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Losing a Foot Never Held Her Back, Until She Tried to Join the Military
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The military personnel bureaucracy is risk-averse, and no one wants to be the first to let an amputee in, said Katherine Kuzminski, who studies the military and society at the...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Ukraine looks to stop the bleeding as US readies more aid
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Becca Wasser, a senior fellow for the defense program at the Center for a New American Security, said the incoming aid package is significant but will not “magically solve all...
By Becca Wasser
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Ukraine is finally getting more US aid. It won’t win the war — but it can save them from defeat.
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Franz-Stefan Gady, an analyst with the Center for a New American Security who recently returned from a study trip to the front lines in Ukraine, said the new aid package was l...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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New Ukrainian Silent Attack Drones Put Russians On The Defensive
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The uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) is thought to be a modified agricultural drone, often designed as a quadcopter, hexacopter or octocopter, Samuel Bendett, of the U.S think ta...
By Samuel Bendett
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Congress finally advanced aid to Ukraine, but is it too little, too late?
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This was massively needed, but it’s not a silver bullet,” added Nicholas Lokker, a research associate for the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American S...
By Nicholas Lokker
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Trump meets with Orbán, Saudis, Cameron as they prepare for his return
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“Everyone is searching for clues as to what Trump would do if he got a second term,” said Richard Fontaine, a former State Department official and CEO of the Center for a New ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Army on track to meet lower recruiting goal, Navy may fall short
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The Army’s decision to lower its recruiting goal comes as the service is undergoing a massive force structure transformation, under which the total size of the force is expect...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Israel’s Military Risks Being Overstretched
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Given all of this—and a potential hot war with Iran—some analysts are worried about Israel’s troops becoming overextended. “Israel has a significant opportunity cost, and ther...
By Jonathan Lord
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Iran and Israel dragged their shadow war out of the dark, and it's much more dangerous now
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Jonathan Lord, formerly a political military analyst at the Pentagon, told Business Insider Israel has found limited tactical success in this space, "so over time, those strik...
By Jonathan Lord
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Biden to triple tariffs on Chinese steel ahead of reelection bid
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Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, or CNAS, said the Biden administration is reviewing why some Chinese steel derivatives curre...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Will a FISA lapse cause a disaster? It depends on who you ask
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“If the government has obtained renewal of the certifications, even if the law is not reauthorized this month, those certifications remain in effect over the course of the yea...
By Carrie Cordero
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Yellen: U.S. will levy sanctions against Iran over attack on Israel
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Among the most obvious remaining options is aggressively expanding sanctions on Chinese firms that have bought large quantities of Iranian crude oil exports, which have provid...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump Holds Series of Meetings With Foreign Leaders
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Richard Fontaine, a former foreign policy adviser to Senator John McCain, agreed that Mr. Trump’s meetings were not extraordinary. But he said it was unusual for a foreign lea...
By Richard Fontaine
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Lawmakers still conflicted about giving Israel weapons
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Another factor that could complicate the picture: Lawmakers want to block offensive weapons from going to Israel. But F-15s, often considered to be offensive, were used to sho...
By Jonathan Lord
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Supreme Court sides with Army veteran in overlapping GI Bill benefits case
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Kate Kuzminski, director of the Center for a New American Security, a Washington D.C. think tank’s military program said the number of impacted veterans may be smaller than th...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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After shooting down Iranian munitions, Jordan defiant in uncomfortable spotlight
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In the view of Jonathan Lord, director of the Middle East security program at the Center for a New American Security, the situation is complicated by the reality of the benefi...
By Jonathan Lord
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3 Ways Israel Could Respond to Iran
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But even as Netanyahu’s war cabinet calls for a rapid response, experts are urging the Israelis not to rush into the decision. “There’s the people who are playing chess, the p...
By Jonathan Lord
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Iranian and Chinese Drones Are Overwhelming American Warships—But This High-Tech Weapon Could Help Them Fight Back
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On March 27, 2024, a U.S. warship in the Red Sea detected four radar tracks headed directly its way from Yemen. It fit the tell-tale pattern of drone attacks that Houthi rebel...
By Paul Scharre
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US-China competition to field military drone swarms could fuel global arms race
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The unchecked spread of swarm technology “could lead to more instability and conflict around the world,” said Margarita Konaev, an analyst with Georgetown University’s Center ...
By Paul Scharre
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Biden’s ‘Coalitions of the Willing’ Foreign-Policy Doctrine
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“These minilateral meetings among three or four countries have really become a hallmark of the Biden administration’s strategy of developing a loose network of security relati...
By Lisa Curtis
