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Mnuchin’s Bond Advisers Poised to Give Ultra-Longs Thumbs Down
The elite bond market group that advises Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on how best to manage America’s finances is likely to caution against his idea of reviving a plan to...
By Daleep Singh
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Russia says again that northeast Syria should return to Damascus
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Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told reporters on Thursday that areas in northeastern Syria now under control of the US-backed Syri...
By Nicholas Heras
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Turkey demands smaller Syria safe zone in US negotiations
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters that Turkey would demand a smaller safe zone in Syria. His comments follow meetings with his Russian counterpart Vladimi...
By Nicholas Heras
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Syrian Kurdish Fighters Begin Pullout From Turkish Border
Syrian Kurdish fighters said they have begun withdrawing from areas along the Syria-Turkey border as part of an agreement between the United States and Turkey. The People's Pr...
By Nicholas Heras
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Esper calls for new basing investments in the PacificSecretary of Defense Mark Esper today called for expanding base locations in the Pacific while continuing regular freedom of navigation operations in the region, as part of a ...
By Eric Sayers
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National Security Human Capital
U.S. Army pushes to boost recruiting in Phoenix amid its enlistment crisisScott Morley had never heard of West Point. He doesn’t come from a military family, and when he was in high school in the mid-1990s, he never considered serving in the armed f...
By Emma Moore
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The U.S. wants Japan's help to close its 'missile gap' with China. Is Tokyo up for it?After formally withdrawing from a landmark arms-control treaty earlier this month, the United States now hopes it can better counter its geopolitical rival China by closing wh...
By Eric Sayers
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Explainer: What tools could Trump use to get U.S. firms to quit China?
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Hours after China announced retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods on Friday, President Donald Trump ordered U.S. companies to “start looking for an alternative to China, including...
By Peter Harrell
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2 US allies in Asia are at each other's throats, and it's a big win for China
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Two US allies in East Asia are at odds, delivering a serious blow to US security interests while potentially handing a big win to China. South Korea said Thursday that it plan...
By Kristine Lee
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Europe’s Response to the Amazon Fires Shows How to Get Tough on Climate Change Outlaws
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is now planning to deploy the army to help fight the record number of fires raging in the Amazon rainforest. It would be a stretch to say th...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Trump’s Spat With Denmark Could Cost Him Against Iran
During Jim Townsend’s decades of work on European policy in the Pentagon and at NATO, he never saw the Danes say no to a fight. From the first Gulf War to counter-Islamic Stat...
By Jim Townsend
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US and Turkey defence chiefs discuss Syria 'security mechanism'
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US and Turkish defence chiefs Mark Esper and Hulusi Akar on Wednesday discussed the early stages of opening a joint security centre to establish a safe zone in north-east Syri...
By Nicholas Heras
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Discord dominates as Trump and other leaders plan G-7 summit
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French President Emmanuel Macron, the host of this weekend’s Group of Seven summit, has publicly expressed hope that the G-7 leaders will reaffirm a shared commitment to democ...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Russian interference, 2020
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Americans are at each other's throats. Politically, socially and culturally, we suspect each other's motives and plain sanity. So certain are we of the other's intent to do th...
By Richard Fontaine
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Technology & National Security
The war inside Palantir: Data-mining firm’s ties to ICE under attack by employeesAlex Karp faced a dilemma last year, when employees of the data-mining company Palantir confronted the chief executive with their concerns over a partnership with Immigration ...
By Kara Frederick
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Boris Johnson Needs Help From Trump, but Not Too Much
Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, known for his bombast and outspokenness, began his first foreign trip as leader on Wednesday walking a daunting diplomatic tightrope, ...
By Julianne Smith
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Pentagon Underinvesting in Artificial Intelligence
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In recent years, defense officials have been banging the drum about the importance of adopting artificial intelligence to assist with everything from operating autonomous plat...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Technology & National Security
Trump Administration Delays Ban on Huawei Working With U.S. FirmsThe Trump administration agreed Monday to allow some U.S. companies another 90 days to continue doing business with Huawei Technologies Co., a move it said would help small ru...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
Huawei wins 90-day reprieve on US supply ban, but affiliate blacklist expandsThe US government on Monday gave China’s Huawei Technologies a 90-day extension to the reprieve that lets the company continue to do business with American counterparts, a mov...
By Martijn Rasser
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Rethinking America’s Approach to the World
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The White House has ordered a freeze on up to $4 billion that Congress approved for global health, United Nations peacekeeping and other foreign aid. Unless lawmakers can over...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
