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Frozen Afghan Funds Have Done Little to Sway Taliban
The U.S. has stepped up use of economic sanctions and asset seizures in the past two years as a foreign-policy mechanism against Afghanistan as well as Russia. In the case of ...
By Alex Zerden
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CNAS Responds: State of the Union 2023
Following President Biden’s address to Congress at the 2023 State of the Union, CNAS experts analyze key policy points from the speech and weigh in on the state of U.S. nation...
By Paul Scharre, Emily Kilcrease, Martijn Rasser, Katherine L. Kuzminski, Lisa Curtis, Carrie Cordero, Alexandra Seymour, Bill Drexel, Carisa Nietsche, Nicholas Lokker & Caleb Withers
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Earthquake Outweighs China in U.S. Navy’s Decision to Close Docks
A potential giant earthquake could trigger a series of large tsunamis and lead to landslides, land subsidence and widespread flooding -- which would have disastrous consequenc...
By Tom Shugart
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Military Briefing: What the West’s Shifting Red Lines Mean for Ukraine
Washington’s constant redefinition of which weapons systems would escalate the conflict serves a purpose, some analysts said. “The administration and European allies believe t...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Rep. Houlahan on How to End the China ‘Hullaballoon’
Amid fallout from that Chinese spy balloon transversing the U.S. and the new GOP-led House hinting at broad spending cuts, lawmakers will need to figure out how to strategical...
By Jacob Stokes
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How Russia Is Surviving the Tightening Grip on Its Oil Revenue
The gradual ratcheting up of oil sanctions, which are designed to cut Russia’s oil export revenues without snuffing out a fragile global pandemic recovery, is a policy that an...
By Edward Fishman
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Atomic Strait: How China's Nuclear Buildup Shapes Security Dynamics with Taiwan and the United States
For more information or to schedule an interview with the report authors, please contact Cameron Edinburgh at [email protected]...
By Jacob Stokes
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Technology & National Security
Killer Robot Swarms, an UpdateThe Pentagon doesn’t openly discuss many of its most advanced technologies, but last year it called for proposals from the defense industry for a new program called AMASS, for...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
Drone Explodes Less Than 100 Miles From Moscow as Fear of Strikes GrowsSamuel Bendett, Russia analyst for the Center for Naval Analyses and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told Newsweek that he was still gather...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
NOTEWORTHY: DoD Autonomous Weapons PolicyIn this CNAS Noteworthy, Vice President and Director of Studies Paul Scharre breaks down the new Directive and what it means for the U.S. military’s approach to lethal autonom...
By Paul Scharre
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A Problem of Logistics: Is the US Sending Ukraine the Wrong Tank?
The Abrams and the Leopard, along with the UK’s Challenger tank, have the same Cold War roots. Designed with potential Soviet incursions over the intra-German border in mind, ...
By Andrew Metrick
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China Rushes to Cap Damage over Suspected Spy Balloon as Blinken Delays Trip
Previous visits to China by U.S. officials have also been marred by provocative moves. In 2011, hours before receiving Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Beijing, the People’s ...
By Jacob Stokes
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How a Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon over Montana Has Thrown a Wrench in US-China Relations
Grid spoke with Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow in the Indo-Pacific security program at the Center for a New American Security, to get at the questions — about the balloon, the ...
By Jacob Stokes
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A Balloon Clouds U.S. View on Xi’s China
Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said that a balloon floating over US airspace was a more tangible concern for Americans than the myria...
By Jacob Stokes
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Blinken postpones China trip as suspected spy balloon detected over U.S.
“All countries, especially competitors like the United States and China, spy on each other. It’s a fact of international relations, and has been forever,” said Jacob Stokes, a...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden Wants to Avoid a Clash with China. Can His Top Diplomat Succeed?
“The administration’s goals of risk reduction are pretty straight forward: Whether they’ll be able to achieve it is the real question,” said Jacob Stokes, a China expert at th...
By Jacob Stokes
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General’s Memo Spurs Debate: Could China Invade Taiwan by 2025?
Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow focused on U.S.-China relations at the Center for a New American Security, also viewed the memo as a call to prepare for any scenario, whenever i...
By Jacob Stokes
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Philippines Grants US Access to Four Military Bases
Galvez and Austin said the two countries were also working to step up the secure exchange of information between their defence establishments and increase combined training. T...
By Lisa Curtis
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The U.S. Could Knock the Chinese Balloon out the Sky, but It’s Risky
The United States has missiles in its arsenal capable of obliterating the balloon even at an altitude of 60,000 feet, but the falling wreckage could pose a danger to people on...
By Joshua Fitt
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Why the Discovery of a Chinese Balloon in Us Skies Is Such a Big Deal
The discovery is a severe incident, said Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow with the Center for a New American Security, and one that is testing how the U.S. and Chinese can cool t...
By Jacob Stokes