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US officials try to prevent Turkish military operation against Kurdish allies in Syria
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US military officials have arrived in Ankara for meetings aimed at preventing Turkey from carrying out an offensive against Washington’s Kurdish allies in northern Syria. The...
By Nicholas Heras
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Kushner seeks Arab leaders’ support to Mideast peace plan seemingly going into effect
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US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor, Jared Kushner, accompanied by a White House team including Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt and State Department o...
By Nicholas Heras
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Talisman Sabre flexed coalition power in the Indo-Pacific, experts say
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Talisman Sabre 2019, the monthlong, multinational military exercise led by the U.S. and Australia, demonstrated that the U.S. has allies ready to help keep order in the Indo-P...
By Daniel Kliman
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A month after G20, Trump's Asia policy achievements appear to be unraveling
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At the end of June, US President Donald Trump appeared to have deals in hand with North Korea and China that would have put nuclear and trade talks back on track. What a diff...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea has conducted three missile launches in eight days but Donald Trump says ‘no problem’
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North Korea carried out its third weapons test in eight days on Friday, according to the South’s military, but US President Donald Trump said he had “no problem” with the spat...
By Duyeon Kim
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NTIA Spectrum Review Request Signals ‘Substantial’ Delay in Part of 5G Strategy
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A key part of the plan for the United States to compete in the global race to 5G has been delayed, and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s request...
By Elsa B. Kania
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North Korea’s Latest Weapon: A Rocket or a Missile?
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North Korea said Thursday its latest weapons test involved a new multiple rocket launch system — not ballistic missiles, as South Korea had reported — raising questions about ...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea’s missile tests raise stakes for Trump’s personal diplomacy with Kim
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North Korea’s return to missile testing after a long hiatus raises the stakes for President Trump ahead of planned nuclear negotiations, undermining his claim that his persona...
By Duyeon Kim
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Mike Pompeo arrives in Asia amid North Korea missile tests, denuclearization doubts
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Less than a day after North Korea test fired a new barrage of ballistic missiles, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived in Asia for a major summit. While he says he rema...
By Duyeon Kim
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Why the intelligence community sees potential harm in ‘loyalty’
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When President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he wants to replace departing Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats with someone who can “rein in” an intelligenc...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Expiration of Cold War-era nuclear treaty stokes fears of new arms race
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With the expiration of a key nuclear treaty on Friday, the Department of Defense is now free to pursue intermediate-range nuclear weapons, but some are concerned that a new ar...
By Chris Dougherty
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With Latest Launches, North Korea Perfecting 'Scary Impressive' Missile
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With its latest test Wednesday, North Korea has now launched seven ballistic missiles over the past three months, after having refrained from such launches for a year and a ha...
By Duyeon Kim
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Algorithmic Warfare: Academia Key to Maintaining U.S. Lead in AI
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Academic institutions will be critical to sustaining the United States’ overmatch in artificial intelligence technology, experts say. While countries around the world are inve...
By Kara Frederick & Elsa B. Kania
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The key foreign policy questions 2020 Democrats must answer, according to 9 experts
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Twenty Democrats vying to become the next president take the stage in Detroit this week to participate in the CNN debates. While the two-day event will almost certainly featur...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Syria's Idlib caught between hell and a hard place
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A three-month aerial bombardment campaign by Syrian regime forces and Russia, combined with a ground assault on the last jihadi stronghold, is largely deadlocked, leaving thou...
By Nicholas Heras
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North Korea tests missiles for the second time in a week
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North Korea appears to have tested its second set of missiles in just a week — a sign that its displeasure with South Korea and the US is growing. The South Korean military sa...
By Duyeon Kim
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Two Ways to Ward off Killer Spacecraft
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If you worry that the recent near-collision between U.S. and Russian warships or Iran’s downing of an American drone could escalate into war, you should be even more worried a...
By Michael Horowitz
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Can Trump’s Pick for Intel Chief Tell the President What He Needs to Hear?
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Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats was an increasing rarity in the orbit of U.S. President Donald Trump. As the principal intelligence advisor to a president who has ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser urges participation in anti-crime effort
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday urged residents, businesses and organizations to the participate in the city’s Private Security Camera System Incentive Program in an effort...
By Kara Frederick
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Army 'Night Court' deep cuts revealed as Esper eyes expanding process Pentagon-wide
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The Army's "Night Court" process cut $25 billion from legacy weapon systems to spend more on emerging technologies, with $15 billion coming from program eliminations and reduc...
By Susanna V. Blume
