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European Strategic Autonomy Is an Illusion [[link removed]]

European leaders have expressed their intention to ramp up defense spending in response to President Donald Trump’s stance on the war in Ukraine. But full military autonomy remains out of reach for the continent, Peter Rough [[link removed]] and Can Kasapoğlu [[link removed]] argue in The National Interest [[link removed]].

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Fully Exploiting Autonomous Military Systems [[link removed]]

The United States military has good reasons to be hesitant about fully autonomous systems—but this hesitancy may give less-restrained adversaries like China an advantage. Bryan Clark [[link removed]] hosted military policymakers and industry experts [[link removed]] to discuss the technical, strategic, and moral implications of autonomous decision-making in future confrontations.

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America First and the Trump Administration’s New Investment Agenda [[link removed]]

Thomas J. Duesterberg [[link removed]], William Chou [[link removed]], and Mario Mancuso [[link removed]] will discuss the Trump administration’s America First Investment Policy through the lens of strategic competition between the US and China, alliance politics, and broader political economy considerations. Tune in [[link removed]] today at 10:00 a.m.

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Are Ethiopia and Eritrea Rolling Toward War? [[link removed]]

If the Trump administration wishes to protect American interests in Africa, it will need to maintain relative stability in the Horn. In a new policy memo [[link removed]], Joshua Meservey [[link removed]] explains why the US needs to work to prevent the imminent war between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

For more, watch Meservey’s discussions on great power competition [[link removed]] and regional competition [[link removed]] in the Horn of Africa with experts from the Council on Foreign Relations and the Israel-Africa Relations Institute.

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Strategic Alignment in an Era of Uncertainty: Next Steps for the US–South Korea Alliance [[link removed]]

South Korea’s next government will need to navigate the challenge of reinforcing security and economic ties with the US under President Trump’s America First agenda. Patrick M. Cronin [[link removed]] offers 10 ways Washington and Seoul can strengthen their alliance in a new report [[link removed]].

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Before you go . . .

To put an end to Palestinian “pay for slay,” the US needs to impose strong sanctions on any person or organization involved in rewarding terrorists for murdering innocent people, writes Nikki Haley [[link removed]] in Fox News [[link removed]].

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