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New Russian Robot Can Climb Stairs And Blow Up BombsThe Syrian civil war is nearly a decade-long tragedy, a geopolitical mess, and a proving ground for Russian military technology. Among that technology is a new iteration of th...
By Samuel Bendett
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For Europe's strongmen, pandemic is opportunity and risk
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Europe's strongmen leaders want to use the coronavirus pandemic to tighten their grip while touting their prowess in overcoming crises, but their authority risks being badly u...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Robots Will Replace Soldiers In Combat, Says RussiaFor Russia, the question of robots taking over the role of soldiers on the battlefield is a matter of when, not if. “Living fighters will gradually begin to be replaced by the...
By Samuel Bendett
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Putin Is Projecting Strength In the Face of Coronavirus. But the Image is CrackedThe Kremlin is trying to project an image of competence and power as the pandemic roils the world, and aiming to conceal a darker reality back home: an uneven healthcare syste...
By Samuel Bendett
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CNAS Launches New Initiative: America and the Post-Pandemic WorldThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today announced the launch of a major initiative on America and the Post-Pandemic World. Leveraging CNAS’ unique multidisciplinar...
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Russia Scores Pandemic Propaganda Triumph With Medical Delivery to U.S.
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As top American officials bash the Russian government for spreading disinformation on the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. President Donald Trump is accepting a supply of medical eq...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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North Macedonia to officially join NATO on Friday
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North Macedonia is expected to deliver paperwork to the U.S. State Department on Friday that will officially make it the 30th member of the NATO alliance. The move — decades ...
By Jim Townsend
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Lawmakers fret as China funnels coronavirus aid to EuropeAs the rest of the world battens down the hatches amid a rising tide of COVID-19 cases, Beijing is in the midst of a major charm offensive. In the past few days, both the Chi...
By Martijn Rasser
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
China Casts Itself as Global Savior While U.S. and EU Focus on Virus at HomeSerbian President Aleksandar Vucic was emotional as he gave a press conference on the global coronavirus pandemic this week, bluntly naming which countries Serbia could count ...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Place Your Bets on Russia’s New Bomber
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The Russian government has approved the development of a new heavy bomber. Now we wait. The Kremlin inked a deal with Tupolev, a subsidiary of the United Aircraft Corporation,...
By Samuel Bendett
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Turkey asks US for missile defense amid Syria standoff
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The United States has not made a decision over whether to deploy Patriot batteries to Turkey’s southern border after receiving a request from Ankara, a US official told Al-Mon...
By Jim Townsend
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Putin Fires His Puppet Master
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The gray cardinal. Putin’s Rasputin. The Kremlin puppet master. Vladislav Surkov, a close advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has achieved near-mythical status over t...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Lawmakers Are Warned That Russia Is Meddling to Re-elect Trump
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Intelligence officials warned House lawmakers last week that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get President Trump re-elected, five people familiar with th...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Obama admin was ill-prepared for Russian election meddling: Senate intel report
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The Obama administration was caught off guard by Russia's interference in the 2016 election and did not have options at the ready to retaliate over the meddling, resulting in ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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NATO Eyes Troop Reductions in Afghanistan as U.S. Draws Down
Some members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are considering withdrawing thousands of their forces from Afghanistan once the United States begins to officially cut i...
By Rachel Rizzo
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How Boris Johnson’s confused handling of the Iran crisis highlights Britain’s absent foreign policy
The problem with Boris Johnson, one senior official who worked closely with him at the foreign office once told me, is that he is “very enthusiastic about what’s in front of h...
By Carisa Nietsche
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Trump has 'emboldened' and 'enabled' authoritarians like Putin as they seek to become presidents for life
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During his time in the White House, President Donald Trump has delivered harsher criticism of the media, the judiciary, congressional lawmakers, and in some cases even members...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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CNAS Launches “America Competes 2020”The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today launched “America Competes 2020,” a Center-wide initiative to renew American competitiveness at home and abroad. Amid incre...
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‘Russia’s Political Transition Has Arrived Ahead of Schedule’
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Russian President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly began the country’s political transition Wednesday with a constitutional shake-up and the naming of a new prime minister, paving ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Nervous U.S. Allies Brace for Iran FalloutCaught off guard by U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to order the killing of the most powerful Iranian general, the United States’ longtime Gulf and European allies are ...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Rachel Rizzo
