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Tillerson's departure imperils Iran deal, shifts path on Venezuela oil sanctions: analysts
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he had removed Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, a move likely to end US involvement in the Iran nuclear deal and alter the adminis...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Amanpour: Victoria Nuland, Sir Tony Brenton and James Martin
In The News
Victoria Nuland, Former Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, talks with Christiane Amanpour about Trump firing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...
By Victoria Nuland
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How much longer will US and partner forces ‘own the night’ in combat?
Filmed through the tinted green of night vision goggles, a February video by the Taliban depicts their assault on an Afghan security forces outpost in Kandahar province. After...
By Adam Routh
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Will Trump’s North Korea gamble actually pay off?
Last week was a whirlwind for North Korea watchers. On Thursday, South Korean officials announced that President Trump had agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Will Kim Jong Un — like every other dictator — sucker Trump?
The Post reports: North Korea’s belligerent leader, Kim Jong Un, has asked President Trump for talks and Trump has agreed to meet him “by May,” South Korea’s national security...
By Richard Fontaine
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Expert says Trump-North Korea talks could be his 'crowning achievement' — or lead to war
Proposed talks between President Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un could be Trump’s "crowning achievement" if they go well, or lead to war in they fail, an Asia securit...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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National Security Human Capital
‘It’s killing the agency’: Ugly power struggle paralyzes Trump’s plan to fix veterans’ careVeterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is managing the government’s second-largest bureaucracy from a fortified bunker atop the agency’s Washington headquarters. He has canc...
By Phillip Carter
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Economic Sanctions Outlook
The Atlantic Council held a series of panels on the Trump Administration’s use of economic sanctions as a foreign policy tool. Representatives from the State and Treasury Depa...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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7 Big Things to Understand About Trump’s Talks With North Korea
President Trump has accepted North Korea’s invitation for direct talks with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, to be held by May. It’s a big deal, but you’re probably wonde...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Chemical weapons in Syria: a real-false red line?
If confirmed, it would be the fifth chemical attack on Eastern Ghouta in less than two months. According to the NGO Union of Relief and Medical Organizers (UOSSM), a chlorine ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un can both claim a diplomatic victory - but can they secure a real breakthrough?c
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, have more in common than they think. They both love drama and they delivered it in spades on Thursday, in an extra...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Donald Trump's historic bet on Kim Jong Un summit shatters decades of orthodoxy
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) - US President Donald Trump took the biggest gamble of his presidency on Thursday (March 8), breaking decades of US diplomatic orthodoxy by accepting an...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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National Security Human Capital
Ugly power struggle paralyzes Trump's plan to fix veterans' careWASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is managing the government's second-largest bureaucracy from a fortified bunker atop the agency's Washington headquarters...
By Phillip Carter
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Ex-Pentagon Official: Trump failed to prevent Iran's entrenchment in Syria
So respected is Michèle Flournoy that she not only was presumed to be Hillary Clinton’s secretary of defense in waiting, but was also offered the No. 2 position by Trump’s Sec...
By Michèle Flournoy
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National Security Human Capital
War zones still waiting for a visit from TrumpTrump's absence from the war zones more than a year into this presidency stands in contrast to his immediate predecessor: Former President Barack Obama made his first of five ...
By Phillip Carter & Michèle Flournoy
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Technology & National Security
Mad Scientist 2018: Bio-Convergence and the Changing Character of WarThis Mad Scientist conference, co-sponsored by the U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 and SRI International, brings leading scientists, innovators, and scholars from academia, industry, and...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Top Ten Bio Convergence Trends Impacting the Future Operational EnvironmentAs Mad Scientist Laboratory has noted in previous blog posts, War is an intrinsically human endeavor. Rapid innovations in the biological sciences are changing how we work, li...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Trump Knows the Best Trade Wars. The Very Best.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday followed through on his threats to levy across-the-board tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, though he gave a temporary respite to C...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump’s Historic Bet on Kim Summit Shatters Decades of Orthodoxyc
Donald Trump took the biggest gamble of his presidency on Thursday, breaking decades of U.S. diplomatic orthodoxy by accepting an invitation to meet with North Korean leader K...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump’s bellicosity secures a diplomatic coup — for now
For the moment, at least, it appears to be a clear-cut victory — the biggest foreign policy win of his young administration. President Trump has brought his arch-nemesis, Nort...
By Richard Fontaine
