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Island Chains: Can the U.S.'s Cold War Strategy Still Contain China?
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Experts have told Newsweek that the island chain strategy, which was formulated by the United States during the Cold War, remains relevant today in containing Washington's nea...
By Tom Shugart
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South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-Soo Reinstated as Acting President After Impeachment Overturned
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South Korea’s Constitutional Court overturned the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, reinstating the nation’s No. 2 official as acting leader Monday while not yet rul...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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How Elon Musk’s DOGE Cuts Leave a Vacuum That China Can Fill
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When President Trump announced on Friday that the United States would move ahead with a long-debated project to build a stealthy next-generation fighter jet, the message to Ch...
By Richard Fontaine
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Bridge-Forming Barges Could Speed Up a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan, Experts Say
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China has built at least six barges capable of forming a bridge hundreds of feet long, an ability that could play a key role in a potential invasion of Taiwan, according to de...
By Tom Shugart
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China Holds Landing Exercise with ‘Invasion Barges’ In South China Sea
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China appears to be conducting amphibious landing exercises with specially built vessels at a beach on the South China Sea, the sort of practice it would conduct if it was con...
By Tom Shugart
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The U.S. Is Already Fighting the World’s First AI War—And China Is Winning
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AI’s role in warfare is not just about who has the best autonomous weapons—it’s also about who can use AI to make decisions faster than their adversary....
By Jacob Stokes
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China Piles the Pressure on India in Its Own Backyard
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Diego Garcia, a remote Indian Ocean island nearly 2,000 miles from the East African coast, boasts clear-blue waters, pristine beaches — and a US-UK military base at the heart ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Trump Barrels Toward China Trade War
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US President Donald Trump wasted little time imposing tariffs of 20% on China that could presage more drastic actions as he moves to derisk from Beijing and counter overcapaci...
By Emily Kilcrease
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North Korea to Have First Early Warning Aircraft, Satellite Image Shows
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North Korea “appears close to completing its first airborne early warning aircraft,” a significant upgrade for its air force, said U.S.-based research website 38 North, citing...
By Tom Shugart
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See How Xi and Putin Are Ramping Up Joint Military Drills
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The militaries of China and Russia, America’s top two global adversaries, are working together as never before in their long partnership, probing the defenses of the U.S. and ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Europe’s New Reality: Trump May Not Quit NATO, but He’s Already Undercutting It
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In his first term, President Trump episodically threatened to pull out of NATO, removing the United States as the linchpin of the most successful military alliance in modern t...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump, Modi Aim to Cut U.S. Trade Gap with India amid Global Tariff Concerns
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The United States and India are working toward a deal that aims to cut America’s sizable trade gap with India as New Delhi pledges to buy more U.S. energy, weapons and civil n...
By Lisa Curtis
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Modi Brings a Tariff ‘Gift’ to Trump Talks
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will come bearing gifts when he meets Donald Trump on Thursday, hoping concessions on tariffs, fresh business deals and the prospect of coo...
By Lisa Curtis
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India’s Modi Seeks to Boost Trump Bromance on Key Visit
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Trump will be pushing for a "fair" trade deal with India, while the two leaders will also discuss a new defense partnership and military sales during the meeting, senior White...
By Lisa Curtis
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India Has Potential to Transform Indo-Pacific, Compete Effectively with China: Former White House Official
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Ahead of PM Modi's upcoming visit to the United States, a former White House official termed India an "important partner" when it comes to effectively competing with China. Li...
By Lisa Curtis
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Modi and Trump’s Friendly Rapport May be Tested as Indian Prime Minister Visits Washington
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s longstanding bonhomie with President Donald Trump could be tested as the Indian leader kicks off a visit to Washington on Wednesday, eager to av...
By Lisa Curtis
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Modi Seeks to Dodge Trump Trade Wrath in White House Summit
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When Prime Minister Narendra Modi last met President Donald Trump five years ago, the US leader stood before a crowd of 100,000 cheering Indians in Modi’s home state of Gujara...
By Lisa Curtis
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Trump Writes a New Playbook for Quagmires in Gaza and Ukraine
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President Trump is rewriting the accepted playbook for solving the world’s intractable conflicts—offering talks to settle the Ukraine war with concessions to Russia and crushi...
By Richard Fontaine
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Indian PM Modi’s Washington Trip Hopes to Exploit the Strained U.S.-China Relationship
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to Washington this week will focus on a potential trade deal that includes increased US energy purchases by New Delhi, redu...
By Lisa Curtis
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How DeepSeek is looming over the Paris AI summit
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When the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek took the world by surprise two weeks ago, one big fear was that it meant China had just leapfrogged American know-how...
By Pablo Chavez
