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Ministerial Dialogue: U.S.-India deepen understanding in midst of differences
Lisa Curtis, Senior Fellow and Director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), said it was expected that the meetings would go ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Air Force leaders love the phrase ‘multi-capable airmen.’ Here’s why airmen hate it
Spend time on any Air Force website or social media page these days and you’ll find a key phrase that keeps popping up: multi-capable airmen. Simply put, multi-capable airmen,...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The military wants ‘robot ships’ to replace sailors in battle
Tom Shugart, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said the Navy is building these ships with one enemy primarily in mind: China. The Chinese mi...
By Tom Shugart
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CNAS Technology and National Security Program Welcomes Senior Adjunct Fellow Pablo Chavez
Washington, April 14, 2022—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to welcome Pablo Chavez as a new Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Technology and National Secur...
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Russia’s Make-or-Break Gambit in the Donbas
Having failed to achieve their initial goal of a lightning campaign to seize the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Russian forces are focusing their efforts on the Donbas region in t...
By Samuel Bendett
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The Russian sanctions and inflation conundrum
The good news for President Biden: Tough Western sanctions against Russia, which he played a major role in putting together, are working to squeeze the Russian economy and cou...
By Maria Shagina
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US unveils $800 million in weapons and equipment, plus training, for Ukraine
U.S. President Joe Biden has announced an additional $800 million in heavy weapons the country will speed to Ukrainian forces, which will include more than a dozen heavy-artil...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Russian Scientists Say They Have A New System to Monitor Attacks on the Russian Internet
As Russia rains artillery fire down on Ukrainian cities, cyber attackers from around the world have been targeting Russian media, cryptocurrency services, and retail brands wi...
By Samuel Bendett
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US, India cementing occasionally touchy relationship
The US-India "two plus two" ministerial level meeting in Washington on Monday turned into something far bigger - it was upgraded to a summit. The symbolism was strong, signall...
By Lisa Curtis
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Why the US has hit some Russian oligarchs with sanctions but not others
Former US officials and people familiar with deliberations inside the Biden administration said one reason for the selective nature of its sanctions regime was that Washington...
By Edward Fishman
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Here’s how the Russia-Ukraine war is driving up prices
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting sanctions imposed on Moscow are contributing to surging global prices that Americans are feeling throughout the economy, particu...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Into the Military Metaverse: An empty buzzword or a virtual resource for the Pentagon?
Years before the word “metaverse” existed, the Pentagon was experimenting with the broad concept of interconnected virtual worlds. In 1978, Air Force Capt. Jack Thorpe publish...
By Jennifer McArdle
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The Army’s transformation begins with these new units
Major changes to the Army’s doctrine, equipment and operations have arrived in upgraded gear, future-focused technology and new ways to do battle. But where these elements con...
By Chris Dougherty
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‘Battlefield nukes’ in Ukraine? A low but complex threat.
In her experience running war games for the U.S. military, Stacie Pettyjohn found that whenever scenarios involved nuclear weapons, participants tended to be flummoxed. “Norm...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Hubris and isolation led Vladimir Putin to misjudge Ukraine
More than six weeks into his war against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is feeling the sting of failure. Thousands of Russian battlefield deaths. Three front-line r...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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U.S. curbs Russian access to foreign fertilizers and valves
The United States on Friday broadened its export curbs against Russia and Belarus, restricting access to imports of items such as fertilizer and pipe valves as it seeks to rat...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Explainer: Clock ticks down towards a Russian default
Russia faces its first sovereign external default in over a century after it made arrangements to make an international bond repayment in roubles earlier this week, even thoug...
By Elina Ribakova
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Nasty, Repressive, Aggressive -- Yes. But Is Russia Fascist? Experts Say 'No.'
Among the characteristics Putin's Russia manifests that mirror fascism are historical revanchism and the embrace of hypermasculine authority -- "the macho cult of Putin" -- sa...
By Maria Snegovaya
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In Ukraine, civilians shape narrative of the war
The images stream by like a dystopian slide show: Ukrainian farmers pulling abandoned Russian tanks from black soil. Bodies and buildings shredded in airstrikes. A young woman...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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Is India’s position on Russia affecting its relationship with the U.S.?
Last week, India’s strategic partner, the U.S., warned of consequences for any country, including India, which conducts local currency transactions through Russia’s central ba...
By Lisa Curtis