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Russia’s Rebuke Neuters U.N. Push to End War in Ukraine
The two votes encapsulated the United Nations’ power as a global forum and the hard limits on its ability to truly influence 21st-century conflicts, especially those involving...
By Jim Townsend
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A Drone Made Out of Sticks? In the UAV Space, Anything Flies.The drone is a reminder that such devices can actually be pretty simple. “I think the biggest benefit of this design is that once key materials are available – a battery, a re...
By Samuel Bendett
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Tech Industry Squeezed by U.S.-China Rift: “The Music Is Going to Stop”The new round of efforts to slow China's access to semiconductor technology the U.S. announced last month went further than many people expected. And the Biden Administration ...
By Martijn Rasser
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A Tale of Two Strategies: Comparing the Biden and Trump National Security Strategies
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As Center for a New American Security CEO Richard Fontaine said in a recent episode of the Lawfare Podcast, the word “strategy” in the NSS is something of a misnomer—anyone lo...
By Richard Fontaine
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Russian Videos Reveal New Details Of Its Loitering MunitionsBack in July we reported that Russia urgently needed more loitering munitions for battlefield use. While the larger Shahed-136 kamikaze drones supplied by Iran are mainly targ...
By Samuel Bendett
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Military Veterans as Election Workers: Can They Rebuild Trust in Vote?It is in part the esteem in which veterans are generally held that made their participation in the Jan. 6 attacks more shocking, says Katherine Kuzminski, director of the Mili...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Not Just Oil: Understanding US-Saudi Relations in Five Charts
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Saudi Arabia is emboldened to chart a different course than the previous decades, seeking to diversify its portfolio away from oil, which still makes up about 75% of its expor...
By Rachel Ziemba
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In Afghanistan, Was a Loss Better than Peace?
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U.S. government perceptions of the battlefield also continued to shape thinking about negotiating with the Taliban, even when those perceptions were flawed. Chris Kolenda, a r...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Ukrainian Suicide Drone Boats Packed with Bombs Are Threatening Russia’s Once Feared Black Sea Fleet, and It May Not Be Able to Stop Them
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Stacie Pettyjohn, a senior fellow and director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security, said Ukraine has already shown with its Sevastopol attack that...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Retreat or a Trap? Russia Signals a Surprise Withdrawal from a Key City, but Ukrainians Are Wary
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Yurii Sobolevskyi, the deputy head of Ukraine’s Kherson regional council, remained cautious about the Russian forces’ intentions. “Within Kherson city limits, the number of Ru...
By Michael Kofman
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China and the US Remain Locked in Mutually Assured Co-operationThe latest clampdown on China shows similar intent in the fields of supercomputing and artificial intelligence. “This is strangling with an intent to kill” China’s AI ambition...
By Martijn Rasser
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Not Even State Media Believes Kremlin Claims That a Russia-Only Internet Is Ready to GoA series of late 2019 tests caused slowdowns and service disruptions, reported Meduza, an independent Russia-language news site. Even CNews acknowledged that the results “were...
By Samuel Bendett
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U.S. Exploring Whether It Has Authority to Review Musk’s Twitter Deal
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As a U.S. citizen, Musk’s purchase of Twitter is not subject to review. But the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States could investigate the role of the foreign ...
By Emily Kilcrease
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US Air Force to Deploy Nuclear-Capable B-52 Bombers to Australia as Tensions with China Grow
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The United States is preparing to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to northern Australia, a provocative move experts say is aimed squarely at China. An investigat...
By Becca Wasser
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Unpiloted Military Helicopter Flies 134 km in Simulated Mission
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This was the latest milestone in a US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program called ALIAS that is testing Sikorsky’s MATRIX technology – a drop-in kit that can conv...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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An Unusual Argument for Affirmative Action: National SecurityAnd that could, in turn, further the recruitment and retention challenges that the military currently faces, said Katherine Kuzminski, the director of the Center for New Ameri...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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CNAS Launches Task Force on Biotechnology and American CompetitivenessWashington, November 2, 2022—The Center for a New American Security is pleased to announce the launch of its Task Force on Biotechnology and American Competitiveness. The Task...
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Russian Roadblock: U.N.’s Role in Ukraine Sharply Limited by Moscow’s Veto Power
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Two weeks before the U.N. condemnation, the 15-member Security Council considered a more substantive, binding measure forcing Moscow to abandon its war in Ukraine. Russia, one...
By Jim Townsend
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What the US Navy Must Learn from Ukraine’s Bold Drone Attack on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet
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A Navy spokesperson declined to comment when asked on Monday what steps the service was taking to protect its vessels from attacks by unmanned boats and aircraft, from Iran, C...
By Tom Shugart
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Russian Forces Unprepared to Protect against Drones, Lack Adequate Command and Control, Panel SaysSamuel Bendett said recent sea drone and unmanned aerial system swarm attacks have the potential to seize “the show going forward.” He added that buying commercial drones – pa...
By Samuel Bendett
