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Russia’s Downing of US Drone Sparks Fears of Escalation
Administration officials said the MQ-9 was flying over the Black Sea on a routine flight before it was flanked by two Russian jets. The jets flew alongside the drone for 30 t...
By Becca Wasser
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Technology & National Security
U.S. MQ-9 'Reaper' Drones Compared to Russia's 'Orion' UAVRussia's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is not quite as formidable, however, according to Samuel Bendett, Russia analyst for the Center for Naval Analyses. Bendett told Newswe...
By Samuel Bendett
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Is This TikTok’s Huawei Moment?
“There’s a couple of factors that are probably playing into this shift that we’re seeing outside of the United States,” said Emily Kilcrease, senior fellow and director of the...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Something Is Missing From Americans’ Greatest Fears. It’s the Bomb.
Whether Americans are justified in no longer worrying so much about the bomb is another question. Jon Wolfsthal, a senior adviser to Global Zero, a group that advocates the ab...
By Jon B. Wolfsthal
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20 Years After US Invasion, Iraq Far From 'Liberal Democracy'
"Building democracy takes time and building a democracy doesn't create a utopia overnight," said Hamzeh Haddad, a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations....
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Ukraine Short of Skilled Troops and Munitions as Losses, Pessimism Grow
The stakes for Ukraine in the coming months are particularly high, as Western countries aiding Kyiv look to see whether Ukrainian forces can once again seize the initiative an...
By Michael Kofman
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
North Korea launches 2 cruise missiles from submarine ahead of US-South Korea military drillsNorth Korea claimed to have launched two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, on Sunday, but the South Korean military...
By Dr. Go Myong-Hyun
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The Anglophone Military Alliance in Asia is Seriously Ambitious
American technology will suffuse this new "SSN-AUKUS". America will provide its vertical-launching system, a set of tubes that can hold a greater number of missiles, and more ...
By Tom Shugart
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The Next World Power Will Be the First to Harness the Power of AI, Former Defense Official Argues in New Book
In his latest book, "Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of Artificial Intelligence," Scharre explores how the international battle for the most powerful AI technology is cha...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
The AI Lockout“There is active research happening on how to solve this problem and allow training to be done in a more decentralized way,” says Tim Fist, an incoming fellow at the Center fo...
By Tim Fist
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How Beijing Boxed America Out of the South China Sea
China’s outposts present additional potential threats for the U.S. military to track and counter. Three of the outposts in the Spratly group of islands are full-fledged milita...
By Tom Shugart
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China’s Neighbors Seek Expanded Partnerships With U.S. to Deter, Defend
Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the defense program at the Center for a New American Security think tank, said that because the existing sites have languished, it’s unlikely tha...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Russia Has Been Sending Some US-provided Weapons Captured in Ukraine to Iran, Sources SayA key weapon in Iran's inventory, the Toophan anti-tank guided missile, was reverse engineered from the American BGM-71 TOW missile in the 1970s. The Iranians also intercepted...
By Jonathan Lord
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Russian Submarines off U.S. East Coast Spark Cold War Comparisons
Tom Shugart, an adjunct senior fellow with the defense program at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington-based think tank, told Newsweek there is a "clear linkag...
By Tom Shugart
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Iraq’s Crackdown on Booze, Social Media Posts Raises Alarm
Hamzeh Hadad, an adjunct fellow at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington-based think tank, said the measures could be part of an attempt to distract from Iraq’s...
By Hamzeh Hadad
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US Sidelined as China Brokers Saudi-Iran Diplomatic Breakthrough
Jonathan Lord, Director of the Middle East Security programme at Washington's Centre for a New American Security think tank, argued that Riyadh is taking a “balanced, two-pron...
By Jonathan Lord
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Biden’s AUKUS Point Man to Exit
"What makes AUKUS so challenging is you have to coordinate with the defense industrial base, Pentagon, the armed services, the Hill, the State Department, and these countries ...
By Jacob Stokes
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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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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