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The New Iron Curtain: Russian Missile Defense Challenges U.S. Air Power
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North from Syria, along the borders of Eastern Europe and rounding the Arctic Circle to the east, Russia has built a ring of air defenses that threaten the reach of the U.S. m...
By Elbridge Colby
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US-backed SDF forces close to victory in last ISIS-held pocket: Monitoring group
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Wednesday claimed the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are getting close to defeating the Islamic State in the countr...
By Nicholas Heras
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US-Turkey talks on Syria intensify ahead of Erdogan’s meeting with Putin
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US talks with Turkey about a safe zone in Syria intensified this week before a highly anticipated trip by Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Moscow on Wednesday. Followin...
By Nicholas Heras
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The U.S. May Have to Rethink Its Approach to North Korea
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A year of intense diplomacy, including the first summit between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader, has helped dial back tensions on the Korean Peninsula. A s...
By Duyeon Kim
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Congress in no hurry to act as Palestinians reject security aid
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Palestinian officials today announced that they will no longer accept US security assistance amid fears that doing so could open them up to terrorism-related lawsuits. The con...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Davos: trade warriors US and China race for technology of future
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In mid-November, the US commerce department published a short notice that was striking for its wide-ranging implications. In it, the Trump administration presented a list of e...
By Ely Ratner
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Uncertainty remains over future of Syria safe zones
A "safe zone" in Syria? The US tried it with Turkey before. It didn't work. President Donald Trump has tweeted twice about the possibility of establishing a "20 mile safe zon...
By Nicholas Heras
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South Korea wants Trump-Kim summit to be a turning point. Others see it as a last chance.
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South Korea’s presidential Blue House hopes a planned second summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be a “turning point” in efforts to rid the...
By Duyeon Kim
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The National Defense Strategy a Year Later: A Small Wars Journal Discussion with Elbridge Colby
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Let’s unpack the notion of principled realism at the core of both NDS and NSS. How is the world perceived through the lens of the principled realism? What type of internationa...
By Elbridge Colby
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Trump to Hold Second Meeting With North Korea’s Kim Next Month
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The next summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is on. On Friday, the White House announced a second summit between the two leaders to...
By Kristine Lee
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How Trump's Withdrawal Threatens The Secretive Hunt For ISIS Members In Syria
President Trump’s order to withdraw US troops from Syria threatens to cripple US-led efforts to kill and capture ISIS members who continue to launch insurgent-style attacks ac...
By Nicholas Heras
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ISIS-claimed attack on Americans in Syria renews criticism of Trump policy
Wednesday’s attack on U.S. forces in Syria has stoked fresh criticism over President Donald Trump’s claim that the so-called Islamic State has been defeated renewed debate ove...
By Nicholas Heras
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Autonomous weapons and the new laws of war
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The Harop, a kamikaze drone, bolts from its launcher like a horse out of the gates. But it is not built for speed, nor for a jockey. Instead it just loiters, unsupervised, too...
By Paul Scharre & Michael Horowitz
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U.S. Increasingly Concerned About a Chinese Attack on Taiwan
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The U.S. Defense Department is increasingly concerned that China’s growing military might could embolden it to launch a full-out attack on Taiwan. A new assessment of China’s...
By Elbridge Colby
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American Troops Die in Syria as Trump Team Squabbles
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Two U.S. service members and two Department of Defense personnel were killed in an explosion in Syria on Wednesday, the U.S. military confirmed, even as President Donald Trump...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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North Korean Negotiator Expected to Visit U.S. as Relations Thaw
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North Korea and the U.S. appeared to be moving toward a rekindling of denuclearization talks, setting the stage for a widely expected second summit between the two country’s l...
By Duyeon Kim
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A Poker-Playing Robot Goes to Work for the Pentagon
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In 2017, a poker bot called Libratus made headlines when it roundly defeated four top human players at no-limit Texas Hold ‘Em. Now, Libratus’ technology is being adapted to t...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Trump and Putin Have Met Five Times. What Was Said Is a Mystery.
The first time they met was in Germany. President Trump took his interpreter’s notes afterward and ordered him not to disclose what he heard to anyone. Later that night, at a ...
By Victoria Nuland
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Competing Against Chinese Loans, U.S. Companies Face Long Odds in Africa
Growing up in suburban Ohio, Rajakumari Jandhyala never imagined she would end up in the oil business, much less on the front line of America’s global competition with China. ...
By Abigail Grace
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How Trump’s new chief of staff can impact the FY20 defense plan
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Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney’s takeover, at least temporarily, of the White House chief of staff position could have repercussions for defense spendi...
By Susanna V. Blume
