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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
Discussion of Russian bounties thrusts deaths of three Marines into spotlightWith a burst of light and dust, an armored vehicle carrying Marines outside a major U.S. air base in Afghanistan erupted into flames, killing three men inside and plunging th...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Chinese threats, weaker US alliance spur Australian military overhaul
Australia has unveiled plans to dramatically tool-up its military as threats from China mount, but some see collapsing trust in the United States alliance as an underlying mot...
By Van Jackson
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Market analysts react to China's new Hong Kong lawBeijing unveiled national security legislation tailor-made for Hong Kong on Tuesday, setting the stage for the most radical changes to the former British colony’s way of life ...
By Peter Harrell
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Deep in the Heart of Texas, a Chinese Wind Farm Raises EyebrowsThe Trump administration will not block a Chinese-owned company from building a wind farm in Texas near the Air Force’s largest pilot training base, a person familiar with the...
By Ashley Feng
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Another Chinese school dodges US software export controls, as Beihang University gets MATLAB engineering program
The US government slapped sanctions on Beijing Aeronautics and Astronautics University almost 20 years ago, alleging it was linked to the military and could contribute to miss...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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China's Publicized WHO Fundraising Drive Falls Short of Hype
A highly touted Chinese drive to raise funds for the World Health Organization, launched after President Donald Trump announced he was ending financial support for the WHO, ha...
By Kristine Lee
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Pentagon lists 20 companies aiding Chinese military
The Pentagon has compiled a list of Chinese companies with ties to the country’s military as part of an intensifying effort by the Trump administration and Congress to make it...
By Eric Sayers
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Bolton revelations undercut Trump’s reelection message of toughness on China
President Trump was in a White House event with governors Thursday when he took a moment to punch out a tweet from his cellphone — threatening to decouple the U.S. economy fro...
By Ely Ratner
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Bolton's tell-all book highlights incoherence, instability of US President's China policy
On the same day that United States President Donald Trump signed into law the Uighur Human Rights Policy Act, details emerged on Wednesday on how he had allegedly told Chinese...
By Martijn Rasser
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Canceling Aegis Ashore raises problems — and hopesDefense Minister Taro Kono has announced suspending the planned deployment of the Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense system. Kono blamed cost and technical issues for the ...
By Eric Sayers
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Pentagon warns China is exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to wage 'economic warfare' on the US
Defense officials are increasingly concerned China is using the coronavirus crisis to gain stakes in strategically important businesses as the pandemic leaves struggling compa...
By Martijn Rasser
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North Korea blows up liaison office in escalation of hostilities with Seoul
North Korea has blown up the inter-Korean liaison office near the country’s border with South Korea, marking a sharp escalation in hostilities by Kim Jong Un towards Seoul. So...
By Van Jackson
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CNAS Responds: Indian and Chinese Soldiers Killed in Ladakh Border Clash
Tensions between Indian and Chinese forces boiled over in a deadly clash last night on the countries’ border in the Himalayan Mountains. After weeks of troop build-up on both ...
By Chris Dougherty, Daniel Kliman, Iskander Rehman & Joshua Fitt
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Chinese Soldiers Club 20 Indian Soldiers to Death on Disputed Border
With India revising the death toll of the number of its soldiers killed in clashes with the People’s Liberation Army in Kashmir from 3 to 20, we speak with Joshua Fitt, a Rese...
By Joshua Fitt
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North Korea Promises to Advance Nuclear Weapons as It Turns Back to Foreign Affairs
North Korea, on the second anniversary of the historic Singapore summit between Kim Jong Un and President Trump, said relations with the U.S. had “shifted into despair” and pr...
By Kristine Lee
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Special Report: How China got shipments of Venezuelan oil despite U.S. sanctionsThe United States had imposed sanctions on Venezuela’s state-owned oil company as part of a bid to topple that country’s socialist president, Nicolas Maduro. U.S. refineries s...
By Peter Harrell
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CNAS and Axios Partner to Present the CNAS 2020 National Security Conference
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce its partnership with Axios for the CNAS 2020 National Security Conference, the America Competes Summer Ser...
By Cole Stevens
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Lawmakers propose billions to boost U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and research
Concerned that too much semiconductor manufacturing and know-how has shifted overseas, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is proposing allocating tens of billions of dollars to b...
By Eric Sayers
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U.S. seeks to house missiles in the Pacific. Some allies don’t want them
The governor of a Japanese territory where the Pentagon is thinking about basing missiles capable of threatening China has a message for the United States: Not on my island. ...
By Eric Sayers
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Kim Jong Un cuts communication lines with South Korea
North Korea will cut all communications with South Korea in what experts say is the latest gamble by Kim Jong Un to pressure Washington over economic sanctions. According to K...
By Van Jackson