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China's Next Aircraft Carrier: Everything We Know (So Far)
Construction of China’s third aircraft carrier is well underway at the Jiangnan Changxingdao shipyard in Shanghai. The massive vessel—dubbed the Type 002—is China’s first c...
By Jerry Hendrix
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US praises SDF forces in Syria, calls Turkey ‘great partner’
Top US General Joseph Votel on Saturday praised the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the fight against ISIS extremists in Syria. Vote also called Turkey “a great ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump makes little headway filling out Pentagon jobs
The hearing this week for President Trump’s Air Force secretary nominee was a rare sight for those monitoring Trump’s progress filling Pentagon positions. Former Rep. Heather...
By Katherine Kidder
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How the US should approach ISIS’ human shield strategy in Raqqah
As local ground forces supported by U.S. led airstrikes close in on two of the Islamic State’s urban holds, Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq, there’s growing concern over how ...
By Nicholas Heras
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China’s Xi to hold first meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in April
President Trump said Thursday he faces tough meetings with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at a Florida summit next week, one with a full agenda that ranges from Trump's attack...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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A more connected military means new battlefield glitches, too
The US Army is embarking on a potentially decade-long quest to prepare soldiers to operate in the Digital Age. In a $52 million initiative to create what it's calling the Inte...
By Richard Danzig
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Pete Briger of Fortress Investment Group Joins CNAS Board of Advisors
Washington, March 31 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announced today that Pete Briger, Principal and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortress Investme...
By Pete Briger
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Trump Turns Away From Iraq’s Coming Storm
The Trump administration has indicated it plans to largely abdicate a U.S. role in Iraq's political future, despite the certainty that driving the Islamic State group from its...
By Nicholas Heras
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CNAS Releases New Report “War Control: Chinese Writings on the Control of Escalation in Crisis and Conflict”
As President Trump prepares to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Center for a New American Security Defense Strategies and Assessments Program has released a new rep...
By Neal Urwitz
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US-led coalition has no intention to create federal Kurdish state in Syria: official
The top U.S. ground commander in Iraq Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend told reporters on Tuesday the US-led coalition had no intention to create a Kurdish federal state in northern S...
By Nicholas Heras
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Turkey-backed rebels join anti-regime offensive in Syria’s Hama
More than 500 pro-Turkey rebel fighters from the Euphrates Shield operation joined operations against the Syrian army in Hama city, local sources reported on Friday. Syrian re...
By Nicholas Heras
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North Korea suspected of $81M cyberheist
In The News
David Asher, adjunct senior fellow in the Asia-Pacific Security Program, joins CNN's Situation Room to discuss the investigation into North Korea's role in an $81 million cybe...
By David Asher
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CNAS Senior Fellow Ben FitzGerald Named Professional Staff Member for the Senate Armed Services Committee (Majority Staff)
Press Release
Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Senior Fellow and Technology and National Security Program Director Ben FitzGerald will join the Majority Staff of the Senate Armed S...
By Neal Urwitz
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Trump’s Military Buildup Promises Little For The Working Grunts
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the new aircraft carrier President Donald Trump praised recently, is costing some $13 billion to build. That doesn’t count the airplanes. It’s the most...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense One: The D Brief
And now for something completely different: exosuits and their impact on gender integration in the military. Lauren Fish of the Center for New American Security shared her tho...
By Lauren Fish
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Spy powers at risk amid Trump controversy
Congress was already facing a contentious debate over reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act before the end of the year. Now, the growing contr...
By Adam Klein
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China Could Attack U.S. Pacific Bases in 'Minutes'
A military expert asserted that a ballistic strike on the U.S.' Pacific facilities could be conducted by Beijing within minutes. China's missile testing facilities have alread...
By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
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Anti-ISIS Offensive Delayed By Infighting
The U.S. had to step into northern Syria recently to keep two factions it supports from fighting with each other. They're supposed to be fighting ISIS. Listen below or at NPR....
By Nicholas Heras
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Iraq PM visits White House amid debate over post-Mosul strategy
As Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi visits Washington and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson hosts some 68 counterparts for a counter-Islamic State (IS) summit in Washington...
By Nicholas Heras
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Chinese missile-test sites appear to mirror US bases in Japan
As worrisome as North Korea’s missile capability has become, defense experts say China is a more potent threat to U.S. interests in Asia, with Beijing capable of showering bas...
By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
