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[Herald Interview] Will inter-Korean detente continue after Olympics?
The PyeongChang Winter Olympics have brought about a rare detente between the two Koreas after years of military confrontations over Pyongyang’s nuclear and ballistic missiles...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Munich Security Conference Panel: "US Foreign Policy: A Congressional Debate"
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At the Munich Security Conference, CNAS CEO Victoria Nuland moderated the panel "U.S. Foreign Policy: A Congressional Debate." The discussion featured a bipartisan, bicameral ...
By Victoria Nuland
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Speculation swirls over allies' military drillc
With the South Korean military participating in a multilateral amphibious landing drill in Southeast Asia over the weekend, speculation continues to rise over when South Korea...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Western Countries’ Dilemma: What to Do With Captured IS Foreign Fighters?
The United States and its European allies are divided over the question of what to do with hundreds of Islamic State (IS) foreign fighters who were captured on the battlefield...
By Nicholas Heras
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‘Harassed, detained, prosecuted’: Western anti-Daesh fighters feel betrayed
LONDON: To some, they are freedom fighters, willing to risk their lives in defense of a persecuted people, but others take a dimmer view of the Western volunteers battling Dae...
By Nicholas Heras
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These Chinese military innovations threaten U.S. superiority, experts say
BEIJING — The Chinese New Year began with the traditional lighting of firecrackers on Friday, but the country's military has been working on incendiaries on an entirely differ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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FBI indictment lays bare Russian plot even as Trump claims exonerationc
WASHINGTON - The elaborate detail in a 37-page indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of Russian individuals and organisations accused of an elaborate, long-r...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Budget Deal Likely to Deliver Hefty Business to Defense Companies
The recent budget deal has handed U.S. defense companies an extra $75 billion over the next two years as the Pentagon boosts spending on aircraft, missiles, tanks and maintain...
By Robert O. Work
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The best way forward in Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan, the longest in U.S. history, shows little sign of winding down. Despite hundreds of billions of dollars in military aid and state support, Afghanistan ...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Jordan's King Abdullah discusses Syria situation with Putin
King Abdullah of Jordan held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday amid doubts about the fate of deal brokered with the US last year to reduce figh...
By Nicholas Heras
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Shanahan focuses 'down and in' as Pentagon's No. 2
SAN DIEGO — After months spent drawing up plans for the military's future, Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan says he is ready to get out of the Pentagon and carry out ...
By Robert O. Work
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US seeks to double AK-47 supply to Syrian partners Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/02/us-double-ak47-supply-partners-syria-pentagon.html#ixzz58GLNYNyy
The Donald Trump administration is seeking to more than double the number of assault rifles it provides to Syrian Kurds and other US-backed fighters despite rising anger from ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Tillerson Can’t Fix What Ails U.S. Ties With Turkey
The Trump administration appears to have pulled relations with NATO ally Turkey away from a “crisis point” after a slew of high-level meetings over the past week. But sharp di...
By Julianne Smith
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US warns against ‘protectionism’ with new EU defense agreement
BRUSSELS ― A top American diplomat is concerned that a new European Union defense agreement could lead to “protectionism” that could ice American firms out of sales in Europe....
By Jim Townsend
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4 things to know about the Trump budget’s environmental cuts
Like last year’s budget, the Trump administration’s 2019 budget proposes large cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency. And it eliminates explicit climate change programs ...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Upgrade Navy Networks To Get Most From F-35: Commandant Wants Quality
CAPITOL HILL: If the Commandant of the Marine Corps had one more dollar to spend — and he probably will with the recent budget deal — he’d use it to upgrade Navy ships’ electr...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Experts: Pentagon’s 2019 budget plan headed for receptive audience on Hill
WASHINGTON — Despite questions over a ballooning U.S. deficit and other funding dramas, the 2019 military budget proposal out Monday is poised to win support on Capitol Hill, ...
By Lauren Fish
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An Abundance of Sanctions Bills May Be Constraining Foreign Policy
Sanctions are a bit like antibiotics: best used sparingly to target a specific adversary. But lawmakers are increasingly looking to sanctions — one of the few pieces of major ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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CNAS Releases Two Essays on Women in National Security
Washington, D.C., February 14, 2018 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today released two new essays as part of its Women in National Security Project. The essay ...
By Mark R. Jacobson & Joseph Cirincione
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U.S. alliances need to reflect needs of modern warfare, experts say
WASHINGTON — Since the beginning of U.S. invasions in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. has had the ability to project power in a relatively unchecked fashion. But some military ...
By Paul Scharre
