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Trump administration to reimpose sanctions on Iran
Senior US officials have warned that Washington will next week reimpose all sanctions on Iran that were lifted by the Obama administration after the 2015 nuclear agreement. D...
By Peter Harrell
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Upcoming Iran Sanctions: Likely Impact and Response from Iran
On November 5, the United States will reimpose an array of powerful sanctions on the most important economic institutions in Iran, including its central bank and national oil ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg, Ilan Goldenberg & Eric Brewer
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Two Eurocrats and Their Trans-Atlantic Quest to Woo Idaho
Henne Schuwer’s job is to understand Washington, D.C. Which is how he found himself in Boise, Idaho, last month. Schuwer, a towering figure with a bushy beard and a wry sense...
By Rachel Rizzo & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Post-9/11 Vets' Groups Poised to Out-Raise Legacy Organizations, Report Finds
Organizations founded to serve veterans following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are raising money more quickly than their pre-9/11 counterparts, save at higher rates, ...
By Emma Moore
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Joint US-Turkish patrols start near Manbij after days of Turkish cross-border attacks
The United States-led Coalition against the Islamic State (IS) on Thursday confirmed the start of joint Turkish-American patrols near Manbij. “Coalition and Turkish military ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Coalition working to ease tensions between Turkey, Syria Kurds
Turkish and US troops began joint patrols Thursday in the Syrian city of Manbij as the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group sought to calm renewed tensions between...
By Nicholas Heras
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Turkish army shells Tal Abyad following threats by Turkish president
Turkish cross-border shelling killed one Kurdish conscript and injured another on Tuesday after Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced an offensive to attack Kurdis...
By Nicholas Heras
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SDF suspends anti-ISIS operation after Turkish attacks on northern Syria
The Syrian Democratic Forces said on Wednesday, October 31 that it has temporarily halted its fight against Islamic State due to a series of Turkish military attacks along the...
By Nicholas Heras
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Pentagon Doesn’t Want Real Artificial Intelligence In War, Former Official Says
The term “artificial intelligence” gets thrown around a lot today, especially in government circles, where leaders are eager to get ahead of the technological curve. But the m...
By Robert O. Work
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Trump faces Election Day deadline on Russia
The Trump administration is facing an Election Day deadline to decide whether to impose a fresh round of sanctions on Moscow over the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in Britain...
By Peter Harrell
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The Financing of WMD Proliferation: Conducting Risk Assessments
Preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction is a critical priority for the international community. Global financial institutions are important players in this effort...
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Explainer: How a Democratic U.S. House could alter foreign policy
Democrats will try to harden U.S. policy toward Saudi Arabia, Russia and North Korea if they win a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, while maintaining the status ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Border deployment puts Mattis and the military in political crosshairs
The White House’s decision to send more than 5,200 active-duty troops to the border with Mexico a week before the midterm elections has put the American military and Defense S...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Midterm Elections: Implications for Defense Spending
With the U.S. mid-term elections coming up on November 6, it’s a good time to consider how possible changes in Congress’s composition may impact the Department of Defense. As ...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Politicos are pushing to rebuild Tyndall, but should the Air Force bother?
The Trump administration has vowed to rebuild Tyndall Air Base, the hurricane-ravaged home of the Air Force’s F-22 Raptor training fleet, though it seems the Air Force faces a...
By Susanna V. Blume
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As Israel Targets Iran in Syria, U.S. Officials Warn of Reprisals
Israel has been conducting an aggressive military campaign across Syria against Iran-backed militia groups, an effort that has been encouraged by the White House but aroused t...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump faces complaints that new Iran sanctions are too weak
A battle is brewing between the Trump administration and some of the president’s biggest supporters in Congress who are concerned that sanctions to be re-imposed on Iran early...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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China rattles Washington’s tech debates
A common thread is running through nearly every tech debate in Washington these days: fear that an ambitious China is poised to win the next wave of technology. The worry that...
By Ely Ratner
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Military issues largely MIA on the campaign trail
For months, President Donald Trump’s campaign trail speeches have included the same version of the same applause line on national security. “Our military will soon be more po...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Trump wants to ditch a Cold War treaty that reduced nuclear weapons — that's a bad move, says the Soviet leader who signed it
Mikhail Gorbachev, the politician who led Soviet Union in its final days, is not personally upset about President Donald Trump's intention to withdraw from the landmark Interm...
By Jim Townsend