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Trump Channels Obama on Iran, North Korea
The White House on Thursday was poised to renew sanctions relief for Iran after a day earlier reacting with cautious optimism to the possibility of eventual talks with North K...
By Julianne Smith
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Technology & National Security
Experts: US lag in tech, national security race against China could worsen under TrumpWASHINGTON — In a sobering reminder of a U.S. lag in the tech-based national security race against China, a panel of experts told a House committee that the country faces an u...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Don’t fear the robopocalypse: Autonomous weapons expert Paul ScharrescPaul Scharre, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, has pretty good credentials when it comes to autonomous weapons. If you’ve ever heard of Directive 300...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Tighten Monitoring Of Chinese Investments, Experts Tell HASCWASHINGTON: As China forges ahead trying to grab the head of the technology table by throwing money, policy and people at quantum computing and artificial intelligence, the U...
By Paul Scharre
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Victoria Nuland named CEO of Center for a New American Security
WASHINGTON — Victoria Nuland, a longtime U.S. State Department official, has been named the new CEO of the Center for a New American Security think tank, while former Deputy S...
By Victoria Nuland
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The Navy's next-generation frigate comes with a big price tag
Arlington, Va. ― The U.S. Navy’s next-generation frigate could end up costing just shy of a billion dollars per hull, the Naval Sea Systems Command program manager said Tuesda...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Trump and North Korea: the perils of a pre-emptive strike
Days before his inauguration, Donald Trump dismissed the claim from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that he would soon test an intercontinental ballistic missile. “It won’t ha...
By Richard Fontaine
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How Washington Helps Tehran Control the Internet
When thousands of Iranians streamed onto the country’s streets in the last week to protest government corruption and the dilapidated economy, authorities in Tehran reverted to...
By Peter Harrell
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Trump’s tweets rattle the globe, but aides say North Korea policy is carefully calibrated
President Trump’s taunting tweet this week raising the specter of nuclear war with North Korea sparked fresh concerns in the Pentagon, at the State Department and even in the ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Mike Pompeo Is the Anti-Tillerson
If you had to pick the Trump appointee who had the best 2017, a good choice would be Mike Pompeo, director of the CIA. In a year when a record number of administration officia...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump administration prepares to withhold $255 million in aid to Pakistan
The Trump administration has informed members of Congress that it will withhold security aid to Pakistan over what it described as “double game” by the authorities in Islamaba...
By Stephen Tankel
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Analysis: How Trump's 'nuclear button' tweet could jeopardize his foreign policy
WASHINGTON – President Trump's critics say his Twitter diplomacy is bad enough – but nuclear diplomacy by tweet could have explosive consequences. A Tuesday night post all bu...
By Julianne Smith
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Elizabeth Rosenberg on NPR: Protests In Iran Continue
Violent protests in Iran are continuing since they began six days ago, highlighting economic problems and the question of what impact U.S. sanctions have on Iranians. C...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Technology & National Security
Big Data, AI to Advance Modeling and SimulationMilitary officials and industry experts have long discussed how artificial intelligence can benefit the warfighter. The technology promises to crunch mountains of data into ea...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Protests In Iran Continue With Reports Of 20 Killed And Hundreds Arrested
Violent protests in Iran are continuing since they began six days ago. They're highlighting economic problems and the question of what impact U.S. sanctions have on Iranians....
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Elsa Kania on NPR: Chinese Advances In Artificial IntelligenceChina's top search engine Baidu is leading the country's drive to dominate AI. The company says its aims are purely commercial, but China also seeks a strategic and military a...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Chinese Advances In Artificial IntelligenceChina's top search engine Baidu is leading the country's drive to dominate AI. The company says its aims are purely commercial, but China also seeks a strategic and military a...
By Elsa B. Kania
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It sure looks like China is secretly selling oil to North Korea
China has apparently been secretly selling oil to North Korea in violation of UN sanctions and its own promises to drastically curb trade with the country. A report from South...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Mattis delegates down and manages up in tricky Trump relationship
James Mattis, the first retired general to serve as secretary of defense in seven decades, has steadily pushed more authority down the chain of command on the battlefield and ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Donald Trump’s Year of Living Dangerously
When President Donald Trump sat down for dinner on September 18 in New York with leaders of four Latin American countries on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General...
By Julianne Smith
