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Announcing the 2018 Shortlist: Young China Watcher of the Year Award
After reviewing dozens of candidates for our first annual Young China Watcher of the Year Award, our nomination committee narrowed the list of highly qualified individuals dow...
By Abigail Grace
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Russian narrative against US-backed forces in Syria intensifies
American officials and a Syrian rights body has denied claims made by the Russian government as it ramped up its narrative this week against the US-backed forces in northeaste...
By Nicholas Heras
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In Washington, Israel Stays Quiet As Anger Grows Over Saudi Arabia And Khashoggi
As the days drag by without a Saudi explanation for what happened to Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post columnist who disappeared inside the Saudi Consulate in Turkey and ha...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
‘America First’ doesn’t work without American valuesSaudi Arabia’s apparent killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi — and the Trump administration’s haphazard response — is an unmistakable sign that U.S. foreign policy has swung ...
By Vance Serchuk
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New details emerge in Khashoggi case as Pompeo tours Ankara
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the country’s foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, in Ankara today to discuss the latest d...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump to nominate former Air Force general as top Asia diplomat
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate former Air Force General David Stilwell to be the State Department’s top diplomat for East Asia, a post that has remained unfille...
By Eric Sayers
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Moscow, Ankara say Syria buffer going ahead despite missed deadline
Russia and Turkey said Tuesday their deal to set up a buffer zone for the last major Syrian rebel bastion of Idlib was still on course, despite jihadists missing a deadline to...
By Nicholas Heras
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Pentagon looks to thwart Russian tech attacks in Syria
The Pentagon’s in-house tech incubator is trying to stop Russia from scrambling US battlefield signals in Syria, federal contract documents show. The Defense Advanced Research...
By Adam Routh
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Mnuchin to Decide by Friday Whether to Cancel on Saudi Conference
The disappearance of a Saudi dissident journalist has put Steven Mnuchin, the United States Treasury secretary, in an increasingly tenuous position as he prepares to attend an...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Fate of Syria's Idlib uncertain as extremist group fails to withdraw from proposed buffer zone
The fate of a deal between Russia and Turkey to avoid a Syrian government offensive in Idlib was uncertain on Monday, after Damascus suggested rebel groups were not fully comp...
By Nicholas Heras
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Jihadists fail to quit Syria buffer, throwing deal into doubt
Jihadists in Syria's Idlib failed to meet a Monday deadline to leave a planned buffer zone ringing the country's last rebel bastion, casting fresh doubt over a deal to avert b...
By Nicholas Heras
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A Chinese intelligence agent has been extradited to the US to face espionage charges
An alleged spy for the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) was arrested in Belgium and extradited to the US on accusations he tried to steal trade secrets from US aviatio...
By Abigail Grace
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Technology & National Security
China’s grip on electronics manufacturing will be hard to breakThe first floor is all about components: every type of switch, every cable and every screw can be found here, often in bags of thousands. The second floor is filled with circu...
By Gregory C. Allen
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National Security Human Capital Program / Technology & National Security
AI experts tell MEPs ban on 'killer robots' is unrealisticA panel of defence and artificial intelligence (AI) experts on Wednesday (10 October) poured cold water on the feasibility of an international a ban on autonomous weapons syst...
By Wendy R. Anderson
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National Security Human Capital Program
Democrats Are Ignoring One Key Voting Group: VeteransWith control of Congress at stake in next month’s midterm elections, Democrats have a rare opportunity to gain a foothold against President Trump’s Republican Party. But if th...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Inflection point: Army wrestles to strike balance between current and future capability
The Army is at an inflection point. It’s a statement its top leaders have acknowledged countless times in recent months as they have made the case to begin major investment in...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Syria buffer free of heavy arms as jihadists face deadline
A planned buffer zone in northwest Syria has been cleared of heavy armaments ahead of time but a new deadline loomed Wednesday for the tougher task of Turkey convincing jihadi...
By Nicholas Heras
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Defense Intel Chief Worried About Chinese ‘Integration of Human and Machines’The future of human performance is a research race, and the U.S. shouldn’t take its lead for granted, the DIA director says. The U.S. military’s top intelligence officer is in...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Google announces withdrawal from DoD’s JEDI cloud contract
Google has pulled out of the competitive Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract. A spokesperson for the tech giant said that they couldn’t be sure that JEDI wo...
By Robert O. Work
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
With Haley’s departure, senior Trump ranks feature even fewer women and minoritiesAs an Indian American woman, U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has occupied an unusual position in an administration whose broad lack of diversity at the highest levels of the feder...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman