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Defeat of Islamic State in Raqqa may herald wider struggle for U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The defeat of Islamic State in its de facto capital Raqqa may only be the start of a wider struggle by the United States to contain any insurgency launc...
By Nicholas Heras
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Closer U.S.-India Ties Make Strategic Sense. What’s Holding Them Back?
When U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his new strategy for the Afghan war in August, he called on India to become more involved in Afghanistan’s security. Secretary of Def...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump’s Iran strategy: a bluster or long-term plan?
US president Donald Trump’s speech announcing a new US policy to counter the “fanatical regime” of Iran and its “sinister vision for the future” was not only short on detail b...
By Nicholas Heras
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The defeat of ISIS in Raqqa tests U.S. commitment to Syrian Kurds
BEIRUT — U.S.-backed forces in Syria claimed Tuesday that they had full control of the Islamic State’s onetime capital of Raqqa, heralding an end to the militants’ presence in...
By Nicholas Heras
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How Bath Iron Works Stands To Benefit From The Navy’s Proposed Fleet Expansion
Congress is poised to embrace the Navy’s goal of expanding from its current fleet of 275 ships to 355. Doing so will be costly — the Congressional Budget Office has estimated ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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How Donald Trump is negotiating like a hostage-taker
As a candidate, Donald Trump sold himself as a deal maker. As president, he's governing more as a hostage taker. Across an array of domestic and foreign challenges, Trump's go...
By Richard Fontaine
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Iraqi Forces Clash With Kurdish Fighters Near Kirkuk
Iraqi forces clashed with fighters from the Kurdish semiautonomous region in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk early Monday, Iraqi and Kurdish officials said, in a standoff over...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump Admin. Makes Gains on ISIS, but Lack of Syria Policy Raises Concern
WASHINGTON —The Trump administration’s efforts to recapture the ISIS-held Syrian city of Raqqa, the group’s de-facto capital, are making enough headway that the operation coul...
By Nicholas Heras
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Technology & National Security
UAS are everywhere, and it takes all types of technology to defeat themThe drone buzzed over U.S. ground troops in southern Syria. It was big, about the size of a Predator, and it was armed. Without warning, it fired. The munition “hit dirt,” a P...
By Paul Scharre
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Interview: Trump's Iran decision sends powerful risk signal to oil market
US President Donald Trump Friday officially renounced the Iran nuclear agreement, yet urged Congress to remain in the deal as he asked lawmakers to ultimately decide its fate....
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Critics see major risks in Trump's Iran decision
President Donald Trump's decision not to certify the Iran nuclear deal isn't the same thing as walking away from the agreement -- but critics are already warning of negative f...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Trump de-certifies Iran nuclear deal, announces more sanctions against Iran
WASHINGTON — President Trump unveiled a sweeping and aggressive new policy toward Iran on Friday, saying he will not re-certify the nuclear deal signed in 2015 and calling for...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Iran deal's foes in U.S. Congress may be its unlikely saviors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress, long the staunchest opponents of the Iran nuclear deal, may be the best hope for preserving it if President Donald Tru...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Uncle Sam is here to stay
Speaking at the sixth Maritime Institute of Malaysia South China Sea Conference, Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia Pacific Security Programme at CNAS (Centre for ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Press Note
Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
CNAS Press Note: President Trump’s Plan Not to Certify Iranian Compliance with JCPOAWashington, October 11 – With President Trump slated to give a speech in which he is expected to say he will not certify Iran’s compliance with the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Pl...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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What the U.S. is actually getting right on North Korea
It's tempting to give into doom and gloom when we think of North Korea policy. The rapid advances in Pyongyang's weapons technology, coupled with its provocative propaganda ab...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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'We are on a tightrope': Trump poised to walk away from Iran nuclear deal
If Donald Trump decides this week to withdraw his endorsement of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, its fate and the potential for a major conflict will be determined by a complex ba...
By Richard Fontaine
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How the U.S. Lost the War in Syria to Russia and Iran
When the U.S. and its allies finally began their offensive to defeat the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor in August 2017, the S...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump is expected to decertify the Iran nuclear deal on Friday — but he may not scrap it entirely
President Donald Trump's decision on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal could come on Friday, and experts say the "writing is on the wall" that the administration won't recertify the ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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In picking fight with Sen. Bob Corker, Trump risks agenda
After another public spat with President Donald Trump, Republican Sen. Bob Corker has made it clear: he intends to spend his last months in the US Senate unleashed. That could...
By Ilan Goldenberg
