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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
CNAS Experts Testify Before Full Senate Armed Services CommitteeWashington, January 30 – Today, CNAS Defense Director Elbridge Colby and Executive Vice President Ely Ratner testified before the full Senate Armed Services Committee for the ...
By Cole Stevens
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Technology & National Security
Misinformation woes could multiply with 'deepfake' videosIf you see a video of a politician speaking words he never would utter, or a Hollywood star improbably appearing in a cheap adult movie, don't adjust your television set -- yo...
By Paul Scharre
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. to Huawei: Don’t Lie to Your BankThe Trump administration’s charges against China’s Huawei Technologies Co., announced Monday, included a key message to other companies: You shouldn’t lie to your bank. Prose...
By Peter Harrell
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U.S. Looks For Way Out Of Afghanistan During Talks With Taliban And Afghan Government
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Chris Kolenda about possible roadblocks as the U.S., the Taliban, and the Afghan government work toward reaching an agreement on a U.S. exit stra...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Trump's Spat With Ally South Korea Raises Fears of U.S. Pullback
Just as President Donald Trump looks to make peace with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, his administration is putting fresh strain on the U.S.’s seven-decade alliance with South Ko...
By Duyeon Kim
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The once vast ISIS ‘caliphate’ is now reduced to a pair of villages in Syria
A pair of dusty villages in the Syrian desert is all that remains of the vast expanse of territory the Islamic State once called its caliphate, and the complete territorial de...
By Nicholas Heras
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Damascus ready to cooperate with Ankara if it withdraws from Syria
The Syrian government says it could cooperate with Turkey if it stops violating the Adana Agreement and withdraws from Syria, pro-government news agency SANA reported on Satur...
By Nicholas Heras
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Technology & National Security
Can the Pentagon build a bridge to the tech community?As the age of artificial intelligence transforms warfare, the Pentagon faces a delicate problem: How does it convince employees of high-tech companies based in the United Stat...
By Paul Scharre
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Maduro illegitimacy declaration sparks confusion in US oil sector
The US designation of Juan Guaido as Venezuela's legitimate president has created confusion among refiners, producers, services companies and traders now unsure of the legalit...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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The New Iron Curtain: Russian Missile Defense Challenges U.S. Air Power
North from Syria, along the borders of Eastern Europe and rounding the Arctic Circle to the east, Russia has built a ring of air defenses that threaten the reach of the U.S. m...
By Elbridge Colby
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US-backed SDF forces close to victory in last ISIS-held pocket: Monitoring group
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Wednesday claimed the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are getting close to defeating the Islamic State in the countr...
By Nicholas Heras
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US-Turkey talks on Syria intensify ahead of Erdogan’s meeting with Putin
US talks with Turkey about a safe zone in Syria intensified this week before a highly anticipated trip by Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Moscow on Wednesday. Followin...
By Nicholas Heras
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The U.S. May Have to Rethink Its Approach to North Korea
A year of intense diplomacy, including the first summit between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader, has helped dial back tensions on the Korean Peninsula. A s...
By Duyeon Kim
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Congress in no hurry to act as Palestinians reject security aid
Palestinian officials today announced that they will no longer accept US security assistance amid fears that doing so could open them up to terrorism-related lawsuits. The con...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Davos: trade warriors US and China race for technology of future
In mid-November, the US commerce department published a short notice that was striking for its wide-ranging implications. In it, the Trump administration presented a list of e...
By Ely Ratner
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Uncertainty remains over future of Syria safe zones
A "safe zone" in Syria? The US tried it with Turkey before. It didn't work. President Donald Trump has tweeted twice about the possibility of establishing a "20 mile safe zon...
By Nicholas Heras
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South Korea wants Trump-Kim summit to be a turning point. Others see it as a last chance.
South Korea’s presidential Blue House hopes a planned second summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be a “turning point” in efforts to rid the...
By Duyeon Kim
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The National Defense Strategy a Year Later: A Small Wars Journal Discussion with Elbridge Colby
Let’s unpack the notion of principled realism at the core of both NDS and NSS. How is the world perceived through the lens of the principled realism? What type of internationa...
By Elbridge Colby
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Trump to Hold Second Meeting With North Korea’s Kim Next Month
The next summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is on. On Friday, the White House announced a second summit between the two leaders to...
By Kristine Lee
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How Trump's Withdrawal Threatens The Secretive Hunt For ISIS Members In Syria
President Trump’s order to withdraw US troops from Syria threatens to cripple US-led efforts to kill and capture ISIS members who continue to launch insurgent-style attacks ac...
By Nicholas Heras