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China’s NFT Plans Are a Recipe for the Government’s Digital Control
China is in the midst of launching a state-backed NFT infrastructure network with implicit geopolitical aims: to manage and ultimately oversee the architecture underpinning a ...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Loyalty for Luxury: How the Kim Family Buys Support From North Korean Elites
The Kim family will likely continue to use a mix of fear tactics and gift giving to secure loyalty from the elite class....
By Jason Bartlett
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The New Nuclear Age
In this precarious new strategic environment, it will be crucial for the United States to anticipate new challenges and respond to them nimbly....
By Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, Jr.
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Russia’s Artificial Intelligence Boom May Not Survive the War
The gap between Russian military aspirations for high-tech warfare of the future and the actual conduct of war today is becoming clear....
By Samuel Bendett
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Sharper: Sanctions on Russia
The threat of sanctions from the United States, Europe, and their allies against Russia failed to deter the superpower from invading Ukraine, yet they remain one of the most i...
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Will Putin Outlast the War?
Despite the predictions of overly hopeful Russia analysts, the Kremlin’s resilience should not be underestimated....
By Maria Snegovaya
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The Ruble Rally Is Real. Sanctions Are a Moving Target.
Due to the Bank of Russia’s skilled policy response and Russia’s likely large current account surplus, sanctions have become a moving target....
By Elina Ribakova
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Russia’s Economy Has Adjusted to Sanctions. That Doesn’t Mean Moscow Is Winning the Financial War.
It is far too soon to declare defeat, just as it was far too soon to declare with pride that the ruble was “reduced to rubble,” as President Biden said a few weeks ago....
By Rachel Ziemba
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Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Bolsters Macron’s Pro-EU Platform Ahead of French Election
The crisis in Ukraine underscores Macron’s pro-EU platform, vindicating his vision of a stronger Union....
By Nicholas Lokker & Jason C. Moyer
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Time for Even Tougher Sanctions on Russia
The only way to keep the pressure on Putin is to ratchet up sanctions....
By Edward Fishman & Chris Miller
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Why China’s CIPS Matters (and Not for the Reasons You Think)
Chinese policymakers have to contend with a policy paradox—China wants CIPS to be connected to the world yet also be a viable alternative to existing financial institutions....
By Emily Jin
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Russia’s Urban Warfare Predictably Struggles
The complications Russia has encountered in urban conflict in Ukraine’s Mariupol, Kharkiv, and Kyiv are not simply a function of Russian incompetence....
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev & Kirstin J.H. Brathwaite
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Sharper: Defense Budget and Strategy
On Monday, the Biden administration released the annual presidential budget request and a two-page fact sheet on the forthcoming 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS). While th...
By Anna Pederson, Hannah Dennis & Lily Schlieman
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Around the Table with Simone Williams
Around the Table is a three-question interview series from the Make Room email newsletter. Each edition features a conversation with a peer in the national security community ...
By Simone Williams
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How to follow North Korean hackers
The rate by which cryptocurrency and blockchain technology evolves continues to far outpace the rate by which national governments and international institutions are able to r...
By Jason Bartlett
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How to Strengthen South Korea-US Cooperation on Combatting Cyber-enabled Financial Crime
The United States and South Korea each possess unique strengths in combating the rise of cyber-enabled financial crime, but their true joint potential is largely untapped....
By Jason Bartlett
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Military Food Insecurity- What is Going On?
The rising cost of living and high rates of military spouse unemployment create a circumstance in which service members must survive on one income—when nearly 70 percent of Am...
By Nathalie Grogan
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Why Putin Probably Won’t Give Up Anytime Soon
Putin’s own penchant for risk and the patterns evident in other authoritarian regimes suggest that doubling down to secure his maximalist aims in Ukraine is the more likely ou...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Sharper: Nuclear Weapons
The threat of nuclear war has reentered the global consciousness as Russia endangers the security of Ukrainian nuclear power plants, North Korea ramps up its testing of ballis...
By Anna Pederson, Cameron Edinburgh & Emma Swislow
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The DOD Needs a Joint Wargaming Center
All this leads to many wargames producing reports based on bad data and influenced by institutional and personal bias. The creation of a Joint Wargaming Center would address t...
By Col Gabe S. Arrington