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China’s Yuan-Centred Payment Network No Match Yet for US-Dominated Global Financial System: Experts
To date, there is no “smoking gun evidence” that Russian institutions have used CIPS to transact and “meaningfully” evade sanctions imposed by the US, according to Emily Jin o...
By Emily Jin
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‘COAS Not PM, Decides How US-Pak Ties Shape Up’
Former prime minister Imran Khan’s return to power — or not — will not have much impact on the future of US-Pakistan relations as such decisions in Islamabad are taken by th...
By Lisa Curtis
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U.S. Calls for De-escalation as Turkey Threatens Ground Assault into Syria
The violence puts the United States in a bind. Its decision nearly a decade ago to back a Kurdish-led ground force in the fight against the Islamic State put it at odds with T...
By Jonathan Lord
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National Security Human Capital Program
The Air Force’s Admin Software Is So Bad That the Top Enlisted Airman Is Trolling ItKelly explained that the system was also meant to help the Air Force switch to a cloud-based evaluation system grounded in Airman Leadership Qualities, which lay out new perfo...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Kahl to Gulf States: Why Work with Russia When It Is Funding Iran?
Jonathan Lord, a regional expert with the Center for a New American Security, said that while Kahl’s speech was “well delivered,” but that “absent deeds, won’t be compelling t...
By Jonathan Lord
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Milley Warns China: An Invasion of Taiwan Would Be as Disastrous as Russia’s War against Ukraine
On Wednesday, Milley said he did not know if Xi would ever order his forces to invade Taiwan, but he described China’s president as a “rational actor” who evaluates his choice...
By Tom Shugart
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Emerging Markets-Brazil’s Real, Stocks Slide after Budget Proposal; Other EM Currencies Weak
After sliding as much as 2.3% against the dollar, the real was last down 0.2%, while the Bovespa stock index dropped 1.5% after the incoming Lula administration proposed guide...
By Rachel Ziemba
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The New US Interest in Relations with Italy
Following the meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Nick Lokker joined Formiche to discuss US-Italy relations. The interview cove...
By Nicholas Lokker
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NATO Faces New Challenge as Ukraine War Spills into Poland
Jim Townsend, US deputy assistant defence secretary for Europe and NATO under former President Barack Obama, welcomed NATO’s approach. “I think NATO did a great job of being v...
By Jim Townsend
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China’s Freeze on Taiwan Contact Fuels Worry as Tensions Build
The lack of dialogue has become more concerning as cross-strait tensions have intensified, said Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. "We ne...
By Jacob Stokes
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After Moscow Blamed for Explosions in Poland, All Eyes on NATO
More likely is the potential that Poland could invoke Article 4 — a lesser-known, but more frequently invoked, part of the NATO bylaws. That would lead to a meeting of NATO me...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
Israel Deploys Remote-Controlled Robotic Guns in West BankIn Al-Aroub, residents say the machines fire without warning. “It is very fast, even faster than the soldiers,” said Kamel Abu Hishesh, a 19-year-old student. He described alm...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Pentagon Blacklists Chinese Drone Maker DJI for PLA LinksExplain the policy relevance of the U.S. Department of Defense’s decision to blacklist Chinese drone maker DJI. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the broader U.S. nati...
By Alexandra Seymour
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Defense / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
US Tries to Enlist Allies in Assault on China’s Chip IndustryThe US commerce department and the Dutch government would not comment. Japanese trade minister Yasutoshi Nishimura recently said Tokyo was talking to the US about how to “resp...
By Martijn Rasser & Emily Kilcrease
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Factbox: Top Takeaways from the Biden-Xi Meeting in Bali
On North Korea, Biden said he made it clear to Xi that China had an obligation to make sure North Korea did not resume nuclear testing, although it was difficult to determine ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Biden’s New Cold War Against China Could Backfire“The question is: Can China begin to produce the machine tools that it needs to enable domestic fabrication?” said the economic historian Chris Miller, author of Chip War: The...
By Paul Scharre
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Plan to Pull F-15 Fighters from Okinawa Sparks Alarm in Congress
Some defense analysts said culling the F-15s from Kadena is the right call. “Removing the F-15s does not significantly reduce American combat power in the Indo-Pacific,” Staci...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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How Has El Salvador Fared Since Accepting BTC?
At the time of writing, bitcoin use in El Salvador has fallen by roughly 60 percent, no doubt a testament to the poor performance the coin has exhibited throughout the 2022 ye...
By Rachel Ziemba
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China’s Digital Yuan Works Just Like Cash—with Added Surveillance
While results from the expanding trials have been modest so far, Yaya J. Fanusie, a senior fellow at the Washington, DC, think tank the Center for a New American Security, say...
By Emily Jin & Yaya J. Fanusie
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An Honor Ride
Former Metro Detroiter takes part in 1,700-mile ride to honor fallen soldiers and raise awareness about PTSD and addiction. “Powerful. A great lesson in leadership.” That’s h...
By Christopher D. Kolenda