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China Brokers Iran-Saudi Arabia Detente, Raising Eyebrows in Washington
“Riyadh is attempting to buy down the risk of Iran,” said Jonathan Lord, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. U.S. officials remain uncertain whether the...
By Jonathan Lord
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What Does the Iran-Saudi Arabia Truce Mean for Washington’s Standing on the Global Stage?
While there will likely be less conflict, the two countries are also expected to use the de-escalating tensions to build up their own defenses. Lord said that Saudi Arabia had...
By Jonathan Lord
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Technology & National Security
Democrats Come Around on Tiktok Ban, Reflecting Willingness to Challenge ChinaHannah Kelley, a research assistant at the Center for a New American Security, likewise said Democrats' willingness to speak out in favor of taking action against TikTok refle...
By Hannah Kelley
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After Brief Window, US-China Relationship Back On Rocky Path
The meeting on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit came three months after China staged major military exercises in fury after Nancy Pelosi, then US House speaker, defiantly...
By Jacob Stokes
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US-China Downward Spiral Raises Fresh Fears of Eventual Conflict
The dueling narratives brought into sharp focus how the US and China increasingly have one thing in common: a growing distrust of the other side. Even worse, the escalating rh...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden Budget Expected to Stiff the Indo-Pacific
“We’re really bad about pouring concrete in the Indo-Pacific,” said Becca Wasser, a senior fellow and lead of the gaming lab at the Center for a New American Security, a Washi...
By Becca Wasser
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Senate Bill Paves Way for US TikTok Ban
Emily Kilcrease, a technology and security expert at the CNAS think-tank, called the bill "a very serious effort to provide a real regulatory and legal framework for addressin...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Technology & National Security
Video Shows Ukraine Drone Drop Grenades on Unsuspecting RussiansSamuel Bendett, Russia analyst for the Center for Naval Analyses, told Newsweek that both armies have used drones and UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) "to the full extent of th...
By Samuel Bendett
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Season of Offensives: What to Expect from the Spring Campaign in Ukraine
In conversations with the Kyiv Independent a few days before publication, renowned U.S. military experts Michael Kofman and Rob Lee shared their thoughts on the coming campaig...
By Michael Kofman
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National Security Human Capital Program
Army's New Ad Campaign Brings Back 'Be All You Can Be' As It Courts Gen ZThe new ad centers around the Army's combat role featuring soldiers training with weapons and largely focused on troops in the field. The shift in tone comes as U.S. fighting ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Iraq increases training of Hashid paramilitary officers
"U.S. support to the Iraqi security forces might waver if policymakers or legislators in Washington believe the Iraqi military is being co-opted by the PMF, or used to supply ...
By Jonathan Lord
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Why Russia’s Manpower Advantage May Not Be Enough to Win the War in Ukraine
The government’s reluctance to declare a new call-up is understandable; it’s likely that the last order in September resulted in more Russians fleeing the country — as many as...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Technology & National Security
What the ChatGPT Moment Means for U.S.-China Tech CompetitionIronically, Baidu’s chatbot Ernie was trained on English-language information from Wikipedia and Reddit, which are both blocked in China. “It’s going to be a difficult balanci...
By Paul Scharre & Sam Howell
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National Security Human Capital Program
Perennial Pilot Paucity puts Air Force in Precarious PositionTobias Switzer, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, argued these efforts are a case of too little, too late. “During the pandemic, when airline...
By Tobias Switzer
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What can Russian sanctions achieve?
"You can try to sanction Putin and his oligarch cronies, but there's no way that you're going to bankrupt them," Eddie Fishman says. ... "Historically, sanctions have a mixed ...
By Edward Fishman
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Biden Challenged by Softening Public Support for Arming Ukraine
Others like Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said the uncertainty is all the more reason for the president to be aggressive an...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Technology & National Security
US, Japan, South Korea Launch Forum to Cut Off Chips to ChinaMuch work still needs to be done in getting Japanese and South Korean industries to buy into Biden's strategy of cutting off chips to China, said Samantha Howell, a research a...
By Sam Howell
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Technology & National Security
“Hyperwar”: How AI Could Cause Wars to Spiral Out of Human ControlFour Battlegrounds by Paul Scharre explores the competition between AI superpowers and the four key elements that define this struggle: data, computing power, talent, and inst...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
How AI became ‘the autocrat’s new toolkit’In an excerpt from "Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," Paul Scharre writes about how China became the world's leading exporter of digital author...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
‘Four Battlegrounds’ Shaping the U.S. and China’s AI RaceWhen I was in Iraq during the surge in 2007, I saw this little ground robot being used to defuse a roadside bomb, and the lightbulb went on in my head about the value of robot...
By Paul Scharre