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Pentagon’s Global Posture Review Emphasizes China, but Lacks Major Strategic Changes
After a nine-month deep-dive by Defense Department planners and policy experts billed as a holistic look at where and how America is deployed around the world, the Pentagon ha...
By Becca Wasser
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Threat of Russian Invasion of Ukraine Tests Biden Administration
The White House is reviewing options to deter a feared Russian invasion of Ukraine, including providing more military aid to Kyiv and threatening sanctions, to dissuade Russia...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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CNAS Responds: Will the Iran Deal Be Revived in Vienna?
The U.S., UK, France, Germany, Russia, and China—along with the European Union High Representative—meet with Iranian representatives today in Vienna for the seventh round of t...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Russian Mail Drones Could Simplify Siberian Postal Delivery
On its platform, the helicopter-style SH-350 drone receives a blue package in a pelican-case-style box. Tied tight into place, it rises with the drone over a field of snow. Th...
By Samuel Bendett
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12 More Chinese Companies Are Placed on US Export Blacklist
Jacob Stokes, a fellow at the Centre for a New American Security, a think tank in Washington, said the hypersonic missile test underscored “the massive stakes in the military-...
By Jacob Stokes
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How Far Would Biden Go to Defend Ukraine Against Russia?
At a news conference a few days ago, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was asked whether the Biden administration had a “red line” in Ukraine, a point beyond which Russian ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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US Blacklists Chinese Quantum Computing Companies
The US has placed a dozen Chinese groups involved in quantum computing and other advanced technologies on an export blacklist, saying they pose a risk of gaining access to cri...
By Martijn Rasser
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The Marine Corps wants junior Marines to have a say in who their leaders are
Junior Marines could help determine whether officers and senior enlisted leaders are selected for promotion as part of the Marine Corps’ efforts to revamp its evaluation proce...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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China's New Privacy Law Leaves U.S. Behind
While China's sweeping new data privacy laws have left tech companies confused about how to comply, they also put the U.S. even further behind in the global race to set digita...
By Martijn Rasser
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Putin Warns the West to Heed Russia’s Redlines in Donbass
“Ukraine’s internal crisis is among the most pressing and sensitive issues for us, which has so far remained unresolved,” the Russian President said on Thursday in an address ...
By Michael Kofman
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Biden Opens Direct Line to Xi Amid Taiwan Tensions
The world became a little bit safer this week, especially for anyone living in or near the Asia-Pacific, a part of the world increasingly anxious about a confrontation between...
By Richard Fontaine
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Belarus Blame Game: What the Key Players Are Saying on Border Crisis
The stand-off at Poland’s border with Belarus has developed into a public relations battle, as the countries blame each other for the plight of migrants trapped in the middle....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Kremlin Says Second Biden-Putin Meeting Is in the Works
Amid increasing alarm among U.S. officials about a Russian military equipment buildup near its border with Ukraine, preparations are underway for a virtual meeting between U.S...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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U.S. Keeps Ukraine Close Amid Russian Build-Up
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiyi Reznikov is in Washington today to meet with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin as the United States continues to show support for Ukra...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Troop Build-Up Shows Putin Views Ukraine as ‘Unfinished Business’
“There’s no appetite to take the Kremlin on because that requires a significant investment in time and resources and they would rather be using those resources on the China ch...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Should Women Be Eligible for the Draft? Defense Bill Stirs Up Military Debate
A measure that would make young women eligible for the military draft that is moving through Congress and could become law soon is stirring up a long-standing debate about the...
By Kyleanne Hunter
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A Veteran Diplomat, a ‘Tragic Figure,’ Battles Critics in the U.S. and Afghanistan
The failure to rescue Afghanistan from the Taliban weighs on many American generals and diplomats. But few had as personal a stake as Zalmay Khalilzad. Raised in Kabul and nat...
By Lisa Curtis
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Biden tried to push Putin aside. The Russian isn’t having it.
When National Security Council officials approached President Joe Biden with a package of sanctions to impose on Russia earlier this year, he sent it back to them three times....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Biden-Xi virtual summit: Value lies in managing tensions so don't expect breakthroughs, say experts
The meeting between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday (Nov 15) is a chance to manage the superpowers' tensions so they do not spiral out ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden and Xi set 1st virtual summit for early next week
President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their first virtual summit on Monday evening, U.S. time, to discuss cooperation and competition, White House pre...
By Jacob Stokes