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Ukraine's Spiderweb Drone Attack Is a Wake-up Call for Vulnerable U.S. BasesUkraine's shocking drone attack on the Russian bomber fleet and other strategic aircraft shows just how vulnerable US bases and planes, especially those in the Pacific, could ...
By Tom Shugart
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
'Russia's Pearl Harbor' Fuels Fears Over Chinese Cargo Ships at U.S. PortsSunday's Ukrainian drone ambush on a Russian airbase more than 3,000 miles from the front lines has intensified a growing debate among U.S. military analysts over the plausibi...
By Tom Shugart
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
How Ukraine's 'Spiderweb' Drone Attacks May Change Modern WarfareOn June 1, videos of bomb-laden quadcopters launching from trucks as fires blazed nearby spread through social media after Ukraine’s Security Services launched daylight strike...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Russia Is Closing in on Ukraine’s Tech AdvantageIt’s year four of Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine....
By Samuel Bendett
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Soldiers Have a Huge Stake in Ukraine-Russia Drone-Tech Arms RaceUkrainian drone warfare has evolved from improvisation to a high‑volume, precision‑strike ecosystem that Russia often struggles to match. With some operators flying up to 15 m...
By Samuel Bendett
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Nuclear Expert Jon Wolfsthal on the Costs of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Programs Spiraling out of Control
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Just as the US House of Representatives passed its so-called “big, beautiful bill” last week, offering large tax cuts to the wealthy and kicking millions off their health insu...
By Jon B. Wolfsthal
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Deal Maker or Duped? Trump’s Embrace of Putin Shows Few Results.President Trump has described President Vladimir V. Putin as “savvy” and “genius” for invading Ukraine, while bragging about his “very, very good relationship” with the autocr...
By Richard Fontaine
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
The Russia-Ukraine Drone War: Innovation on the Frontlines and BeyondToday we’ve got a really exciting event on “The Russia-Ukraine Drone War” and all the kinds of technological innovation going on in that drone war, including but not limited t...
By Samuel Bendett
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
How the Russian Economy Is Faring as New Sanctions HitThe European Union, along with the United Kingdom, imposed a new sanctions package on Tuesday that targets Russia....
By Rachel Ziemba
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What Trump ‘Walking Away’ Means for Ukraine
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President Donald Trump and his top aides have threatened to walk away from efforts to broker peace in Ukraine as attempts to break the logjam with Russia fall short. But what ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
The Phony War: Ukraine and Russia’s Decoy DronesKyiv’s drones have hit targets ever deeper into Russian territory in the first months of 2025, destroying oil refineries, airfields, and crippling infrastructure that fuels Ru...
By Samuel Bendett
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South Sudan’s Opposition in Crisis over Leadership Change
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Amid lingering fears of another civil war in South Sudan, the Upper Nile state’s main opposition party is now mired in its own internal conflict....
By Kate Johnston
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South Sudan’s Vice President Arrested, Country on Brink of Civil War
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Alarm bells are ringing ever more loudly in South Sudan, as Vice President Riek Machar — chief rival to Prime Minister Salva Kiir — was arrested late Wednesday in an operation...
By Kate Johnston
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Far From Giving Ground, Putin Digs In With His Demands on Ukraine
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When the Kremlin released its summary of President Vladimir V. Putin’s call Tuesday with President Trump, one thing was unmistakable: The Russian leader hadn’t retreated from ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
China Backs Iran in Nuclear Talks, Slams ‘Threat of Force’ From the WestChina and Russia joined Iran on Friday in urging an end to Western sanctions after President Trump called this week for nuclear talks with Tehran, with both countries denounci...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
If Trump Wants New Pressure on Moscow, Oil and Gas Is 'Only Thing Left'President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States can do "devastating" things to Russia's economy to put pressure on Moscow to accept a peace deal with Ukraine....
By Emily Kilcrease
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
DJI Mavic Consumer Drones Are Still Russian Soldiers’ FavoriteThree years into the war, both sides rely heavily on consumer drones, specifically the Mavic series made by DJI. The Chinese company has publicly deplored any military use of ...
By Samuel Bendett
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Europe Scrambles to Aid Ukraine After US Intelligence Cutoff
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Ukraine’s allies in Europe are rushing to fill the void left by the Trump administration’s decision to pause its intelligence sharing with Kyiv. It isn’t going to be easy....
By Jim Townsend
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Trump Wants Europe to Defend Itself. Here’s What It Would Take.
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President Trump has never had much love for the NATO alliance, which he thinks is overdependent on American largess, and in his first term, talked about abandoning the collect...
By Jim Townsend
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In Europe’s North, Soldiers Train amid Worries over Trump’s Belief in NATO
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In a forest in Latvia, just 150 miles from the Russian border, Swedish soldiers crouch among the trees, their faces smeared in green and black paint, posing as invaders agains...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
