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Boris Johnson wants to be like Churchill — this is his chance
Richard Fontaine, CEO at the Center for New American Security, in 2020 proposed a New Atlantic Charter for the post-Covid era. That could come to fruition as President Joe Bid...
By Richard Fontaine
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Russia's powerful Northern Fleet just got the first of a new class of submarines that has the US Navy worried
On May 7, the Russian Navy finally commissioned the Kazan, its first Yasen-M-class nuclear-powered guided missile submarine (SSGN). Kazan is the lead boat of a subclass descen...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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US ambassador to Russia warned senators that Biden administration risks repeating predecessors' mistakes in dealing with Putin
The day before the White House announced that President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin would hold their first in-person meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, the US ...
By Jim Townsend
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Making America Global AgainWASHINGTON, DC – The liberal international order remains trapped in the twentieth century. As autocracies like China and Russia increasingly develop spheres of cooperation, th...
By Richard Fontaine
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Russia Is Working On A New Stealth Fighter It Probably Can’t Afford
Russian warplane-maker Sukhoi is developing a new stealth fighter, state media reported Wednesday. The single-engine, low-observable fighter would fly as fast as Mach 2, a com...
By Samuel Bendett
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Turkey’s persistent watering down of anti-Russian language leaves NATO in bind
Turkey has repeatedly softened language in NATO statements condemning Russia, part of a broader pattern of muscle-flexing obstructionism within the Western security pact, and ...
By Jim Townsend
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Will Biden Blink Over Navalny?
On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced the long-awaited meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which will be held ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Russia Is Accelerating Its Own Link-Everything Network
The United States isn’t the only major military power trying to digitally link all of its weapons and execute operations faster with artificial intelligence. Russia has been m...
By Samuel Bendett & Jeffrey Edmonds
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CNAS Launches Transatlantic Forum on Russia
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today announced the launch of the CNAS Transatlantic Forum on Russia, led by the Center’s Transatlantic Security Program. The for...
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Strongmen who got cozy with Trump get the cold shoulder from Biden
The Biden administration has zinged Russia and China over human rights and alleged thuggery against their neighbors, cut off some arms sales to Saudi Arabia, and stiff-armed T...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
80,000 Russian Troops Remain at Ukraine Border as U.S. and NATO Hold ExercisesRussia has withdrawn only a few thousand troops from the border with Ukraine, senior Biden administration officials said, despite signals from Moscow last month that it was di...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Inside Russia’s Robot Army: Rhetoric vs. RealityRussia has created a new robotic combat unit of Uran-9 unmanned ground vehicles, which have been battle-tested in Syria, though with mixed results. It’s also developing an exp...
By Samuel Bendett
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security / National Security Law
CNAS Responds: Assessing the Biden Administration's First 100 DaysPresident Biden will mark his first 100 days in office with a joint session address to Congress this evening. In the press note below, CNAS experts offer insights and reflecti...
By Richard Fontaine, Katherine L. Kuzminski, Ilan Goldenberg, Lisa Curtis, Martijn Rasser, Jacob Stokes, Ainikki Riikonen, Megan Lamberth, Nathalie Grogan & Jim Townsend
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Call for Applications | Wargaming with the Next Generation: A Russia Crisis Simulation
The CNAS Transatlantic Security and Defense programs today announced a call for applications for "Wargaming with the Next Generation: A Russia Crisis Simulation." The virtual ...
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Russia's unlucky aircraft carrier is getting ready for its return to action
Perhaps no aircraft carrier has been as mocked or as troubled as Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia's only carrier and the sole ship of its class. Meant to usher in a new era for Sovie...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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China and Russia Turn Deeper Ties into a Military Challenge for Biden
Deepening military and diplomatic cooperation between Russia and China is worrying U.S. defense planners, who fear the two frenemies that share military technology and many fo...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Slaps Wide-Ranging Sanctions on Moscow—but Stops Short of Killer BlowThe Biden administration announced a sweeping package of sanctions on Russia on Thursday, including further restrictions on Moscow’s ability to tap capital markets and fresh d...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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EU mulls end to extradition treaties with China over Hong Kong electoral reform, but not every member state agrees
Under pressure from the United States and reeling from a blitz of Chinese sanctions, the European Union is preparing new measures to punish Beijing for sweeping electoral refo...
By Martijn Rasser
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Biden administration imposes significant economic sanctions on Russia over cyberspying, efforts to influence presidential electionThe Biden administration on Thursday imposed the first significant sanctions targeting the Russian economy in several years in order to punish the Kremlin for a cyberespionage...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Edward Fishman
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Is Russia Preparing to Go to War in Ukraine?
Russia’s military buildup near the border of Ukraine continued this week, deepening global concern about Moscow’s ultimate intentions as senior Russian officials and state med...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor