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Can Jared Kushner navigate Middle East peace without top secret clearance?il
Kushner, who along with being the son-in-law of President Donald Trump carries the titles of assistant to the president, senior adviser to the president and director of the Of...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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First Combat Laser For Navy Warship: Lockheed HELIOS
“This is a very big deal,” said Mark Gunzinger of the Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments, a longtime advocate of lasers. “It is clear evidence of the progress th...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Technology & National Security
Trump has done nothing to stop Russia from meddling in the 2018 midtermsPresident Donald Trump has barely acknowledged that Russians meddled in the 2016 presidential election, and now it looks like he’s doing nothing to prevent Moscow from interfe...
By Michael Sulmeyer
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Trump’s Spy Chief Nominee to Face Grilling Over Russia Responses
President Donald Trump’s departing military cyber chief stunned lawmakers this week when he said he was never asked by the White House to counter ongoing Russian efforts to in...
By Michael Sulmeyer
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UN report: North Korea ties to Syria
In The News
North Korea has been sending chemical weapons supplies to Syria, according to an unreleased UN report. CNAS senior fellow Dr. Patrick Cronin joins The Situation Room to discus...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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The General and the Ambassador: A Conversation
A podcast series by the American Academy of Diplomacy, the General and the Ambassador: A Conversation brings together outstanding diplomatic and military collaborators to reco...
By Victoria Nuland
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Ghouta rebels await assault as Syrian regime bombardment continuesh
TUNIS - Thousands of heavily armed rebels in Eastern Ghouta prepared for what looks to be an inevitable assault by Syrian regime troops massing on the suburb’s borders. Lodged...
By Nicholas Heras
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War vs. diplomacy: Did the Olympics help resolve the North Korea nuclear standoff? Sort of.
The Winter Games concluded this month with a measly 23 medals for the U.S. team, the fewest since 1998. But dramatic news developed on the diplomatic front: North Korea sent a...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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U.S. tries to nail down priorities in Syria as civilian carnage continues
The past few weeks have been especially deadly for civilians in Syria, with Russian-backed regime forces pummeling the rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta. On Tuesday, a five...
By Nicholas Heras
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An attack on North Korea would be massive — and massively stupid
In response to worries that it is planning a “bloody nose” strike on North Korea, the Trump administration has been offering an odd reassurance. Any attack on the regime of Ki...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Syria’s fracturing conflict escalates as Russia and Iran face higher costs
TUNIS - Syria’s northern theatre illustrates the risks involved in the fracturing of the 7-year-old conflict that has defied all international attempts to stop the bloodshed. ...
By Nicholas Heras
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US Looking East After Fining Europe Over Iran Business
The US effort to put Iran in a financial bind meant European banks were paying big fines and closing off its money flows amid severe sanctions on the country’s banking and ene...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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National Security Human Capital
Why Sending Armed Veterans to Guard Schools Would Be LudicrousOn Wednesday, as families continued to bury their loved ones killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, President Trump suggested that one answer to ...
By Phillip Carter
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Lauren Fish on Bombshell: No Joy in Munchen
This week, the Bombshell ladies welcomed CNAS expert Lauren Fish to talk all things FY19 defense budget, including why this big funding increase may not be all that it seems. ...
By Lauren Fish
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Why Venezuela Should Worry About a National Crypto
While not many things are clear about Venezuela's new state-backed cryptocurrency, the petro, what is apparent is that many think it's potentially harmful for the country's pe...
By Edoardo Saravalle
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Trump administration unveils sanctions aimed at starving North Korea of resources
President Trump announced new financial measures against North Korea on Friday aimed at ensuring Pyongyang cannot continue to fuel its nuclear ambitions by sidestepping existi...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Malaise in Munich
Julie Smith, Director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, shares her first-hand views of the Munich Security Conference this past ...
By Julianne Smith
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Deep Dish: What to make of the Munich (In)Security Conference
Each year, international security and defense chiefs meet at the Munich Security Conference for intense debate about global security challenges. The Washington Post's Josh Rog...
By Julianne Smith
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Russia is flaunting its fancy new stealth fighter jets
Russia apparently deployed two advanced new stealth fighters to Syria in what analysts called a move by Moscow to signal its support for Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad despit...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Seeking to outsmart US, China races ahead on artificial intelligenceWASHINGTON: When a Google computer program beat the world’s best player of an ancient Chinese board game last May, it might have seemed like an incremental milestone. But for ...
By Elsa B. Kania
