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Why the intelligence community sees potential harm in ‘loyalty’
When President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he wants to replace departing Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats with someone who can “rein in” an intelligenc...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Expiration of Cold War-era nuclear treaty stokes fears of new arms race
With the expiration of a key nuclear treaty on Friday, the Department of Defense is now free to pursue intermediate-range nuclear weapons, but some are concerned that a new ar...
By Chris Dougherty
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Mike Pompeo arrives in Asia amid North Korea missile tests, denuclearization doubts
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Less than a day after North Korea test fired a new barrage of ballistic missiles, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived in Asia for a major summit. While he says he rema...
By Duyeon Kim
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With Latest Launches, North Korea Perfecting 'Scary Impressive' Missile
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With its latest test Wednesday, North Korea has now launched seven ballistic missiles over the past three months, after having refrained from such launches for a year and a ha...
By Duyeon Kim
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Algorithmic Warfare: Academia Key to Maintaining U.S. Lead in AI
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Academic institutions will be critical to sustaining the United States’ overmatch in artificial intelligence technology, experts say. While countries around the world are inve...
By Kara Frederick & Elsa B. Kania
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The key foreign policy questions 2020 Democrats must answer, according to 9 experts
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Twenty Democrats vying to become the next president take the stage in Detroit this week to participate in the CNN debates. While the two-day event will almost certainly featur...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Syria's Idlib caught between hell and a hard place
A three-month aerial bombardment campaign by Syrian regime forces and Russia, combined with a ground assault on the last jihadi stronghold, is largely deadlocked, leaving thou...
By Nicholas Heras
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North Korea tests missiles for the second time in a week
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North Korea appears to have tested its second set of missiles in just a week — a sign that its displeasure with South Korea and the US is growing. The South Korean military sa...
By Duyeon Kim
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Two Ways to Ward off Killer Spacecraft
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If you worry that the recent near-collision between U.S. and Russian warships or Iran’s downing of an American drone could escalate into war, you should be even more worried a...
By Michael Horowitz
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser urges participation in anti-crime effort
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday urged residents, businesses and organizations to the participate in the city’s Private Security Camera System Incentive Program in an effort...
By Kara Frederick
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Army 'Night Court' deep cuts revealed as Esper eyes expanding process Pentagon-wide
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The Army's "Night Court" process cut $25 billion from legacy weapon systems to spend more on emerging technologies, with $15 billion coming from program eliminations and reduc...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Can Trump’s Pick for Intel Chief Tell the President What He Needs to Hear?
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats was an increasing rarity in the orbit of U.S. President Donald Trump. As the principal intelligence advisor to a president who has ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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'Slow war of attrition' on Syria's Idlib frontline
For three months Damascus and its ally Russia have been pummelling hospitals, markets and schools in Idlib unleashing a deadly, ferocious campaign aimed at retaking Syria's la...
By Nicholas Heras
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U.S. and U.K. divide increases on Iran
Britain’s refusal to go along with the Trump administration’s fiery approach to recent Iranian aggression has experts and lawmakers concerned about the state of the “special r...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Libya’s Haftar might seek deescalation with Turkey
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The proxy conflict in Libya appears to have been heating up with Libyan National Army (LNA) General Khalifa Haftar making threats against Turkey, which backs his Government of...
By Nicholas Heras
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North Korean saber-rattling dims euphoria of Trump’s DMZ meeting
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Nearly a month after President Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to walk on North Korean soil, the euphoria from his meeting with Kim Jong Un faded this week as No...
By Duyeon Kim
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Trump is letting Kim Jong Un do almost anything he wants
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In just the past week, North Korea has unveiled a brand new submarine that could potentially launch nuclear weapons and tested two short-range missiles that gravely threaten U...
By Duyeon Kim
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North Korea fires ‘new type of ballistic missile’ into sea toward Japan
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North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast into the Sea of Japan on Thursday morning, according to the South Korean government, in the first such ...
By Duyeon Kim
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Donald Trump vetoes resolutions prohibiting defence sales to Saudi and UAE
US President Donald Trump issued three vetoes on Wednesday overriding Congress decisions and allowing arms and defence sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The White House anno...
By Nicholas Heras
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U.S. Maximum Pressure on Iran Unsettles Syria's Kurds
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Hawkish factions in Washington tout the Syrian Kurdish forces as a way to block Iran from regaining the “land bridge” through the Middle East that it once had through its alli...
By Nicholas Heras
