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US Defense Secretary says there is no Iranian land bridge yet
ERBIL – The US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis last Friday denied media reports that a land bridge exists between Iran and Syria through Iraq after Iranian-backed forces defeated...
By Nicholas Heras
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In the wake of ISIL defeat, US-led coalition looks to transform its mission
With ISIL all but vanquished from its self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq and Syria, the US-led coalition is transforming its mission. Eager to avoid a repeat of 2011, when Amer...
By Nicholas Heras
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Shawn Brimley's Town
Washington, D.C., can be an easy city to mock or resent—but it’s full of workers who’ve given up opportunities to serve something larger than themselves....
By Shawn Brimley
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Shawn Brimley, military strategist who led a Pentagon modernization push, dies at 40
In The News
Shawn Brimley, a senior Pentagon and White House official who pressed the U.S. military to embrace a future of increasingly rapid technological change, died Jan. 9 at a hospit...
By Shawn Brimley
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Technology & National Security
Russia says it killed rebels behind swarm drone attack in Syria, but experts see more such strikes aheadRussia's defense ministry said Friday it tracked down and killed the group of militants responsible for a recent coordinated drone attack against one of its bases in Syria. Ex...
By Paul Scharre
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Glee in London over Trump’s scrapped visit — but also unease about U.S.-British ties
LONDON — President Trump’s cancellation of a possible trip to the British capital next month inspired glee and concern Friday, while raising new questions about the strained r...
By Julianne Smith
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Donald Trump says US could 'go back' into Paris climate agreement
President Donald Trump has said that the US could "go back" into the Paris climate deal - having withdrawn America from the global accord last year. "We could conceivably go b...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Remembering a Friend
I’ve been really messed up today. For months, a friend of mine was battling cancer and I got word of his passing this morning. He was an important thought-leader in the Washin...
By Shawn Brimley
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Trump Channels Obama on Iran, North Korea
The White House on Thursday was poised to renew sanctions relief for Iran after a day earlier reacting with cautious optimism to the possibility of eventual talks with North K...
By Julianne Smith
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Technology & National Security
Don’t fear the robopocalypse: Autonomous weapons expert Paul ScharrescPaul Scharre, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, has pretty good credentials when it comes to autonomous weapons. If you’ve ever heard of Directive 300...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Experts: US lag in tech, national security race against China could worsen under TrumpWASHINGTON — In a sobering reminder of a U.S. lag in the tech-based national security race against China, a panel of experts told a House committee that the country faces an u...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Tighten Monitoring Of Chinese Investments, Experts Tell HASCWASHINGTON: As China forges ahead trying to grab the head of the technology table by throwing money, policy and people at quantum computing and artificial intelligence, the U...
By Paul Scharre
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Victoria Nuland named CEO of Center for a New American Security
WASHINGTON — Victoria Nuland, a longtime U.S. State Department official, has been named the new CEO of the Center for a New American Security think tank, while former Deputy S...
By Victoria Nuland
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The Navy's next-generation frigate comes with a big price tag
Arlington, Va. ― The U.S. Navy’s next-generation frigate could end up costing just shy of a billion dollars per hull, the Naval Sea Systems Command program manager said Tuesda...
By Jerry Hendrix
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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
