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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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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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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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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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Big Data, AI to Advance Modeling and Simulation
Military 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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Elsa Kania on NPR: Chinese Advances In Artificial Intelligence
In The News
China'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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Chinese Advances In Artificial Intelligence
China'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
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How did your country vote on the Jerusalem resolution?
A resolution backed overwhelmingly by the United Nations has effectively called on the US to withdraw its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Part of the docume...
By Daniel Kliman
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Lawmakers face defense funding fight in the new year
WASHINGTON – The budget instabilities that plagued a challenged military in 2017 won’t end with New Year’s celebrations. Instead, lawmakers have delayed a defense funding figh...
By Susanna V. Blume & Lauren Fish
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Civilian victims of U.S. coalition airstrike in Iraq dig up graves in desperate bid for compensation
When Ali Thanoon lost more than 50 members of his family in a U.S. airstrike during the battle against Islamic State in Mosul in the spring, he turned to the Iraqi government ...
By Chris Kolenda
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Trump to Declare China ‘Strategic Competitor’ in Security Speech
President Donald Trump will declare China a strategic competitor to the U.S. in a speech that lays out an official national security strategy heavily influenced by his views o...
By Richard Fontaine
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Christopher Heinz, Senior Vice President at PNC Bank, Joins CNAS Board of Advisors
Press Release
Washington, December 18 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announced today that Christopher Heinz, a Senior Vice President at PNC Bank and the leader of its exter...
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CNAS Press Note: The National Security Strategy
Press Note
Washington, December 18 – With today's release of the Trump administration's new National Security Strategy, the Center for a New American Security President Richard Fontaine ...
By Richard Fontaine & Loren DeJonge Schulman
