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1 month ago | 
thestar.com.my | Tatiana Bautzer |Peter Schroeder
BIG banks are holding off on acquisitions and staying cautious about the Trump administration’s pledges to unleash dealmaking, according to industry executives. Treasury secretary Scott Bessent (pic) said last week that bank mergers had been slowed by minor issues. Days earlier, newly installed regulators moved to scrap strict Biden-era rules that raised oversight of big transactions.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Elliott Abrams |Gideon Rose |Peter Schroeder |Robin Niblett
Ending the wars in Ukraine and Gaza are at the top of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy agenda, and many expect the new administration to change American policy in both. It may well try to. But unless Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu play along, Trump could easily find himself shifting back toward the Biden administration’s approach in both theaters—because U.S. interests and geopolitical realities don’t change with the election returns.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
cnas.org | Peter Schroeder |Nicholas Lokker |Jim Townsend
President Trump has an opportunity to address tensions with NATO at the Munich Security Conference. While he should articulate his grievances, he also should lay out his requirements for NATO. Recalibrating the alliance is necessary to counter Russia and China.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
cnas.org | Peter Schroeder |Nicholas Lokker |Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Elizabeth Anderson
In just a few days, Donald Trump returns to office with Canada in his sights. At the same time, it has been less than two weeks since Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned. With an election expected in Canada the first half of the year - one that heralds a change of government - 2025 promises to be disruptive on both sides of the border.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
foreignaffairs.com | James M. Lindsay |Steven Cook |Peter Schroeder |Colin H. Kahl
As the 2024 U.S. presidential election showed, public sentiment about economic prospects significantly influences voting behavior. At the moment, those prospects appear to be grim across the world. The International Monetary Fund has projected that annual global growth will average around three percent over the next five years—the weakest medium-term outlook in decades. The picture looks bleakest for countries with advanced economies, where growth rates are anticipated to remain stagnant.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
foreignaffairs.com | James M. Lindsay |Steven Cook |Peter Schroeder |Sarah Yager
On January 21, 2017, the day after his inauguration, U.S. President Donald Trump visited Central Intelligence Agency Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. It was one of his first official actions as president and an opportunity to reset relations with the intelligence community (IC). Just ten days prior, he had accused intelligence agencies of helping to leak a report that claimed that Russian operatives had his personal and financial information.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
cnas.org | Nicholas Lokker |Peter Schroeder
On January 21, 2017, the day after his inauguration, U.S. President Donald Trump visited Central Intelligence Agency Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. It was one of his first official actions as president and an opportunity to reset relations with the intelligence community. Just ten days prior, he had accused intelligence agencies of helping to leak a report that claimed that Russian operatives had his personal and financial information.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
apifirst.tech | Peter Schroeder
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Peter Schroeder |Jim Townsend |James M. Acton
Earlier this year, the Biden administration revised its nuclear strategy, the nuclear employment guidance, which is updated approximately every four years. This time, however, the administration seems to have made some significant changes, placing greater emphasis on China given its growing nuclear capabilities, as well as directing the United States military to prepare for coordinated nuclear confrontations with Russia, China, and North Korea.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Peter Schroeder |Molly Campbell
From the battlefields of Libya to Nagorno-Karabakh to Ukraine, the deployment of drones has become a critical element of modern warfare. Will the explosion of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) change the character of war? Throughout this year, experts at CNAS have released cutting-edge research on the proliferation of commercial and military drones across the world. And how to deploy and defend against drones is at the forefront of U.S. military thinking.
