Defense One

Sunni Jihad Is Going Local

Future extremists will focus not on exporting violence to the West, but on building influence in their own communities.

The Senate’s Russia Probe Is Facing a Reckoning

Meanwhile, the Democratic-led House committee is gearing up for a reinvigorated inquiry.

The Trump Administration Can’t Get a United Front Against Iran

But the Warsaw conference did bring together Gulf Arabs and Israel against their common enemy.

DHS ‘Doubling Down’ on Election Security Heading Into 2020

Under Congress’ budget deal, the Homeland Security Department will receive $33 million to combat foreign influence campaigns and defend election security in fiscal 2019.

Trump’s Emergency Declaration is Going to Run into Four Hurdles

They fall into the broad buckets of legal, legislative, political, and constitutional issues.

Trump Declares National Emergency, Calling Gov’t Border Drug Stats ‘Lies’

In a dark, rambling speech, the president repeated long-debunked arguments — and provided ammunition for likely court challenges.

Trump declares national emergency; State of Defense 2019; CENTCOM, UK spy chief: ISIS not done yet; Deadly terror attack in India; And a bit more.

Trump says he’ll declare a national emergency. Having failed for two years to persuade lawmakers to provide several billion dollars to extend barriers along the U.S. southern border, President …

As ISIS Fight Winds Down in Syria, Detainee Numbers Are Rising

Nearly 1,000 foreign fighters are in custody, U.S. Special Ops commander says — and in legal limbo.

State of Defense 2019: Special Report

Our annual service-by-service look at the U.S. military finds the shift to great-power competition dogged by some old problems and some very new ones.

5G’s rise prompts spectrum worries; DOD aims to dodge budget caps; What’s gone at IDEX 2019; and more.

I first talked to a military official about the electromagnetic spectrum about a dozen years ago during a visit to Hill Air Force Base in Utah. The commander of the 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron …