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China Controls Trade Choke Points Beyond Rare Earths. It’s Squeezing Them.
Having used its dominance over rare earths to blunt Trump’s tariff campaign and pursue other geopolitical goals, such as punish Japan for its position on Taiwan, Beijing now h...
By Liza Tobin
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China Prepares for Submarine War by Mapping Seabed Around Taiwan
Five days of mapping would not achieve much knowledge additional to that which China already has, said Thomas Shugart, a former US submarine commander, who analyses China’s na...
By Tom Shugart
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Technology & National Security
How the Commerce Crackdown on Anthropic Could Impact the Pentagon: ExpertsIn the court of public opinion, meanwhile, imposing export controls on Anthropic’s new AI models, on top of the previous ban and the administration’s ferocious rhetoric, could...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Congress Lets Part of Spy Law Lapse. What’s Next for Counterterrorism Efforts?
Carrie Cordero of the Center for a New American Security worries the executive order Mr. Eddington mentioned isn’t enough: She says service providers could still balk at turni...
By Carrie Cordero
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Technology & National Security
No Concerts. No Air Shows. No Tanks on Parade. Ukraine’s Drone-and-Missile Campaign Spooks Kremlin Planners“It's likely that many public events were canceled or scaled back because of the drone threat but in reality, it also done for other reasons, such as minimizing the appearance...
By Samuel Bendett
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Iran Likely Added Russian-Made Missiles as It Rebuilt Arsenal
“Despite all the tactical successes claimed by the United States, it hasn’t achieved its goals of crippling Iran’s defense industrial base or significantly degrading Iran’s mi...
By Becca Wasser
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What We Know About U.S. Sea Drone Used in Helicopter Crew Rescue Mission
"This Corsair vessel has been around for a few years now - the US Navy has about 50 of them," according to Dr Stacie Pettyjohn, a US military expert at the Center for a New Am...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Trump Weighs Releasing Billions to Iran After Blasting Past Payments
“Based on our modeling, a lot of these potential bargaining chips look similar to those available during the Obama, Trump I and Biden administrations,” said Alex Zerden, an ad...
By Alex Zerden
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National Security Human Capital
Pentagon Creates ‘Joint Warfighting Evaluation’ for General and Admiral PromotionsIn the context of general and flag officer promotions, “joint warfighting experience” typically refers to assignments at commands in charge of more than one military branch th...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Technology & National Security
Anthropic CEO Doesn’t Know If Claude Used in Iran School Strike“There’s a lot of governance pieces that, in my opinion, are missing,” Jack Shanahan, retired Air Force lieutenant general, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New Ameri...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Technology & National Security
Compute Becomes Lifeblood, Constraint of AI BoomSupply chains are also a key factor constraining compute, noted Janet Egan, senior fellow and deputy director of the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for...
By Janet Egan
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Technology & National Security
The Hands-off Era of AI Oversight Is Ending. What Comes Next?“The [executive order], the bill, advocacy in the AI companies [are all] really focused on this kind of unique layer of so-called catastrophic risk,” says Daniel Remler, a sen...
By Daniel Remler
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Who Calls the Shots? Trump and Netanyahu Clash over Diverging Goals in Middle East War
“Iran and the Trump administration see the Iran and Lebanon theatres as united, and Israel sees them as distinct,” said Richard Fontaine, chief executive of the Center for a N...
By Richard Fontaine
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Taiwan Eyes Curbs on AI Chip Sales to China to Align with US
Taiwan “has its own reasons for moving toward stricter technology controls toward China, and may be more willing than most countries to stand up to Beijing these days,” wrote ...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Technology & National Security
Ukraine Winning War with Russia, Retired U.S. Generals Say, as Top Ukrainian Commander Says over 230 Square Miles Retaken"I would assess operationally Ukraine is winning in the context they are defeating enemy operational objectives, creating conditions for follow-on operations and preserving fr...
By Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, Jr. (Ret.)
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Chinese Military Hovered as Global Executives Flocked to Taiwan Tech Show
Billions of dollars are being invested in Taiwan to produce the hardware needed to power the AI revolution, but there is a potential sting in the tail, said David Feith, seni...
By David Feith
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Technology & National Security
Trump Memo on AI Aims to Avoid Repeat of Anthropic Debacle“There’s absolutely no question whatsoever, this comes from the Anthropic dispute,” agreed Jack Shanahan, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security wh...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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National Security Human Capital
Female Navy Officers Say They Fear a Career Cap After Hegseth Cuts Women from Promotions ListWhile Hegseth is within his rights to intervene in the list, “it’s just not the norm” and its “a break from tradition” said Katherine Kuzminski, a researcher specializing in m...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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A Deal with Iran May Need Some Delusional Thinking to Work
“The fundamentals of diplomatic negotiations often require a suspension of disbelief,” said Alex Zerden, a former Treasury Department diplomat who has worked for both Republic...
By Alex Zerden
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Technology & National Security
Europe’s Tech ‘Liberation Day’? Computer Says Not YetTony Blair Institute's Director of Science and Technology, Keegan McBride, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said the package was an importa...
By Keegan McBride