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Trump Turns to Outsider to Shake Up Navy, but His Lack of Military Experience Raises Concerns
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President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, has not served in the military or had a civilian leadership role in the service. While officia...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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In an F-35 Funding Fight, Musk Will Need to Win Over a Skeptical Congress and Trump
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Just weeks after President-elect Donald Trump tasked Elon Musk with cutting government spending, the SpaceX CEO criticized the Pentagon's most expensive weapons program: the F...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Elon Musk Says Human-Piloted Fighter Jets like the F-35 Are Obsolete. Drone Tech Can’t Yet Fill the Gap.
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Drones are changing war in ways we never thought possible, but are we to the point where uncrewed systems can replace top-dollar weapons like the F-35 stealth fighter? Promine...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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The Real Numbers Behind Trump’s Canada Tariff Threat
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The data point is just one of many that help to contextualise Donald Trump’s threat to hit Canada and Mexico with a 25 per cent tariffs on all goods. The tariffs, which will a...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump Says He Wants to Get Rid of “Woke” Generals. He Can.A chief campaign promise from President-elect Donald Trump — which has also been echoed by his secretary of defense pick Pete Hegseth — centers on getting rid of military gene...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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How Generals and Admirals Get Promoted Now and How That May Change Under TrumpHow the U.S. military chooses and promotes its generals and admirals — the highest-ranking officers in the military — rarely gets attention. That changed this month with repor...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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U.S. Allies Fret over Who’s Up and Who’s Down in Trump’s Inner Circle
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Top European and allied officials gathered here this weekend are frantically working to interpret who’s up and who’s down in President-elect Donald Trump’s inner circle, and w...
By Jim Townsend
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3 U.S. Aircraft Carriers to Be in Asia During Presidential Transition
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Three U.S. aircraft carriers will be in Asia by next week after months of absence amid concerns of Chinese activity in the lead up to the inauguration of President-elect Donal...
By Jacob Stokes
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Technology & National Security
Russian Forces Test Flying Flamethrower to Target Ukrainian FiredronesRussian troops claim to have developed a flamethrower drone designed to counter Ukrainian first-person-view drones carrying an incendiary burning mixture, a tactic experts say...
By Samuel Bendett
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U.S. Treasury Targets Russia’s Gazprombank with New Sanctions
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The United States imposed new sanctions on Russia's Gazprombank on Thursday, the Treasury Department said, as President Joe Biden steps up actions to punish Moscow for its inv...
By Edward Fishman
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‘Profound Fear and Anxiety Among Women in Uniform’: Pentagon Reacts to Allegations Against HegsethThe release of a police report with graphic details of sexual assault allegations against Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Defense secretary, is stok...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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CNAS Defense Program Welcomes New Fellows
Washington, November 21, 2024 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to welcome Dr. Carlton Haelig, Morgan Poyant, and Dr. Sara Moller to its Defense Progr...
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CNAS Welcomes David Jar to Board of Advisors
Washington, November 21, 2024 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to welcome David Jar to its board of advisors. David Jar is a managing director at Bl...
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Technology & National Security
Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking U.S. Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in GermanyA joint investigation by WIRED, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), and Netzpolitik.org reveals that US companies legally collecting digital advertising data are also providing the wor...
By Vivek Chilukuri
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Technology & National Security
U.S. Government Commission Pushes Manhattan Project-Style AI InitiativeA U.S. congressional commission on Tuesday proposed a Manhattan Project-style initiative to fund the development of AI systems that will be as smart or smarter than humans, am...
By Jacob Helberg
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Legal Analysts Details ‘Practical Impact’ of Trump Win on Court Cases: ‘They Succeeded Spectacularly’
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CNN national security analyst Carrie Cordero and chief legal affairs correspondent Paula Reid on Tuesday detailed the “practical impact” of Donald Trump’s 2024 election win, e...
By Carrie Cordero
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Russian Nuclear Doctrine Change Does Not Indicate Imminent Attack, Pentagon Says
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The United States sees “no indications” that Russia is prepping for a nuclear attack, the Pentagon said Tuesday, despite the Kremlin’s announcement of a change in nuclear post...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Donald Trump Makes Peace in West-Asia a Priority Post Election
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Trump has consistently voiced his intention to reduce the financial strain of U.S. military aid to Ukraine, emphasizing his goal of ending the war and curbing what he sees as ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Thousands of Women Serve in Combat Roles. Pentagon Nominee Hegseth Says They Shouldn’t.If confirmed by the Senate, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Pentagon could mean upheaval for the careers of thousands of women serving in the military. ... "Th...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
A U.S. Ban on Investing in Chinese AI Startups Could Escalate Under TrumpLate last month, the US Treasury Department finalized new restrictions limiting what kinds of Chinese tech startups US venture capital firms can invest in for national securit...
By Emily Kilcrease
