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The Trillions of Dollars of U.S. Investment at Stake in the Gulf
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Last year, the richest countries in the Persian Gulf pledged to pump trillions of dollars of investment into the U.S. in a bid to charm President Trump and strengthen ties....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Technology & National Security
Anthropic CEO Says Pentagon Ban Less Harsh than Hegseth Had ThreatenedThe official designation of Anthropic as a “supply chain risk,” delivered to the company Wednesday, imposed much milder penalties on the AI giant than Defense Secretary Pete H...
By Paul Scharre & Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Trump’s Iran Conflict Cuts the World off from a Crucial Energy Source
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Countries across Europe and Asia are facing a potential energy crisis after an Irani drone strike shut down Qatar’s exports of liquefied natural gas this week, cutting off nat...
By Rachel Ziemba
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After Iran Strikes, N. Korea Sees Decapitation Threat as ‘Much More Real’: Experts
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U.S. strikes on Iran, coupled with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s vow to “deal with” Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and that the effort would send “plenty of signals,” were inte...
By Dr. Go Myong-Hyun
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The Other Simmering Conflict on Iran’s Border
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A border spat between Pakistan and Afghanistan may further destabilize a region already roiled by the U.S.- Israeli joint assault on Iran....
By Lisa Curtis
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Technology & National Security
Anthropic’s AI Tool Claude Central to U.S. Campaign in Iran, amid a Bitter FeudIn order to strike a blistering 1,000 targets in the first 24 hours of its attack on Iran, the U.S. military leveraged the most advanced artificial intelligence it’s ever used...
By Paul Scharre
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Trump’s Shifting Iran Strategies Risk a Chaotic Global Endgame
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In the opening days of the Iran war, US President Donald Trump and his team have offered a series of often changing objectives for the campaign....
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Middle East Security
Why Iran’s Warship ‘Didn’t Have a Chance’ Against a Los Angeles-Class SubmarineThe U.S. military’s operations against Iran reached a new level of intensity on Tuesday when an American submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, marking th...
By Tom Shugart
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Ask Politifact: What Does the Iran War Mean for Us Gasoline Prices?
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When President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address in late February, he pointed to his efforts to reduce the price of a key consumer product: gasoline....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Defense / Middle East Security
$4.2m U.S. Torpedo Detonates Under Iranian Warship in Historic ‘No Mercy’ StrikeA multi-million-dollar U.S. Navy torpedo detonated underneath an Iranian warship in a nighttime submarine strike off Sri Lanka’s southern coast — an attack, War Secretary Pete...
By Tom Shugart
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Defense / Middle East Security
How Tanking, Airlift Could Be Strained by Iran OpsAs US armed forces grind through combat in Iran, some officials have raised concerns about America’s munitions stockpile. But experts warn that a perhaps less obvious constrai...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / Middle East Security
Pentagon IDs 4 American Troops Killed in KuwaitThe Pentagon on Tuesday identified four of the six American troops killed in the opening hours of the war with Iran....
By Molly Campbell
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Oil Surges, Gas Tops $3 Nationwide as War Heats Up. What Comes Next?Oil prices traded higher March 3 as the U.S.-Israel-Iran war widened, setting up steeper prices for some of the items American consumers depend on....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Defense / Middle East Security
Middle East War Could Be Decided by Who Runs Out of Missiles or Interceptors First, Analysts SayThe outcome and duration of the war in the Middle East may be decided by a grim calculus based on the size of Iran’s drone and missile stocks v vital air defence munitions hel...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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UAE Lenders Suffer Outages After Amazon Data Centre Hit by ‘Objects’
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Banking customers in the United Arab Emirates have reported disruption to banking apps in the wake of missile and drone attacks from Iran....
By Rachel Ziemba
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The Gulf Next Door
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They say that if you don’t like Dubai, you won’t like the future. That’s usually a note of cultural snobbery — the shiny, booming expat city is a place for “social media hotel...
By Richard Fontaine
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Technology & National Security
The U.S. Launches a Peace Corps for AI to Compete with ChinaWhile speaking at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi last month, White House science and technology adviser Michael Kratsios announced the launch of Tech Corps. Posi...
By Ruby Scanlon
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Trump Embraces U.S. Military Power After Years of Caution
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In his three runs for the presidency, Donald J. Trump, more than any other candidate, spoke of the limits of U.S. military power, especially in the Middle East....
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Technology & National Security
The Pentagon’s Favorite Tech Guy Is This Hawaiian Shirt-Wearing FounderWithin minutes of arriving at a security conference with U.S. defense and intelligence officials in December, Palmer Luckey was stopped by a military officer who wanted to tal...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Technology & National Security
AI’s Mass Surveillance ProblemThe Pentagon’s standoff with Anthropic highlights a mass surveillance reality: There are few laws limiting what the government can do with artificial intelligence....
By Vivek Chilukuri
