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The Dutch Get Ensnared in US-China Chips FightIn early October, the U.S. issued a new series of export restrictions targeting China's ability to manufacture advanced semiconductors and supercomputers — with the claim that...
By Martijn Rasser
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Biden Aides Struggle to Respond to Taliban’s Latest Curbs on Women
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Lisa Curtis, who oversaw Afghanistan at the National Security Council in the Trump administration, argued that Biden aides should use sanctions as well as other tools to press...
By Lisa Curtis
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In Romania, U.S. Troops Train Close to Russia’s War, in Signal to Moscow
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Having a division commander and staff so close to the border with Ukraine is more than symbolic, said Becca Wasser, a war analyst at the Center for a New American Security, a ...
By Becca Wasser
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What’s Driving an Islamic State Insurgency in Iraq and Syria?
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Jonathan Lord, a senior fellow and director of the Middle East security program at the Centre for a New American Security, outlined the key factors behind the recent IS resurg...
By Jonathan Lord
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US Top Middle East Commander Tests New Model of Deterring Iran
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Savvy bureaucratic moves by Kurilla's predecessor, retired Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie, helped ensure top brass approved his bevy of requests for B-52 bomber fl...
By Jonathan Lord
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US Not Discussing Nuclear Exercises with South Korea, Biden Says
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"South Korean concerns and wishes are understandable, but the US won't be able to jointly discuss nuclear plans to the degree that Seoul wants. That's still a bridge way too f...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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China Launches WTO Dispute over US Chip Export ControlsChina's initiation of a WTO dispute over the export controls did not surprise Martijn Rasser, director of the technology and national security program at the Washington-based ...
By Martijn Rasser
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Russia’s Economy Is Still Working but Sanctions Are Starting to Have an Effect
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Though they may not have wrought the kind of economic turmoil in Russia initially predicted, analysts say these measures are causing damage and could have deeper impact going ...
By Elina Ribakova & Edward Fishman
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North Korea’s Weapons Programme Defies COVID Outbreak, Reaches ‘Uncharted Territory’
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The United States and its allies in South Korea and Japan have since turned to displays of military force, including joint drills and deployments of U.S. aircraft carriers and...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Can the Army Fill Its Ranks?It’s not clear how the continuing decline in manning will impact operations, though service officials insist that the Army will be able to meet all of its requirements with fe...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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TikTok bans on government devices raise questions about platform’s futureLawmakers have become increasingly concerned that by downloading the app, government workers are giving the Chinese government potential access to their devices that it could ...
By Hannah Kelley
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The U.S. Will Send a Patriot Air Defense System to Ukraine. How Will It Help?
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The announcement was made on a day that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Washington, D.C. — his first trip outside of Ukraine since the war began — to plead for ...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Stronger, Faster, Higher: How North Korea Built a Fearsome Missile Arsenal
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The warheads of tactical nuclear weapons have less explosive power but are meant for battlefield use, attacking specific targets relatively close to the launch point. Targeti...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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The World’s Biggest Chipmaker Is Making a Multi-Billion Dollar Investment in the US Even Though It’ll Cost Way More to Make Chips There. Here’s Why It Decided to Do It Anyway.The factories will be partially subsidized by the US government through the CHIPS and Science Act, a package passed in August that provided $52 billion to boost US semiconduct...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
Biden’s China Tech Crackdown Leaves Xi With Few Ways to Hit BackAmong the most notable firms on that list is emerging chip equipment-maker Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment Group Co., or SMEE, which could stifle Beijing’s efforts to cre...
By Martijn Rasser
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US Senate Votes to Ban TikTok on Government Devices
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Biden administration officials are trying to determine if there is a way to create a corporate structure that would allow TikTok to operate in the US, but with protections tha...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Forget Negotiations. Officials See Ukraine War Stretching for Months—or Years
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Essentially, neither side appears ready for concessions. Putin may not even have the capability to budge — if he wants to keep his grip on power, that is. “I don’t think the w...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Pelosi Backs Adding TikTok Government Device Ban to Funding BillEmily Kilcrease, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and former deputy assistant U.S. trade representative, said she viewed "the move on the Hill mostly as...
By Emily Kilcrease
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National Security Human Capital Program
Have Soldiers Forgotten How to Use a Map and Compass?As of now, passing isn't required to graduate. But the high failure rate is a troubling sign as the service gears up for conventional warfare, with future conflicts expected t...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Technology & National Security
Biden Is Touting a Multibillion-Dollar Chip Factory in Arizona as a Way to Save the Global Economy from China ThreatsThe bottom line: Despite being the largest foreign direct investment in US history, the Arizona plants are unlikely to protect the US economy from the risk of a Chinese invasi...
By Martijn Rasser
