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Mark Carney Pitches Canada to Global Investors Amid U.S. Trade War
Not all of the projects, however, are ready for investment. Some of those on offer are fully permitted, while others are still at the concept or feasibility stage. “Some are q...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Technology & National Security
Ukraine Races to Counter Russia’s Jet-Powered Drone AttacksSamuel Bendett, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said the war in Ukraine was a constant "sword vs. shield" struggle, with each new capabilit...
By Samuel Bendett
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Trump’s Tough Talk Accelerates Greenland Investment Push
“It's probably the most offensive action this administration taken beyond tariffs, beyond the political meddling in European elections,” said Chris Kennedy, lead for economic ...
By Chris Kennedy
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U.S. 10-Year Interest Rate Nears 5% as Rising Energy Costs Fuel Inflation
Finally, central banks are waking up to the inflation risks created by rising oil and product prices. As leading analyst and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New Amer...
By Rachel Ziemba
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What Professional China Watcher Jordan Schneider Says Is Missing From US-China Coverage
Shortly after Schneider’s arrival in Beijing, President Xi Jinping removed term limits for China’s leadership, part of his broader consolidation of power within the Communist ...
By Jordan Schneider
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Technology & National Security
Why AI Experts Are ‘Freaked Out’ over Safety Fears Ahead of Xi-Trump SummitBen Hayum, a research assistant for the Technology and National Security Programme at the Centre for a New American Security, said: “The fact that the Hugging Face incident ha...
By Ben Hayum
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Lurking in Trump’s 9/11 Tribute, a Defense of His War With Iran
“The argument echoes the Bush-era pre-emption doctrine, in which America learned from 9/11 that it could not sit by while threats gathered,” said Richard Fontaine, the chief e...
By Richard Fontaine
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Technology & National Security
‘It’s Going to Be Fine’: Trump Rebuffs Rising Alarm over AI Dangers, Sparking Outcry“I do believe there are many in the federal government taking this seriously — but we have to appreciate the tremendous uncertainty and competing interests policymakers face,”...
By Daniel Remler
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U.S. Military Takes Lighter Touch Toward New Targets in Boat Strike Campaign
“First of all, the fact that the crews have not been killed in an act of extrajudicial violence is obviously a huge step forward,” Annie Pforzheimer, the former director for i...
By Annie Pforzheimer
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Carney Calls U.S. Trade Bans ‘Modest,’ Signals Canada Won’t Retaliate
“The Trump administration’s latest trade move in the US-Canada trade war, announced late Sept. 8, isn’t much of an escalation in practice and is unlikely to have any macroecon...
By Chris Kennedy
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Taliban Energy Deal: From Delta Investment to Regional Competition
Annie Pforzheimer, a former deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in Kabul, told Afghanistan International that the Delta agreement indicates that a Saudi company ultimate...
By Annie Pforzheimer
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25 Years After 9/11, Iraq’s Dream Remains Unfulfilled
“Even with U.S. assistance in establishing a democratic system in Iraq, the fact that Iraq was left militarily weak was an obstacle to restoring stability and consolidating de...
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Iran Turns to Crypto to Shore Up Economy
For Iranians, crypto “is not just a novelty or a hobby . . . this is a country that’s been excluded by [global payments systems] for quite a while” and therefore “we’ve seen c...
By Eitan Danon
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25 Years After 9/11, Could Afghanistan Again Become a Launchpad for Global Terror?
"It is already harboring terrorists who have international aspirations. The next question is going to be whether they're going to carry those out. But has Afghanistan come ful...
By Annie Pforzheimer
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U.S. Strikes Iranian Oil Tankers in Response to Tehran’s Attacks on Navy Ships
While civilian ships aren’t typically lawful targets, they lose their protected status if they contribute to an adversary’s military action and if destroying them offers a def...
By Mark Nevitt
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Experts Say Trump’s Plan to License Patriot Missiles for Ukraine Could Take Years
Practical realities aside, scholars called the licensing proposal as a signal of increased buy-in from the White House, whose support for Ukraine has shifted repeatedly. Franz...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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U.S. and China Eye Trump-XI Talks on AI Guardrails Despite Tech Rift
Private-sector executives eager to visit Beijing and propose partnerships frequently find their ambitions misaligned with Washington's policy red lines, said Jacob Stokes, a s...
By Jacob Stokes
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Oil Prices Surge as U.S.-Iran Strikes Intensify in Strait of Hormuz
“This is a reflection of continued conflict and exchange of fire. The supply deficits globally are persisting, and there is little end to these shortages,” Rachel Ziemba, an a...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Potential End of U.S. Aid to Peshmerga Could Mark ‘Transitional Phase’ in U.S.-KRG Relations, Experts Say
Hamzeh Hadad, an adjunct fellow with the Middle East Security Program at the Washington-based Center for a New American Security (CNAS), said he did not believe relations betw...
By Hamzeh Hadad
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How Billions in Iranian Money Passes Through U.S. Banks
“The more you use the tools, the more you create incentives for alternatives” to the dollar, said Alex Zerden, a former Treasury official and adjunct senior fellow at the Cent...
By Alex Zerden