Iran Arms Trying to Kill the Iran Deal Could End Up Saving It Trump administration officials are publicly united on their policy of punishing the Islamic Republic. But cracks are showing over just how far to go. BY Kathy Gilsinan READ NOW» 2019-03-18 10:50
The D Brief Desperation in Syria; F-35 vs. F-15; New NATO commander; Pompeo’s top threats; And a bit more. Scenes of desperation are still piling up in Baghouz, Syria, where U.S.-backed troops have begun to cut into ISIS’s final enclave. Reuters reports on location this morning that “The enclave … BY Ben WatsonBradley Peniston READ NOW» 2019-03-18 10:33
Commentary North Korea White House The U.S. and North Korea Are Back to Talking Tough Pyongyang’s latest threats don’t necessarily mean diplomacy is dead. But they are a sign of just how deadlocked nuclear talks have become. BY Uri Friedman READ NOW» 2019-03-17 12:00
Syria No One Wants to Help Bashar al-Assad Rebuild Syria The Syrian president appears comfortably in power, but his supporters in Moscow can’t afford to pay for reconstruction; his adversaries in the West can, but won’t. BY Krishnadev Calamur READ NOW» 2019-03-17 10:44
Commentary Iraq Afghanistan Contractors Who Are the Private Contractors Fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan? An inside look at this invisible military force. BY Ori SwedThomas Crosbie READ NOW» 2019-03-16 10:46
Contractors Pentagon Air Force Lockheed Martin is Waging War on Boeing’s F-15EX The F-35 maker sees the Pentagon’s plans to buy new F-15s for the first time in 19 years as a threat. BY Marcus Weisgerber READ NOW» 2019-03-15 14:02
Sponsored Building a Better Approach to Federal Cybersecurity Learn about a technique that can perform that seemingly impossible trick and wipes out the need for overly burdensome cybersecurity defenses, making networks untouchable to unauthorized users. READ NOW» 2019-03-12 15:52
Terrorism How White-Supremacist Violence Echoes Other Forms of Terrorism Their enemies are different, but their tactics are often the same. BY Kathy Gilsinan READ NOW» 2019-03-15 12:29
Pentagon Ethics Autonomous Systems Here’s the Key Innovation in DARPA AI Project: Ethics From the Start A new effort to build patrol drones for urban fights began by forming an ethics advisory board. BY Paulina Glass READ NOW» 2019-03-15 10:55
The D Brief NZ attack updates far-right terror playbook; Space-weapon test in ’23?; Senate negs Trump ‘emergency’; Acting SecDef denies ‘cost plus 50’; And a bit more. Apparent white supremacist kills 49 in New Zealand. A gunman entered a mosque in the capital city of Christchurch on Friday, about 1:40 p.m. local time, sprayed bullets into the gathered … BY Bradley PenistonBen Watson READ NOW» 2019-03-15 10:36
