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Iran War Saps U.S. Military Ahead of Any Potential China Conflict
“Between this and the operations in South America, you’ve got a certain ratio of operational time to maintenance time that has to be maintained,” said Tom Shugart, a former U....
By Tom Shugart
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Technology & National Security
China Wants A.I. To Flourish, but Not at the Expense of Jobs“The government was really pushing this diffusion agenda,” said Ruby Scanlon, a research associate at the Center for a New American Security. “Increasingly, there’s been a lot...
By Ruby Scanlon
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Europe Troop Move Puts Spotlight on Last Man Out of AfghanistanDowngrading to a lieutenant general would be “against the grain” for allies who see Russia as a near-term threat, said Jim Townsend, a former deputy assistant secretary of def...
By Jim Townsend
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Defense / National Security Human Capital
‘Insatiable’ Demand: Inside the Fight for a Bigger U.S. Special Forces Budget“If they’ve got 100 Shaheds coming at them, how are they going to deal with that?” Jim Townsend, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for European and NATO policy, t...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump Returns from China with Little Progress on Reopening Hormuz
“Negotiations are deadlocked, violence erupts sporadically and the economic costs of the prolonged closing of the Strait of Hormuz are rising,” Bloomberg Economics defense lea...
By Becca Wasser
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Trump Warns Taiwan Against Declaring Independence from China After Meeting Xi
Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said the trip ultimately was more about setting a tone than about deliverables, which Trump usually se...
By Jacob Stokes
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Russia’s War Is Going Badly—on the Ground and in the Air“Ukraine is certainly in a stronger position than many expected,” said Franz-Stefan Gady, a Vienna-based military analyst and head of Gady Consulting. But war involves cycles ...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Technology & National Security
Will AI Go Rogue?“It does seem totally feasible to me that a model will reach the conclusion that it could run twice as fast if there were two of it,” Caleb Withers, a research associate at th...
By Caleb Withers
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China Gains Major Edge on U.S. Amid Iran War, Intelligence Report Finds
“On balance, the war in Iran is massively improving China’s geopolitical position,” said Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security....
By Jacob Stokes
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Trump’s Man in Central Asia
“Initially there was concern in New Delhi that he might be stretched too thin or worse, that he might try to play a mediator role between India and Pakistan but that simply ha...
By Lisa Curtis
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How the Trump-Xi Meeting Became ‘The Shrinking Summit’
“I’m expecting more optics than substance out of the summit,” said Tobin, who’s now a fellow at the Center for a New American Security. “I think some of it will be real and mo...
By Liza Tobin
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Fears of an AI Breakthrough Force the U.S. And China to TalkDaniel Remler, who led AI policy at the State Department during the Biden administration and took part in the Geneva talks, cast doubt on Chinese claims of disinterest in AGI ...
By Daniel Remler
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump-XI Summit: 5 Things to Watch as World’s Most Powerful Men MeetEmily Kilcrease, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said: "What I'm going to be looking for in the Board of Trade announcement, if it does come out, is r...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Trilateral Partners Respond to North Korea’s Missile Threats
“There have been several alarming signs regarding North Korean nuclear weapons development in the last few weeks,” Lisa Curtis, director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program a...
By Lisa Curtis
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U.S. Rare Earth Ambitions Take Big Step Forward in Greenland
“It's undeniable that the U.S. government and many other governments around the world, including in the Gulf, have woken up to the importance of developing critical mineral su...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
How Ukraine Is Taking the Fight Back to Russia in CrimeaUkraine has continued to target the bridge and its supporting infrastructure. “Despite numerous Russian attempts to secure the peninsula-based assets, Ukrainian drones still m...
By Samuel Bendett
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Trump Says He Will Suspend Petrol Tax amid Soaring U.S. Fuel Prices
“I anticipate it would pass, but there could be a procedural delay. It also suggests that President Trump doesn’t see a quick end to the reduced volumes and is trying to cushi...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Fuel, Munitions and Food: The Mounting Toll of Trump’s Iran War
The budget and future supplemental requests represent “a lot of money” and it is “going to have economic knockdown effects”, said Carlton Haelig, a defence fellow at the Cente...
By Carlton Haelig
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Technology & National Security
Microsoft’s Marquee African Data Center Hits Political StalemateA failure to see the project through might be more bruising for G42, which is working to expand beyond its home market and become a credible global AI provider. “It’s a blow t...
By Vivek Chilukuri
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Iran War Hangs Over China Summit
“Trump will have to juggle briefings and updates on two different, multifaceted sets of policy issues at once, all while a bit jet-lagged,” said Jacob Stokes, deputy director ...
By Jacob Stokes