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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 and Can Kasapoğlu argue in The National Interest.
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 hosted military policymakers and industry experts to discuss the technical, strategic, and moral implications of autonomous decision-making in future confrontations.
Thomas J. Duesterberg, William Chou, and Mario Mancuso 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 today at 10:00 a.m.
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, Joshua Meservey 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 and regional competition in the Horn of Africa with experts from the Council on Foreign Relations and the Israel-Africa Relations Institute.
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 offers 10 ways Washington and Seoul can strengthen their alliance in a new report.
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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 in Fox News.
