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The US Has Lifted Its Laptop Ban On Flights From The Middle East And North Africa
The US ban on bringing laptops and tablets as carry-ons during non-stop flights from the Middle East and North Africa has been lifted. The four-month ban affected only US-boun...
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Can Trump Find a Better Deal Than the U.S. Air Base in Qatar?
President Donald Trump recently boasted that he could shutter a critical U.S. air base in the tiny Gulf kingdom of Qatar, and “ten countries” in the region would line up to bu...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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How to Deal With North Korea
Thirty minutes. That’s about how long it would take a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launched from North Korea to reach Los Angeles. With the powers ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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CNAS CEO Michèle Flournoy on NPR Morning Edition
David Greene talks to former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and President Trump's relationship with Russian Presiden...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Technology & National Security
AI Could Revolutionize War as much as NukesIn 1899, the world’s most powerful nations signed a treaty at The Hague that banned military use of aircraft, fearing the emerging technology’s destructive power. Five years l...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Trump ends covert CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria, a move sought by Moscow
President Trump has decided to end the CIA’s covert program to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels battling the government of Bashar al-Assad, a move long sought by Russia, a...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Technology & National Security
ISIS fight shows US military can use lower-cost weapons with lethal resultsThe fight against the Islamic State has become a learning opportunity for the U.S. military as it looks to a future taking on very adaptable and resourceful opponents. There's...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
How the Pentagon ending its deal with immigrant recruits could hurt the militaryThe Washington Post reported last month that the Pentagon has recommended ending a program that gives foreign-born troops with medical and language skills leverage in gaining ...
By Paul Scharre
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Iraqi Kurds Want America as Their Divorce Lawyer
Iraqi Kurds are mounting a campaign in Washington this week to rally U.S. government support for an independence bid before a referendum in September. But Baghdad opposes talk...
By Nicholas Heras
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Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre Named Director of CNAS Technology and National Security ProgramThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today named Paul Scharre as the Director of the CNAS Technology and National Security Program. Scharre was formerly the Director ...
By Neal Urwitz
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Ex-DOD official turned down Trump job because of 'values and policy positions'
The former Pentagon official who was widely expected to become Defense secretary had Hillary Clinton won the election said Monday she turned down an offer to work in the Trump...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Technology & National Security
Adam Klein On Cyber ThreatsAdam Klein, The Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), talks with host Carol Castiel and VOA National Security correspondent Jeff Seld...
By Adam Klein
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National Security Human Capital Program
Major disciplinary action at VA publicly posted onlinePhil Carter, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, discusses a new transparency effort at the Department of Veterans Affairs — a public-facing list of emplo...
By Phillip Carter
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President Trump’s claim ‘billions and billions’ are ‘pouring into NATO’ because of his administration
Whenever we delve into Trump’s rhetoric on the funding of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, we find that he fundamentally mischaracterizes the way NATO works. This...
By Jim Townsend
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National Security Human Capital Program
A Bipartisan Congress That Works? Veterans Committees Show How It’s DoneMagnanimous hearings. Bipartisan votes. Substantial legislation on its way to becoming law. This is Congress? Something strange is happening in the staid hearing rooms of the ...
By Phillip Carter
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U.S. taps ex-envoy to NATO to resolve Ukraine crisis
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday he had chosen an envoy to lead U.S. diplomacy on the Ukraine crisis, adding that he had moved to fill the position at the ...
By Julianne Smith
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What are the non-military options in North Korea?
North Korea's test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on the Fourth of July is forcing the Trump administration to more seriously consider options for addr...
By Harry Krejsa
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Did Trump get played by Putin?
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin finally met face-to-face. Trump reportedly raised Russian interference in the election, but many experts say it appears the meeting was a victo...
By Julianne Smith
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Tiny Satellites From Silicon Valley May Help Track North Korea Missiles
For years before North Korea fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile this week, the Pentagon and intelligence experts had sounded a warning: Not only was the North ...
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How to make China pay for North Korea
North Korea’s July 4th test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) once again underscored the growing danger North Korea poses to the United States—and the need to do...