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Technology & National Security
Why do the Chinese seem more willing to give up their privacy for security than Australians?Nick Liu knows all too well about the massive troves of data being gathered and analysed by technology companies, so he held off using his phone to pay for foods as long as he...
By Elsa B. Kania
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International Investors See Ways to Buy into Saudi’s Reform, even without an International Aramco IPO
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Until recently, Saudi Arabia tantalized investors with a plan to float its mammoth oil and gas company's initial public offering on an international exchange — then left them ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Syria Blames Israel for Deadly Strikes on Airbase
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Syria and its Russian ally accused Israel on Monday of carrying out a deadly dawn bombing raid on a military airbase, as global outrage mounted over an alleged poison gas atta...
By Nicholas Heras
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New Russia Sanctions Are 'What Obama Should Have Done in 2014'
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The Trump administration's decision to go after Russian leader Vladimir Putin's inner circle with sanctions is being praised as a long-awaited, highly significant response to ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump Just Jeopardized America’s Biggest Asset in the Syria War, U.S. Officials Say
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Donald Trump’s outbursts this week about getting U.S. troops out of Syria have done substantial damage to Washington’s influence over its crucial Syrian ally, knowledgeable cu...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Technology & National Security
Legal Scholars, Software Engineers Revolt Against War RobotsWASHINGTON: The debate over the use of artificial intelligence in warfare is heating up, with Google employees protesting their company’s Pentagon contracts, South Koreans pro...
By Paul Scharre
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US approves $1.3bn arms sale to Saudi including howitzers
The US government announced on Thursday its approval of a $1.3 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia providing a full howitzer artillery system, which according to experts would b...
By Nicholas Heras
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Syria: What Trump is signaling to Mideast allies and foes about US priorities
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APRIL 5, 2018 —Late last year Secretary of Defense James Mattis laid out the details of a plan that would see the United States remaining in Syria well into the future – after...
By Nicholas Heras
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U.S. Sanctions Billionaire Deripaska and Other Russian Oligarchs
The Trump administration sanctioned seven Russian tycoons, 12 companies and 17 senior government officials including key allies of President Vladimir Putin under provisions of...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump decides to keep US troops in Syria for now, signaling Pentagon win
U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to keep U.S. troops in Syria, the White House announced, an apparent win for military commanders who warned against drawing down the Am...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump administration to impose fresh sanctions against Russia
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The United States is expected to impose additional sanctions against Russia by Friday, according to U.S. officials. The sanctions are economic and designed to target oligarchs...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Technology & National Security
Ex-Google Executive Opens a School for AI, with China's HelpWHEN CHINA’S GOVERNMENT said last summer it intends to surpass the US and lead the world in artificial intelligence by 2030, skeptics pointed to a major problem. Despite gobs ...
By Elsa B. Kania & Robert O. Work
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White House says anti-IS fight in Syria ‘coming to rapid end’
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WASHINGTON — A day after President Donald Trump said he wanted to bring US troops home from Syria, the White House announced that the US-led coalition will complete its missio...
By Nicholas Heras
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Technology & National Security
Game of Drones: China Ramps up Development to Challenge U.S. DominanceOne of China’s top drone engineers says the country’s military drone program has entered a new phase of development as China attempts to close the gap in America’s dominance o...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
The Next NSA Chief is More Used to Cyberwar than Spy GamesAFTER SAILING THROUGH two friendly Senate hearings—one so uncontroversial that only six senators tops bothered to even show up at any given point in the hour—Lieutenant Genera...
By Michael Sulmeyer
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Technology & National Security
Google Workers Urge C.E.O. to Pull Out of Pentagon A.I. ProjectWASHINGTON — Thousands of Google employees, including dozens of senior engineers, have signed a letter protesting the company’s involvement in a Pentagon program that uses art...
By Paul Scharre
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National Security Human Capital
The Navy's Secret Wish: Bring Back the Old F-14 Tomcat from the Dead?The F-35C was never designed to be an air superiority fighter. Indeed, naval planners in the mid-1990s wanted the JSF to be a strike-oriented aircraft with only a 6.5G airfram...
By Robert O. Work
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Technology & National Security
Army Rolling Ahead With Manned-Unmanned ConvoysThe Army is moving forward with efforts to develop an autonomous convoy capability that could help troops transport supplies, equipment and other resources more efficiently an...
By Paul Scharre
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Counter-IS officials temper Trump’s rush to pull out of Syria
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US officials in charge of the fight against the Islamic State (IS) warned today that the American-led coalition’s hard-fought gains could yet be reversed as President Donald T...
By Nicholas Heras
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Technology & National Security
Huawei flourishes despite perennial hurdles in USHuawei is the manifestation of everything the US fears and loathes about China: a high-tech giant, founded by a former army officer, that it believes has ties to the Communist...
By Elsa B. Kania
