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Kurdish-backed council rejects Russian fears over Kurdish 'quasi-states'
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The Kurdish-backed Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) has called on Russia to focus on ending crimes by Turkish-backed groups in Afrin, rather than expressing worries that the Sy...
By Nicholas Heras
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‘Twists but no plot’: Trump’s diminishing foreign travel reflects a president scaling back foreign ambition
After midterm elections in which their party loses political power in Washington, American presidents have traditionally used foreign travel to change the subject and more eas...
By Richard Fontaine
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Is Trump really going to cut the defense budget?
For military planners, the biggest question heading into 2019 is whether the president’s proposed $700 billion defense budget plan is a negotiating ploy or a sincere target. D...
By Robert O. Work
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Trump and Xi face hurdles in trade talks after fragile tariffs truce
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Donald Trump, the US president, and Xi Jinping, China’s president, are facing hurdles in building on the fragile truce they reached in their trade war, after the two countries...
By Abigail Grace
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Technology & National Security
The Days of Secret Military Operations May Soon Be Over. Does That Matter?In the age of social media and increasingly available connectivity, experts say it is becoming more and more challenging for the U.S. military to conduct operations under a cl...
By Kara Frederick
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Russia, Ukraine And The U.S.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with former Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland about Russia, Ukraine and the United States. Listen to the...
By Victoria Nuland
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Pentagon stuck with bill for ballooning border mission
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If the Pentagon keeps thousands of active-duty troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border for several more months -- as the Department of Homeland Security requested Friday -- ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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“It Is Hardly Coincidental”: Did Michael Cohen Scare Trump Into Ghosting Putin?
En route to Buenos Aires on Thursday, Donald Trump had a change of heart. Less than an hour earlier, as he walked across the White House lawn, the president had told reporters...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Afghanistan's Forever WarIt's been another violent week in Afghanistan. Former U.S. Army Col. Chris Kolenda, who helped set up a back channel with the Taliban, discusses what it will take to get all s...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Technology & National Security
Pentagon looks to exoskeletons to build 'super-soldiers'The U.S. Army is investing millions of dollars in experimental exoskeleton technology to make soldiers stronger and more resilient, in what experts say is part of a broader pu...
By Paul Scharre
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Trump abruptly cancels Putin meeting at G-20, citing Russia’s seizure of Ukrainian vessels
Jolting another international summit before it’s even begun, President Trump on Thursday abruptly canceled a much-anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, le...
By Rachel Rizzo
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The US and China relationship is in shambles. It could get worse at G20.
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President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for a working dinner during the G20 summit this week, and it looks like it will be a missed chance to improve sou...
By Abigail Grace
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What is stalling the fight against IS in east Syria?
The Islamic State group has fiercely defended its last holdout in eastern Syria against a more than two-month military offensive by a Kurdish-Arab alliance backed by a US-led ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump may cancel his G20 meeting with Putin
President Donald Trump plans to meet with world leaders on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Argentina this week, including with the heads of Japan, Germany, and China. But t...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Roger Krone, Chairman and CEO of Leidos, Joins CNAS Board of Advisors
Washington, November 27 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Roger A. Krone, Chairman and CEO of Leidos, has joined the CNAS Board of Ad...
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17 years in, Afghan war at a 'stalemate'
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More than a year after President Donald Trump announced his administration's new strategy for achieving success in Afghanistan and the wider region, the situation remains deci...
By Stephen Tankel
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Technology & National Security
Will the Geneva Convention Cover Robots?When Dr. Richard J. Gatling designed his gun, it was meant to save lives. The American inventor designed the rapid-fire, spring-loaded, hand-cranked weapon with the express pu...
By Paul Scharre
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Southeast Asia Needs to Choose Between the US, China on Principles, Experts Say
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With the intensifying rivalry between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, Southeast Asian countries can no longer sit on the fence, and have a tough choice t...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Whether it's a hollow truce or a handshake agreement, the G-20 will likely hurt the yuanChina's currency will likely continue its slide against the U.S. dollar— possibly falling below the key 7.00 yuan per dollar level — if Washington and Beijing fail to step bac...
By Rachel Ziemba
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US observation posts in Syria aim to block Turkish attacks on YPG
A US plan to establish military observation posts in Syria near the border with Turkey is designed to prevent Ankara from launching an all-out military assault on positions he...
By Nicholas Heras
