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China's Powerful Surveillance State Has Created at Least Four BillionairesBefore he became a billionaire, Dai Lin would ride his bike to work, pedaling through the streets of Tianjin to the headquarters of Tiandy Technologies Co., the camera maker h...
By Elsa B. Kania
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US-North Korea talks have been 'all carrots and no sticks': Expert
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Eric Brewer of the Center for a New American Security says U.S. President Donald Trump should put pressure on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to commit to working-level dialog...
By Eric Brewer
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VA Approves Fewer Male Veterans' Claims for PTSD Related to Sexual TraumaThe Department of Veterans Affairs approves claims for post-traumatic stress disorder related to military sexual assault at significantly lower rates for men than women -- a g...
By Kayla M. Williams
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‘You took us to the middle of the road and left us there’: Syrian Kurds fear more upheaval as US troops plan withdrawal
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When Abu Amar heard the news that the US would be pulling its troops from Syria, an old love song drifted into his head. “It goes: ‘You took me to the middle of the road and y...
By Nicholas Heras
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Legal experts: Declaring emergency to act on climate is possible but tough
President Donald Trump's decision to declare a national emergency to fund a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico could allow future presidents to use emergency powers to ad...
By Neil Bhatiya
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‘America First’ or America alone? In debut on world stage, acting Pentagon chief must answer for Trump.
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In a six-day trip that took him to four cities on two continents, acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan came face to face with one consistent reality last week: the discor...
By Richard Fontaine & Elbridge Colby
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Civilian shield stalls final liberation by US-backed forces of last IS-held pocket
Fighters with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) told Kurdistan 24 reporter Ekrem Salih on Monday that the presence of civilians in a small area of about 600 square meters in ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Ep. 38: Beyond South China Sea tensions, part two: The CCP vision and the future of Chinese history
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This week on the program, we’re going to continue our exploration of the U.S.-China relationship, which we began last week with our investigation into the history of tensions ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Kurdistan Syrian Kurds call on EU countries to help create safe zone in Syria
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Top officials from the Kurdish-backed administrations in northeastern Syria have called on European states to create an international force and safe zone and not to abandon th...
By Nicholas Heras
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Allies wary of Shanahan's assurances with looming presence of Trump
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U.S. allies were apprehensive about acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan in his first meeting with NATO defense officials, with questions about the former Boeing executiv...
By Jim Townsend
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Beijing’s denial of Huawei control bucks expert analysis
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A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson’s condemnation Monday of suggestions Beijing requires domestic tech companies to allow state access to data collected by their equipmen...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Kremlin seeks more control over internet in Russia
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Russia is taking steps to tighten its grip on the internet within its borders, as the nation’s legislature advanced legislation this week that would test temporarily disconnec...
By LtCol Colin Smith
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In Central Asia’s forbidding highlands, a quiet newcomer: Chinese troops
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Two miles above sea level in the inhospitable highlands of Central Asia, there’s a new power watching over an old passage into Afghanistan: China. For at least three years, C...
By Ely Ratner
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Jihadist defeat, US Syria pullout on table at coalition talks
Defence ministers from the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group meet on Friday in Munich to discuss how to reorganise in Syria after the defeat of the last pocket...
By Nicholas Heras
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The US held a global summit to isolate Iran. America isolated itself instead.
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A US-led conference in Warsaw this week that was intended to isolate Iran has ended up isolating America instead — highlighting one of the central problems of President Donald...
By Eric Brewer
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Technology & National Security
A key U.S. ally is close to adding swarming attack drones to its military arsenalSwarms of small attack drones that confuse and overwhelm anti-aircraft defenses could soon become an important part of the modern military arsenal, Britain’s defense secretary...
By Paul Scharre
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Trump Declares National Emergency in ‘Slap in the Face to Military Families’President Donald Trump’s plan to declare a national emergency will divert $3.6 billion earmarked for U.S. military construction projects—possibly hospitals and infrastructure ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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India's emergence as world's largest, most vibrant democracy is exceptional: Indian envoy
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The emergence of India as the world's largest democracy and perhaps the most vibrant one post the World War-II is indeed exceptional, a top Indian diplomat has said. Part of I...
By Richard Fontaine
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US House approves full American withdrawal from Yemen
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In an unprecedented move, the US House of Representatives approved on Wednesday a resolution halting the US role in Yemen and directly challenging President Donald Trump’s mil...
By Nicholas Heras
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Technology & National Security
Which Country Owns Data? Increasingly, It's ChinaTo understand how rapidly the global datasphere – the amount of data around the world that is created, captured, and replicated online – is growing, consider one word: zettaby...
By Paul Scharre
