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“A Really Powerful Tool”
The Entity List has become one of America’s favorite weapons in its economic arsenal. The Trump administration just increased it by more than 20,000 companies, provoking ire f...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Why John Bolton Case Is More Serious than Those Against Other Trump CriticsPresident Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to see his critics investigated, pressuring the Justice Department to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey and New...
By Carrie Cordero
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Déjà Drones
Eighty years after the U.S. military first used drones in the Pacific, the idea is back on the table for any future operations in the South China Sea....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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What’s in a Game-Changing Weapon?
Today it’s Tomahawk missiles under debate. But first it was HIMARS rocket launchers, then Patriot systems, then F-16 fighter planes....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Trump and Zelensky to Meet as Kyiv Presses for Tomahawks
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday, with discussions over whether Washington will supply long-ran...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump Plan for a Second Putin Meeting Undercuts Ukraine Push
President Donald Trump has his sights once again on ending the war in Ukraine, announcing another meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin after a first summit in Alaska fai...
By Celeste Wallander
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Trump to Hold Putin Summit in Budapest – Where Russia Promised Not to Invade Ukraine
President Donald Trump is touting another meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin about his country’s invasion of Ukraine, this time in Budapest, Hungary — the city where...
By Jim Townsend
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How Tomahawks Could Help Ukraine Hurt Russia
President Trump has signaled the United States may send long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, allowing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to strike military targ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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National Security Human Capital Program
Troops Get Paid as Shutdown Becomes a ‘Kitchen-Table Crisis’More than a dozen advocacy groups for military members and veterans joined forces to urge Congress to pay troops on time and pass legislation that protects veterans, service m...
By Kyleanne Hunter
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US Can Spare Only Limited Tomahawk Missiles, Likely No Major Impact on Ukraine Conflict
The United States could provide Ukraine with only 20 to 50 long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Technology & National Security
Ukraine’s Drone War over the Black Sea Is Heating UpUkraine has turned to drones and asymmetrical warfare to counter Russia’s superior firepower, but nowhere has this strategy been more effective than in the Black Sea....
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
Behind Russia’s Battlefield Drone Surge in Ukraine? Chinese Factories.China has materially helped Russia gain a key battlefield advantage in its grinding war against Ukraine, dramatically increasing exports over the summer of key components need...
By Samuel Bendett
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Donald Trump to Meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Friday
US President Donald Trump will welcome his Ukrainian counterpart to Washington on Friday for talks about how they can force Russia’s Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, i...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Trump Wanted a Trade Deal. Xi Opened a New Front Instead.
Beijing shattered a fragile trade truce with Washington this week, announcing sweeping restrictions on exports that contain even trace amounts of Chinese rare earth....
By Liza Tobin
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China’s New Weapon in US Trade Talks: Batteries
The US is heavily reliant on Chinese batteries as it seeks to stabilize the grid and support explosive data center demand for power....
By Emily Kilcrease
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Does China Want to Target Taiwan and U.S. Bases?
China is turning its eastern seaboard into a launchpad for missiles aimed at Taiwan and the U.S. forces in Asia....
By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
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National Security Human Capital Program
US to Build Facility for Qatari F-15s in Idaho; Details Remain UnclearThe Pentagon will build a facility for the Qatari air force at an Idaho air base, the U.S. defense secretary announced on Friday....
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
China Flexes Rare Earth Leverage. What That Could Mean for Trump-Xi Meet.China unveiled more expansive export restrictions for its rare earth supply chain on Thursday, just weeks before President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expec...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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National Security Human Capital Program
Trump Says He’d Consider Invoking the Insurrection Act. What Does That Mean?President Donald Trump says he'd consider declaring an "insurrection" inside the United States, accusing Democratic governors and mayors of preventing the federal government f...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital Program
Texas National Guard Lands in Chicago, Sparking Feuds Between State Leaders, TrumpMembers of the Texas National Guard have touched down in Chicago as part of a federal operation. The troops, now under the direction of President Donald Trump, were sent by Go...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski