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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Pentagon turns to the stars to survive China's electronic warfareEvery newly commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy's surface fleet carries a copy of Nathaniel Bowditch's "The American Practical Navigator" (1802) on its bridge. This thick encyc...
By Billy Fabian
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Following withdrawal announcement, battle to determine Afghanistan war’s legacy begins
The easy, obvious and probably inevitable legacy of America’s two-decade-long war in Afghanistan is the recognition that there are limits to U.S. military power, especially wh...
By Eliot Cohen
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Taliban Boycotts Key Peace Talks After U.S. Pull-Out Delay
Hours after the Biden administration announced that the remaining 3,500 American troops will return from Afghanistan by the twentieth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, a Ta...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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With Afghan Decision, Biden Seeks to Focus U.S. on New Challenges
President Biden’s decision to pull all American troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 was rooted in his belief that there is no room for continuing 20 years of failed efforts to...
By Lisa Curtis
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
China flanks Taiwan with military exercises in air and seaChina's armed forces conducted simultaneous military exercises to the west and east of Taiwan on Monday in a move analysts said was a warning to the self-ruled island and its ...
By Tom Shugart
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Beijing Continues Its Steady But Uneven Rise In the WorldChinese President Xi Jinping and other senior officials touted China’s ascent at the political gathering, setting up declared victories at home over the coronavirus and extrem...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Biden About to Make Huge, Last-Second Gamble on Afghanistan
With less than a month to go before a diplomatic accord with the Taliban requires U.S. forces to withdraw from their longest-ever overseas war, the Biden administration is now...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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North Korea Tops Agenda for US-Japan-South Korea Meeting
"Every aspect of North Korea policy" will be discussed when national security advisers from the United States, South Korea and Japan meet on Friday, according to a senior admi...
By Duyeon Kim
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Biden vows to ‘respond accordingly’ if North Korea escalates missile testing following latest launch
US President Joe Biden has warned North Korea that the US will “respond accordingly” if it escalates its military testing, after Pyongyang fired two missiles in its first majo...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korean missiles getting more agile, evasive
In resuming its ballistic testing activity after a yearlong pause, North Korea has demonstrated a potentially nuclear-capable weapon that shows how it continues to expand its ...
By Duyeon Kim
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Reaction to North Korea's ballistic missile launch
North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the sea near Japan on Thursday, Japan’s prime minister said, fuelling tensions ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and ramping up pres...
By Duyeon Kim
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
CNAS Responds: Washington, Beijing Clash at First MeetingRichard Fontaine, Chief Executive Officer: "Those fearing a U.S.-China reset can rest easy. Where Henry Kissinger and Zhou Enlai once jawed over the French Revolution, in Alas...
By Richard Fontaine, Lisa Curtis, David Shullman, Carisa Nietsche, Jason Bartlett & Katie Galgano
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Russia, China tensions rise with White HouseRelations between the United States and Russia and China under President Biden are getting off to a difficult and hostile start.Biden this week agreed with an interviewer’s as...
By Lisa Curtis & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Denuclearisation of what? U.S. switch on North Korea wording raises debate
Officials with U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration have begun emphasising the “denuclearisation of North Korea”, rather than the whole peninsula, in a subtle but noticea...
By Duyeon Kim
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U.S. Seeks to Counter China’s Full-Court Press in Asia
Top Biden administration officials on their first tour through the Pacific are facing pressure from allies and parts of the U.S. military to respond to China’s increasing prov...
By Tom Shugart
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Biden team's China focus puts South Korea on the spot ahead of talks
For the first time in years there are liberal presidents in South Korea and the United States, but the change in U.S. administrations hasn’t made it any easier for Seoul to ba...
By Duyeon Kim
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The best case for withdrawing all US troops from Afghanistan
In 2018, Kolenda and US diplomat Robin Raphel also privately engaged in secret talks with the Taliban aimed at bringing the war to an end. Those talks helped pave the way for ...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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North Korea Rules Out U.S. Talks in Jab at Visiting Biden Envoys
North Korea ruled out further talks with the U.S. for now, as Kim Jong Un’s regime sought to raise pressure on top Biden administration officials visiting Seoul.A senior North...
By Duyeon Kim
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The best case against withdrawing all US troops from Afghanistan
President Joe Biden has a big, looming decision to make by May 1: whether or not to withdraw all 2,500 US troops from Afghanistan and end America’s 20-year war in the country....
By Lisa Curtis
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Biden lays groundwork for high-stakes China meeting
President Biden is preparing to confront China on a range of issues in the coming week as he seeks to reassert America's position on the global stage. Secretary of State Anton...
By Lisa Curtis