National security articles
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Republicans raise national security threat concerns over admitting Gazan refugees
Republican senators pushed government intelligence officials to better guard Americans from national security threats, including Hamas terrorists, who could seek to enter the United States under the Biden administration. Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) raised significant concerns during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday that the Biden administration’s reported plan to […]
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Dutch minister fears 'national security risk' from Chinese ownership of Anteryon
Another Dutch tech firm has been caught in the simmering tensions between the West and China. Amid growing calls to curb Chinese access to chipmaking equipment from ASML, a Dutch minister has raised a separate alarm about the sale of Philips spinoff Anteryon. Although the digital-optics developer remains based in Eindhoven, the business was bought in 2019 by China's Jingfang Optotelectronics. The Suzhou-based firm reportedly spent between €40mn and €50mn on the acquisition. Following a...
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Expanding advanced nuclear raises national security risks: IISTP report
The Institute for International Science and Technology Policy cautioned against an unqualified embrace of nuclear power as a climate change solution as international cooperation on nuclear safety frays.