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The Air Force Is Changing the Way It Measures Body Fat for Airmen and GuardiansWhile it may sound similar to the “tape test” that the service ditched in 2020, experts say that the new waist-to-height ratio may be more forgiving than its predecessor. “Fro...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Technology & National Security
The Semiconductor MadmanForeign firms are forecast to supply over half of China’s chip consumption until at least 2026, according to IC Insights, a U.S. semiconductor research group. This is, of cour...
By Martijn Rasser
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How the Speaker Impasse Is Impacting U.S. National Security
Not only are those members barred from briefings, the key national security committees they would normally sit on cannot even be formed yet – including the House Intelligence ...
By Jonathan Lord
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U.S. to Send 'Tank-Killer' Fighting Vehicle to Ukraine
Michael Akopian, a researcher in the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington think tank, told VOA that the Bradley offers many tank-like capabi...
By Michael Akopian
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National Security Human Capital Program
Get Ready for Fort Liberty: The Pentagon Begins Changing Confederate Base NamesKatherine Kuzminski, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank who researches military culture, told Military.com on Friday that the DoD has dealt w...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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CNAS Welcomes Nola Haynes as Adjunct Senior Fellow
Washington, January 6, 2023—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to welcome Dr. Nola Haynes as an Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Technology and National Secu...
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Technology & National Security
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
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
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?
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
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
"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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Technology & National Security
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
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’
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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National Security Human Capital Program
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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Technology & National Security
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?
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
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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Technology & National Security
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