack near strategic Syrian town of Ain Issa
In The News
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
In The News
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
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US to Europe: Fix Open Skies Treaty or we quit
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NATO allies worried U.S. President Donald Trump will abandon the Open Skies Treaty have been told the administration views the arms control agreement as a danger to U.S. natio...
By Jim Townsend
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Launches Digital Freedom ForumThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) has announced the launch of the Digital Freedom Forum, part of the CNAS Countering High-Tech Illiberalism project. The Forum will...
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U.S.-India Defense Ties Grow Closer as Shared Concerns in Asia Loom
In The News
As Indian helicopters touched down this week on the deck of an American warship in the Bay of Bengal, what was billed as a modest military simulation became the latest sign of...
By Daniel Kliman
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In The News
Technology & National Security
U.S. approves first licenses for tech sales to HuaweiThe Trump administration announced Wednesday that it has begun issuing licenses allowing some companies to restart U.S. tech sales to China’s Huawei, months after adding the t...
By Eric Sayers
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Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Faces Dimmer Prospects Than Ever
The prospects for a Trump administration plan to strike a Middle East peace deal have been receding for months, thanks to a protracted political stalemate in Israel and the re...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Vindman’s dress uniform reveals a tug of war using troops as political totems, experts say
In his opening remarks at the impeachment hearing Tuesday, Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman casually mentioned the other part of Washington’s intense focus. “The uniform I wear tod...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Pentagon: President Trump's order to withdraw troops from Syria allows ISIS to rebuild
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President Donald Trump's order to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria in October provided the Islamic State an opening to rebuild itself, giving the terrorist group "time and spac...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump Silent on Hong Kong as Senate Prepares Pro-Democracy Vote
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A push by Senate Republicans to support Hong Kong protesters has been met with silence from President Donald Trump, who has yet to indicate whether he would sign a bipartisan ...
By Daniel Kliman
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The missing voice of John McCain in impeachment and Ukraine
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If there was ever a time and a place where the voice of John McCain was missing from Congress, this is it — at the intersection of an impeachment, an election and a constituti...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump Crushes Palestinian Hopes Again
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared Monday that the United States no longer considers civilian Israeli settlements on Palestinian lands a violation of international law. T...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Turkish military in for the long haul in Iraqi Kurdistan
Turkey launched its longest continuous military operation against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Iraqi Kurdistan this year. Operation Claw began last May, is presently ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump’s Embrace of Sanctions Irks Allies and Prompts Efforts to Evade Measures
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President Trump’s increasing reliance on economic sanctions to solve foreign policy problems is fueling concern that the United States is abusing its financial power and promp...
By Peter Harrell
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Divide between President Trump and US Congress on Hong Kong widens as violence rises
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The escalating violence in Hong Kong is spurring the United States Congress to push harder for a law that would support pro-democracy protesters, a rare bipartisan momentum th...
By Daniel Kliman
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Turkish media paints White House visit as Erdoğan triumph over Trump
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Turkish media are seizing on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s comments that President Trump had “no reaction” to his returning the American leader’s notorious letter to him, s...
By Nicholas Heras
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Russians enter US air base near Kobani after US forces left: SDF official
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US-led Coalition forces on Thursday finalized their withdrawal from the Kobani region, a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) official told Kurdistan 24, as Russian forces entered t...
By Nicholas Heras
