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Once a Trump Critic, Nikki Haley Casts Herself as His Leading Diplomat
Before and after he became president, Donald J. Trump made it pretty clear that he didn’t see much value in the United Nations. So when he named Nikki R. Haley as his choice f...
By Michèle Flournoy
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‘Horrible’ pictures of suffering moved Trump to action on Syria
When President Trump began receiving his intelligence briefings in January, his team made a request: The president, they said, was a visual and auditory learner. Would the bri...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Middle East Security
Syria strikes just the latest mission for the Navy's Spain-based workhorsesWhen President Trump decided to strike at the Assad regime, two names that have become familiar to commanders in Washington, to Russia and the rest of the region were mentione...
By Jerry Hendrix
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After Syria strikes, US and Russia spiral into confrontation
After President Donald Trump's election victory, the United States and Russia appeared headed toward their smoothest ties in decades. Not anymore. The former Cold War adversar...
By Julianne Smith
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Why Obama Avoided Military Intervention In Syria
On Thursday night, President Donald Trump authorized the military to launch several dozen cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea at a Syrian airfield. The strike was meant...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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CNAS Releases New Report “Phishing in Troubled Waters: Confronting Cyber Espionage Across the Pacific and the Strait of Taiwan”
Washington, April 10 – As President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping conclude a summit featuring extensive conversations on bilateral commerce, the Center for a N...
By Harry Krejsa & Hannah Suh
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Trump Kicks off Florida Meetings With Chinese President
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping opened their high-stakes summit at Trump's Florida beach resort Thursday, with the urgent threat of North Korea's nucle...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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North Korea’s actions could force US-China cooperation
"I hope North Korea does act up, because it’ll actually drive China and the U.S. to cooperate even more on dealing with North Korea,” said Patrick Cronin, senior director of t...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Technology & National Security
Susan Rice, Michael Flynn, and the politics of surveillanceRep. Trey Gowdy (R) of South Carolina leaned forward and addressed FBI director James Comey in a pointed manner. The congressman – a booster of the military, a former prosecut...
By Adam Klein
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Trump's approach to the Middle East
This episode offers broad analysis of the current situation in the Middle East and the choices the new administration faces. We also look at the state of the US State Dep...
By Nicholas Heras
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The King of Jordan Meets the King of Queens
U.S. President Donald Trump met Jordanian King Abdullah at the White House Wednesday. The meeting was hotly anticipated, and not without reason — a president who ran on the id...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Donald Trump’s chemical reaction to Syria attack
It was a dramatic way to herald a potential policy shift that could change the course of the six-year- old war in Syria and the future of its dictator, Bashar al-Assad. When U...
By Richard Fontaine
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Tested by Syria, North Korea CrisesA confluence of crises in Syria and North Korea is forcing President Donald Trump to re-evaluate his fledgling foreign policy, deciding which advisers he will listen to and wh...
By Richard Fontaine
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Syria likely responsible for chemical attack condemned by President Trump
U.S. radar showed Syrian warplanes in the vicinity of the suspected chemical-weapon attack that killed dozens of people in northern Syria on Tuesday, according to a senior Def...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump Says Chemical Attack In Syria Crosses Many Lines
Rachel Martin talks to Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense in the Obama administration, about whether Trump has a clear Syria strategy. Listen below or at NPR....
By Michèle Flournoy
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Carol Deane, President of Starrett City Associates, Joins CNAS Board of Advisors
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announced today that Carol Deane, President of Starrett City Associates, has joined the CNAS Board of Advisors. As a member of th...
By Neal Urwitz
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Trump's surprisingly conventional Israel policy
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s mantra, throughout his career, has been never to give an inch without getting an inch in return. But last week he announced that Is...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Defense experts press Congress for more reforms
A trio of former defense officials on Tuesday pushed lawmakers to keep passing reforms to make the Pentagon more agile and efficient, even as it digests Congress' last batch. ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
April 23: The Day China Launches Its New Aircraft Carrier?China’s first indigenously built aircraft carrier could be set to launch on April 23—the 68th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army Navy. The Type 001A carrier—thought t...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
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