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Kim Jong Un Threatens South Korea in Bid for Trump’s Attention
In The News
While Kim Jong Un said his latest missile tests were aimed at South Korean “military warmongers,” the North Korean leader had a clear message for U.S. President Donald Trump: ...
By Duyeon Kim
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China’s army can intervene in Hong Kong, says Beijing
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China's defense ministry has said the People’s Liberation Army can legally intervene to help Hong Kong to “maintain social order” if requested to do so by the territory’s gove...
By Elsa B. Kania
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China eyes high-tech military, says US undermines global stability
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China outlined plans to build a modern, high-tech army in a national defence plan published Wednesday, while accusing Washington of undermining global strategic stability and ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Britain’s Power Play in the Persian GulfIn calling this week for a European naval coalition to provide security for commercial ships in the vital Strait of Hormuz, the United Kingdom is seeking to both uphold the ne...
By Jim Townsend
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North Korea Resumes Missile Launches as Talks With U.S. Bog Down
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North Korea launched at least two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its eastern coast, signaling new strains with the U.S. just weeks after President Donald Trum...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea Fires 2 Ballistic Missiles, in Apparent Challenge to US
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North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast early Thursday, South Korea said, a move apparently aimed at increasing Pyongyang’s leverage in nuclear...
By Duyeon Kim
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CNAS Launches Task Force on the Future of U.S. Coercive Economic Statecraft
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Esper confirmed as new defense secretary, ending Pentagon leadership uncertainty
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The Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Mark Esper to be the country’s 27th defense secretary, ending a wait of more than 200 days for a permanent Pentagon leader. Esper...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Top US commander visits SDF leadership in Syria amid Turkish threats
A top US commander on Monday met with Commander-in-Chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Mazlum Abdi to discuss developments in northeast Syria. Mustafa Bali, the head o...
By Nicholas Heras
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Technology & National Security
Special Forces face down impacts of war on terrorThe Pentagon’s Special Operations Command — known as SOCOM — is looking into how brain trauma from the 17-year war on terror in the Middle East has impacted elite US troops. ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
FaceApp: Age Your Photos — And Compromise Your Privacy?Have you used FaceApp? The hugely popular app that let’s you age your face? Made by Russian developers, members of Congress say the app could be a national security threat. Ca...
By Carrie Cordero
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National Security Human Capital
Why leaving the military is harder for female vetsWhen she left the military in 2005, Jodie M. Grenier went from being on a team of intelligence analysts reporting to then-Marine Corps Gen. Jim Mattis, with a top security cle...
By Kayla M. Williams
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Who Lost Turkey?
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On July 4, 2003, U.S. paratroopers kicked down doors and raided a compound in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah. It was two months after the United States declared “Miss...
By Jim Townsend
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Army Readies Long-Range Missile Tests — Post INF
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The Army has moved flight testing of its new long-range missile from this summer until after the drop-dead date for US withdrawal from the INF treaty with Russia. That will me...
By Eric Sayers
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
‘We are being outspent. We are being outpaced’: Is America ceding the future of AI to China?The last time a rival power tried to out-innovate the U.S. and marshaled a whole-of-government approach to doing it, the Soviet Union startled Americans by deploying the first...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Defense Department scrambles to fill top job as vacancies and acting appointees pile up
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Reporting from Washington — Who is running the Pentagon? These days it can change with dizzying speed as the Trump administration struggles to find nominees for top civilian a...
By Jim Townsend
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Inside China’s top ‘party schools’: Plenty of Communist doctrine on tap
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The lecturer stood in an airy hall, clicking through slides showing examples of how governments around the world improve their “environmental civilization” — a concept espouse...
By Jude D. Blanchette
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Lawmakers say Trump is locked into Turkey sanctions
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After days of silence about whether Turkey will be punished for accepting a Russian-made air defense system, U.S. President Donald Trump reluctantly seemed to agree Turkey wil...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Trump’s defense pick calls for US-led pact to deter Iran
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US President Donald Trump’s pick to succeed Jim Mattis as the Pentagon’s permanent chief insisted Tuesday that passive patrols of the Gulf were deterring Iranian attacks on ta...
By Jim Townsend
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Mark Esper's Confirmation Hearing: CNAS Experts Pose Key Questions for the Nominee
Press Note
Secretary of the Army Mark Esper will face members of the Senate Armed Services Committee this week in a hearing to consider his nomination as Secretary of Defense. As part o...
By Susanna V. Blume, Kara Frederick, Ilan Goldenberg, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Daniel Kliman, Carisa Nietsche, Ainikki Riikonen & Loren DeJonge Schulman
