Ideas

Marine special operators are using fiction to envision the future

Short stories by Marine Raiders are driving discussions about the evolution of MARSOC through 2040, its commander writes.

  • Maj. Gen. Matthew Trollinger
Threats

The D Brief: Israel’s next move; Floating-pier progress; China’s stealth bomber; Asia’s climate threat; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine cannibalizing howitzers; Army to cut 32K billets; Protestors yell at USAF chief; Wildfires close nuke-assembly plant; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Defense One Radio, Ep. 145: The USAF's big reorganization

Audrey Decker unpacks the top news from this year's Air & Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium.

  • Ben Watson and Audrey Decker
Threats

Defense One Radio, Ep. 144: How Russia cements control

How does the Kremlin force an entirely new reality on an occupied city? And how do Europeans feel about the invasion and U.S. hesitation to rearm Ukraine?

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine’s new military chief; Putin’s meandering mind; Psyops on the chopping block?; Army cancels scout helo; And just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Defense One Radio, Ep. 143: Today's far-right terrorism in America

A discussion with the authors of “God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-right Terrorism in America.”

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Info threats demand a ‘cultural shift,’ new Pentagon strategy says

“The consistent integration of informational and physical power” must become “the norm.”

  • Edward Graham
Ideas

China’s social-media attacks are part of a larger ‘cognitive warfare’ campaign

U.S. strategists must take heed of this important domain.

  • Josh Baughman and Peter W. Singer
Ideas

Six reasons the Pentagon should retire ‘deterrence by denial’

The recent decade has exposed the concept’s weaknesses.

  • Bryan Clark and Dan Patt
Ideas

The Pentagon is the wrong agency to lead the new US deterrence strategy

If integrated deterrence is to succeed, the hammer must not be the tool of first resort.

  • Collin Meisel
Ideas

What Tanks in Ukraine Tell Us About America in the Pacific

U.S. hopes that Europe can take care of itself appear to be farfetched.

  • John R. Deni
Ideas

Urban Combat Is Changing. The Ukraine War Shows How

Four attributes distinguish today’s city battles from those that have come before.

  • Sam Plapinger
Policy

Ukraine, Irregular-War Changes Are Reshaping Pentagon’s Info-Ops Strategy

Civilians reporting military movements and a return to proxy war will inform the first IO update in seven years.

  • Lauren C. Williams
Ideas

Muhammad Ali’s Foreign Policy Lessons

Like the great boxer, America needs to know how to pick the time and place to engage.

  • Jon B. Alterman
Threats

Could Ukraine Retake Crimea? Not Easily

Difficult approaches and dug-in Russian forces would likely mean a long and difficult effort, experts said.

  • Patrick Tucker, Caitlin M. Kenney and Elizabeth Howe
Ideas

How to Keep War With China From Being a Pick-Up Game

INDOPACOM needs a joint force headquarters now, not when crisis arrives.

  • Bryan Clark
Policy

Drones, Cruise Missiles Are Rising Threats to US Troops and Territory, Pentagon Says

The Missile Defense Review also calls for building a missile shield to protect Guam.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Ideas

That’s it? Biden’s Overdue Pentagon Strategy Underwhelms

After nearly two years, experts were hoping for more.

  • Kevin Baron
Ideas

Sensible Talk Aboard a UK Aircraft Carrier. But Does It Come Too Late?

New poll shows US, UK publics aren’t buying what national-security experts have been selling.

  • Kevin Baron
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