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Defense / Middle East Security
Trump downplays Iranian shootdown of U.S. surveillance droneAn unarmed U.S. surveillance drone was shot down by a missile fired from Iran, the Pentagon said Thursday, but U.S. and Iranian military officials disputed whether the unmanne...
By Chris Dougherty
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Defense / Middle East Security
Likely Pentagon Nominee Jumps Into Iran CrisisArmy Secretary Mark Esper won’t have much time to train up as President Donald Trump’s newest acting Pentagon chief. The U.S. Army veteran and defense industry lobbyist, who a...
By Jim Townsend
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Hong Kong’s Uprising Rattles the Mainland
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Smelling blood, the protesters thronged in greater numbers. Demonstrators against an extradition bill in Hong Kong swelled on June 16 even after the city’s political leader, C...
By Jude Blanchette
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Technology & National Security
The U.S. Goes On the Cyber OffensiveAfter years of bitter complaints about cyberattacks from foreign adversaries, a new report describes aggressive U.S. cyber plans and intrusions of its own against Russia, a sh...
By Richard Fontaine
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Katyusha rocket hits second US Iraqi base as Trump calls Iran 'nation of terror'
A Katyusha rocket was fired at a US-Iraqi training base in the city of Mosul late on Tuesday, in the second such attack in almost 24 hours. About 11.15pm, the rocket was fire...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump says he will ‘most likely’ nominate his Army secretary to run the Pentagon
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President Trump said he will “most likely” nominate Army Secretary Mark T. Esper to be his next Pentagon chief, potentially creating some stability after acting defense secret...
By Richard Fontaine
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Are Rare Earths the Next Pawn in the U.S.-China Trade War?
Since the Trump administration blocked sales by US companies to Chinese telecom giant Huawei last month, the world has waited for Beijing to retaliate. Previously, the trade c...
By Martijn Rasser
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Did China's military-industrial-complex czar pass secrets abroad?
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China's drive to create a 21st century military-industrial complex has hit an obstacle: A key official leading it is under investigation by the country's top anti-corruption a...
By Elbridge Colby
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Congress expands Pentagon aid in Syria to cover Islamic State prisoners
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Congress wants to give the Pentagon more freedom to help US-backed forces in Syria detain Islamic State fighters in the war-torn country. The Senate version of the National De...
By Nicholas Heras
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Hong Kong’s Retreat Chips Away at Xi Jinping’s Iron Image
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China’s leader, Xi Jinping, was in Tajikistan on Saturday, celebrating his 66th birthday with the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin, when the political crisis in Hong Kong ...
By Jude Blanchette
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10 killed in northeast Syrian wildfires: Monitor
At least 10 people have been killed in Kurdish-controlled northeast Syria since Thursday while trying to extinguish mass wildfires that have recently spread across thousands o...
By Nicholas Heras
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North Korea Fires Insults at U.S., Spares Trump
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A year after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s historic first meeting with President Trump, his government is once again hurling insults at the U.S.—while keeping Mr. Trump ou...
By Duyeon Kim
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The Goal for Now Is Not Diplomacy With Iran, But Avoiding War
In The News
So, is America going to war? For the first time in over 15 years, perhaps, that’s a very sensible question. The answer is: likely not. At least not in the Middle East. Ships...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Technology & National Security
The UTC-Raytheon deal highlights the changing nature of warWith a deep voice and physique of a former American-football player, Greg Hayes, boss of United Technologies Corp (utc), does not seem like the soft sort. But the ego is delic...
By Kara Frederick
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'You have to know how to hit a curveball': Trump’s Pentagon choice fights to win over doubters
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The knocks on President Donald Trump’s defense-secretary-in-waiting have been circulating for months behind closed doors in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill. Pat Shanahan is t...
By Elbridge Colby
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Kurds say White Helmets not welcome to help fight fires in northeast Syria
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The White Helmets rescue organization has offered to help with firefighting efforts in northeast Syria where thousands of acres of farmland have been recently destroyed, but S...
By Nicholas Heras
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Drumbeat of Iran war grows louder as Trump ratchets up pressure
The drumbeat of war between the United States and Iran grew louder on Friday as President Donald Trump flatly rejected Tehran’s insistence that it had nothing to do with a pai...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Can Turkey find substitute for F-35?
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As Ankara readies to take delivery of Russia’s S-400 air defence system next month, Washington has made clear its plan to expel Turkey from its F-35 advanced fighter jet progr...
By Nicholas Heras
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As Oil Tankers Burn in Gulf, Investors Focus on Trade War
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For bulls and bears with long memories, the oil market may seem a lot like 1991. Nearly three decades ago, U.S. forces had just launched the “Desert Storm” operation to liber...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Hong Kong Protests Raise Stakes for Xi’s Hard-Line Agenda
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Since he took power seven years ago, President Xi Jinping has faced a growing din of foreign condemnation over his government’s human rights record, a trade war that has sappe...
By Jude Blanchette
