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Who's in and Who's Out? Biden's 'Democracy Summit' Snubs Attract Criticism
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The White House is defending President Joe Biden’s Summit for Democracy from critics and allies who argue the administration is unduly judging other nations without addressing...
By Carisa Nietsche
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Data Dominance: In Cyprus, A Chinese Outpost Inside the EU
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In October 2015, two years after a banking crisis left Cyprus in desperate need of new financing, President Nicos Anastasiades visited China on a charm offensive, touting the ...
By Carisa Nietsche
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Satellite Images Show the Buildup of Russian Forces Near Ukraine That Have the US and NATO Worried About an Invasion
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New satellite photos show the buildup of Russian armed forces at strategic locations in western Russia near the Ukrainian border and at one spot in Crimea amid concerns that R...
By Jeffrey Edmonds, Michael Kofman & Jim Townsend
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Threat of Russian Invasion of Ukraine Tests Biden Administration
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The White House is reviewing options to deter a feared Russian invasion of Ukraine, including providing more military aid to Kyiv and threatening sanctions, to dissuade Russia...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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How Far Would Biden Go to Defend Ukraine Against Russia?
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At a news conference a few days ago, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was asked whether the Biden administration had a “red line” in Ukraine, a point beyond which Russian ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Putin Warns the West to Heed Russia’s Redlines in Donbass
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“Ukraine’s internal crisis is among the most pressing and sensitive issues for us, which has so far remained unresolved,” the Russian President said on Thursday in an address ...
By Michael Kofman
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Belarus Blame Game: What the Key Players Are Saying on Border Crisis
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The stand-off at Poland’s border with Belarus has developed into a public relations battle, as the countries blame each other for the plight of migrants trapped in the middle....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Kremlin Says Second Biden-Putin Meeting Is in the Works
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Amid increasing alarm among U.S. officials about a Russian military equipment buildup near its border with Ukraine, preparations are underway for a virtual meeting between U.S...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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U.S. Keeps Ukraine Close Amid Russian Build-Up
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Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiyi Reznikov is in Washington today to meet with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin as the United States continues to show support for Ukra...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Troop Build-Up Shows Putin Views Ukraine as ‘Unfinished Business’
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“There’s no appetite to take the Kremlin on because that requires a significant investment in time and resources and they would rather be using those resources on the China ch...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Biden tried to push Putin aside. The Russian isn’t having it.
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When National Security Council officials approached President Joe Biden with a package of sanctions to impose on Russia earlier this year, he sent it back to them three times....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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On a Quiet but Tense Corner of Russia's border, its Neighbors are Gaining on It
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Thirty years ago, Russia's supremacy in the Caspian Sea was unquestioned. Even with the independence of new countries with their own navies in the early 1990s, Russia and its ...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Pentagon spotlights the Black Sea, but plans for confronting Russia remain murky
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin traveled throughout the Black Sea region last week to promote the partnerships needed to mount a credible defense against Russia along the most ...
By Jim Townsend
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If the US and EU were divided on China, Aukus ‘betrayal’ just dug the trenches deeper
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It was not a phone call from one of his American, Australian or British counterparts that informed the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell about a new Anglophonic defence alliance...
By Jim Townsend
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Report: China Is Hacking Russia, TooMuch has been made about the emerging relationship between China and Russia, two countries that the National Defense Strategy recognizes as near-peer competitors to the United...
By Samuel Bendett
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Bionic arms and blue-eyed bots: How Russia aims to nurture a tech hub in its Far EastTo see Russia’s ambitions for its own version of Silicon Valley, head about 5,600 miles east of Moscow, snake through Vladivostok’s hills and then cross a bridge from the main...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Heavy-lifting Russian drones could resupply soldiers on future battlefieldsRostec, the massive Russian defense corporation, announced at the annual MAKS-2021 arms show in late July that it wants to make a better fleet of cargo drones, including one c...
By Samuel Bendett
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Fed up with the U.S., Ukraine cuts deals with China and shuts up about the UyghursFrustrated with the U.S., Ukraine is cutting deals with a rival superpower, inviting China to build infrastructure while holding back criticism of Beijing's human rights recor...
By Jim Townsend
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Russia’s Got A New Stealth Fighter—What’s It For?Russian plane-maker Sukhoi has developed a new single-engine stealth fighter. The jet, which Sukhoi apparently refers to as “Checkmate,” reportedly will make its debut at the ...
By Samuel Bendett
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US, Germany stand strong in fight to defend democracy
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The president of the Centre for New American Security, Richard Fontaine, said the meeting between the two leaders had not necessarily bridged differences between the US and ...
By Richard Fontaine
