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Exclusive: Trump Officials Studying Obama's Security Plan in Case Israeli-Palestinian Peace Push Works
In the first weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump entered the White House, his special envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Jason Greenblatt, held a number of me...
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US faces struggle to ease nervous Asian allies’ fears of a retreat
When James Mattis speaks at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday, the US defence secretary will face a very different landscape from the one that greeted his prede...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Kim Jong Un Spurs Asian Race for Missile-Defense Systems
Kim Jong Un’s near-weekly rocket launches are spurring a push for missile-defense systems across Asia that risk sharpening divisions between China and U.S. allies in the regio...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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President Trump: US to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord
President Trump has announced the US will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord. Rich Lowry says the accord is a big nothing-burger, with the Left saying it's voluntary so wh...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Technology & National Security
Fact Check: Why did the NSA breach privacy protections?National Security Agency analysts under the Obama administration improperly searched Americans' information, but the searches were conducted largely out of error, according to...
By Adam Klein
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Trump delays moving U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a waiver that delays moving the American Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem — kicking the can down the road in the hopes th...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Pentagon to test new anti-missile system
In The News
In wake of North Korea's latest missile test, the Pentagon will test its ability to shoot down an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time. CNN's Brian Todd repor...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Pentagon Says United States Is Ahead of North Korean Nuclear Threat Through 2020
The United States contends its missile defense technology puts it roughly three years ahead of the ever-increasing nuclear threat North Korea poses. On Tuesday, the U.S. Missi...
By Richard Fontaine
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China's Growing Naval Might Challenges US Supremacy in Asia
Ship by ship, port by port, China has over the past two decades been assembling one of the essential engines of global power: a modern navy capable of projecting force far fro...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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National Security Human Capital
Trump’s Cabinet of Generals Is Testing the U.S. Military’s Political NeutralityIn this week’s Trend Lines podcast, WPR’s editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, and senior editor, Frederick Deknatel, discuss the Manchester bombing and U.S. President Donald Tru...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey & Amy Schafer
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White House to Europe: Trump picks on you because he likes you
President Donald Trump may be aggravating Germany, France and other U.S. allies in Europe with his tirades and qualms about trade imbalances, NATO spending and the Paris clima...
By Julianne Smith
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U.S. Air Force base prepares unprecedented missile launch
Vandenberg Air Force Base in Central California is preparing to launch a missile designed to shoot down an incoming warhead. CBS Los Angeles reports a Ground-based Interceptor...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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European allies see the two sides of Trump
In Sicily, Donald Trump listened attentively during complex G7 debates over trade and climate change, smiled for the cameras, and for the most part refrained from provocative ...
By Julianne Smith
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Transatlantic Security Program Director Julianne Smith on NBC's TODAY Show
In The News
Julie Smith, the director of the Transatlantic Security Program, and MSNBC contributor Josh Barro join TODAY after new reports that President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared K...
By Julianne Smith
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How does 'America First' fit into G-7 summit? Trump and allies size each other up
Candidate Donald Trump was famous for his frequent refrain on the campaign trail: Other countries are treating the U.S. unfairly. Very likely, he had multilateral groups such ...
By Julianne Smith
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How Trump's Middle East trip may have alienated a key counterterror ally
President Trump said Thursday that his first trip overseas has given him “renewed hope that nations of many faiths can unite to defeat terrorism, a common threat to all of hum...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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US patrol sends signal to Beijing's claims in South China Sea – but how strong?
Fifteen years ago, when China and the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations committed to establishing a code of conduct to govern actions in the South China Sea, t...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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All in the family? NATO first-timers Trump and Macron a study in contrasts.
The “family photo” of leaders attending the NATO meeting in the Belgian capital Thursday included an unusually large number of first-timers to the transatlantic alliance’s pre...
By Jim Townsend
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CNAS Press Note: The NATO “Mini-Summit”
With leaders of NATO member countries set to meet for a “mini-summit,” experts from the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Transatlantic Security Program – Julianne Smi...
By Julianne Smith, Jim Townsend, Jacqueline Ramos & Rachel Rizzo
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National Security Human Capital
VA eyes building closures to boost care under TrumpThe Trump administration is considering whether to shut down Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities and consolidate hospitals to save money. The move, tentatively sup...
By Phillip Carter
