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As U.S. Retreats on the Global Stage, Is China Winning?

As U.S. Retreats on the Global Stage, Is China Winning?

EXPERT INTERVIEWS – As the U.S. retreats on several global fronts -- foreign aid, global health, global alliances and others -- is China taking [...] More

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Trump’s Gulf Tour: The Money Deals, the Diplomacy and What Comes Next
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Trump’s Gulf Tour: The Money Deals, the Diplomacy and What Comes Next

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT – President Trump headed home Friday after a whirlwind four-day tour of the Persian Gulf that featured multibillion-dollar [...] More

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Arctic Worries: Melting Ice, and a Russia-China Partnership

Arctic Worries: Melting Ice, and a Russia-China Partnership

DEEP DIVE – As more Arctic ice melts and more avenues for navigation and commerce open up at the top of the world, there’s a geopolitical competition [...] More

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For U.S. Defense Industry, These Minerals Really are ‘Critical’

For U.S. Defense Industry, These Minerals Really are ‘Critical’

DEEP DIVE – Coverage of the U.S.-China tariff war has focused on the impact for consumers – the potential for spikes in the prices of cars and [...] More

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Trump's Mideast Wish List: $1+ Trillion in Investments - and Some Diplomacy Too

Trump's Mideast Wish List: $1+ Trillion in Investments - and Some Diplomacy Too

EXPERT INTERVIEWS - President Donald Trump embarks this week on the first scheduled overseas trip of his second term (the funeral for Pope Francis [...] More

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Assessing Putin and the 'Axis of Authoritarians' - and How to Counter Them

Assessing Putin and the 'Axis of Authoritarians' - and How to Counter Them

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – On Friday, as Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed more than a dozen world leaders, including China’s Xi Jinping, for a [...] More

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Top New York Cyber Official: U.S. ‘Falling Behind’ – and Adversaries Aren’t Waiting

Top New York Cyber Official: U.S. ‘Falling Behind’ – and Adversaries Aren’t Waiting

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – As the U.S. government considers restructuring and staff reductions to its cybersecurity departments, officials at the state [...] More

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Why Crimea Matters - for War and Peace in Ukraine

Why Crimea Matters - for War and Peace in Ukraine

EXPERT INTERVIEWS – Mention “the war“ to Ukrainians and they will likely date the conflict not to Russia’s February 2022 invasion of their country, [...] More

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How Far Might a U.S.-Taliban Engagement Go?

How Far Might a U.S.-Taliban Engagement Go?

EXPERT INTERVIEWS — The Taliban government in Afghanistan enjoys no formal recognition from the rest of the world, thanks largely to a poor human [...] More

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Cyber Experts Urge U.S. Officials to Speed Up Reorganization Efforts
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Cyber Experts Urge U.S. Officials to Speed Up Reorganization Efforts

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT – As the U.S. faces unprecedented threats from cyberattacks, experts are warning about the impact of cuts to the nation’s cyber [...] More

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Waltz, Rubio and the National Security Shakeup

Waltz, Rubio and the National Security Shakeup

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – The announcement was made on the 101st day of the second Trump administration, and while some insiders said they saw it [...] More

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Can India and Pakistan be Brought Back from the Brink of War?

Can India and Pakistan be Brought Back from the Brink of War?

EXPERT INTERVIEW – One week after a deadly terror attack, India and Pakistan stand at the precipice of military conflict, and as one scholar and [...] More

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50 Years Later, Reflections on Vietnam - From Those Who Lived It

50 Years Later, Reflections on Vietnam - From Those Who Lived It

SPECIAL REPORT — Fifty years ago this week, the long U.S. war in Vietnam came to an end. U.S. combat troops had left the country two years before, [...] More

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