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Military decisions are 'key catalysts' in Venezuela: Rachel Ziemba
Rachel Ziemba of Ziemba Insights says Venezuela's opposition is very much a "government-in-waiting." She also discusses the investment case for Nigeria. Watch the full conver...
By Rachel Ziemba
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US shifts weapons from Iraq to Syria
The Pentagon rerouted millions of dollars’ worth of weapons and vehicles from Iraq to Syria in the second half of 2018, Al-Monitor has learned, as US-backed forces cornered th...
By Nicholas Heras
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The Trump administration quietly corrects its diplomatic slight of the E.U.
In The News
On Monday, two months after news broke that Washington had downgraded the diplomatic status of the European Union mission to the United States, the U.S. ambassador to the Euro...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Over 200 ISIS prisoners ‘not involved in crimes’ released in northern Syria
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The Democratic Autonomous Administration (DAA) of North and East Syria recently announced the release of 283 prisoners who were members of the Islamic State but “not involved”...
By Nicholas Heras
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Trump’s Huawei ban will hit rural US carriers the hardest as replacing equipment will cost ‘millions’It took Jim Kail’s telecommunications company LHTC Broadband nearly five years to equip almost 1,000 customers in the rural township of South Canaan, Pennsylvania, with high-s...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
China sets up 5G stations in TibetChina has established the first set of three 5G stations in the Tibet region bordering India. The purpose, it is said, was to enhance communication to serve the local populati...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Abrupt end to Trump-Kim summit prompts sighs of relief, questions about what's next
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The news that President Donald Trump walked away from negotiations with North Korea early and empty-handed led many experts and lawmakers to heave sighs of relief, even as the...
By Duyeon Kim
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After U.S.-North Korea nuclear summit fails, all sides scramble to salvage the talks despite major differences
In The News
Within hours of an abruptly canceled lunch and a failed summit, desperate efforts were launched to rebuild a dialogue between the United States and North Korea. But as the d...
By Duyeon Kim
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Technology & National Security
US Military Changing ‘Killing Machine’ Robo-tank Program After ControversyIt was a frightening and dramatic headline: “The US Army Wants to Turn Tanks Into AI-Powered Killing Machines.” The story, published this week in Quartz, details the new Advan...
By Michael Horowitz
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Technology & National Security
In the Middle East, a booming market for spy technologyAs weapons sales to Gulf countries soar, defense companies flocked to last month’s bi-annual International Defense Exhibition in Abu Dhabi. But amid the usual displays of mach...
By Kara Frederick
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How will Netanyahu’s legal woes affect U.S.-Israeli relations and peace efforts?
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Even as likely indictments hang over Benjamin Netanyahu and imperil his political career, the embattled Israeli prime minister is receiving the enthusiastic endorsement of his...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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UN report suggests Turkish-backed groups commit war crimes in Afrin
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A new report the United Nations ’Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria released on Thursday suggests armed groups in Afrin are guilty of war crimes. “The Co...
By Nicholas Heras
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In a first for North Korea’s secretive leader, Kim Jong Un takes a question from a foreign journalist
In The News
In a 20-second exchange on Wednesday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did something he’s never had to as the head of the world’s most closed society: Answer a question from a ...
By Duyeon Kim
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President Trump, Kim Jong Un seek something basic: A definition of denuclearization
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When President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un sit down Wednesday in Vietnam, one of their goals will be rather basic: defining the very topic of their negotiations, denucleariza...
By Kristine Lee
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National Security Human Capital
VA Expands Vets' Access To Private Care But Gives No Plan To Pay For ItThe VA Mission Act passed into law with broad bipartisan support last year, but that unity began to wane immediately, when President Trump signaled after signing it that he wo...
By Kayla M. Williams
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Amid Michael Cohen claims, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un work on North Korea nuke deal
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President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un opened the second day of their summit here Thursday by tamping down the prospects of a major nuclear weapons deal, even as Trump grapple...
By Kristine Lee
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Trump, Kim prepare for nuclear negotiations
In The News
President Trump says there is "no rush" for North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons ahead of a second summit with Kim Jong Un. CBS News correspondent Steven Portnoy and Sta...
By Duyeon Kim
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Technology & National Security
US Army Developing AI-Powered Autonomous WeaponsA new initiative by the US Army suggests “another significant step towards lethal autonomous weapons,” warns a leading artificial-intelligence researcher who has called for a ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
From Space Force to AI, a $750 Billion Defense Puzzle AwaitsThe Pentagon’s next budget request is likely to be a hotbed of pivotal issues that will mire Congress in divisive debates and lobbying wars. Lawmakers will have to consider a...
By Paul Scharre
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Turkey continues to face scrutiny over Afrin's olive oil
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More reports have emerged accusing Turkey of selling olive oil it took from Afrin to European countries despite the Turkish-backed Afrin council denying any wrongdoing. Nasir...
By Nicholas Heras
