Threats

The Naval Brief: Nuclear threats; Deployment funding; China’s naval modernization; and more...

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Policy

Biden to Tap Colombia As Next Major Non-NATO Ally

The longtime security partner would be the 19th country and third in South America to receive the designation.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney, Jacqueline Feldscher and Tara Copp
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia resumes Mariupol attacks; Finland reports GPS problems; Sweden's defense spending hike; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Policy

Navy’s Next 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan Could Avoid Details–Again

Secretary Del Toro wants to give “decision space,” but lawmakers want specifics.

  • Caitlin M. Kenney
Ideas

Put US Boots in Ukraine to Defend a UN-Approved Security Zone

It worked in Syria.

  • James Jeffrey
Threats

Pentagon Could Need More Cash if Ukraine Support, NATO Border Mission Drags On

Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord also said allies are contributing more now than in the past.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Ideas

Establish a Zone of Peace in Western Ukraine

Sending foreign troops to defend so-far-uncontested territory is the only way to preserve a free Ukraine and prevent Putin’s next attack.

  • Sam J. Tangredi
Threats

Today's D Brief: DOD halts Polish jet transfer; Finland's DM at the Pentagon; Patriots, VP Harris to Poland; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Poland Offers Fighter Jets for Ukraine, But US Rejects Swap-and-Send Idea

Warsaw said it would send its MiG-29s to a German air base, leaving delivery to Ukraine up to the U.S. and NATO.

  • Tara Copp and Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Concern Rising That Putin Could Use Nuclear Weapons

Russian “escalate to de-escalate” doctrine suggests Putin is thinking the unthinkable.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Russia’s Rocket Barrages Reveal Bad Planning, Cruelty—and the Absence of Crucial Skills

“Everybody is surprised by the lack of combined arms capability in the Russian army,” said one general-turned-analyst.

  • Patrick Tucker and Tara Copp
Ideas

How the Ukrainian Military Went from 'Decrepit' to Surprisingly Strong

Four factors have turned the country's defensive capabilities around since Russia first invaded in 2014.

  • Liam Collins, The Conversation
Threats

The Air & Space Brief: AFSOC’s C-130 overhaul; Russia satellite tampering an “act of war?” Why is Ukraine’s internet still up?

  • Tara Copp
Threats

Today's D Brief: Biden to ban Russian oil imports; Ukraine says Russia violated ceasefire again; Moscow's encryption problem; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Caitlin M. Kenney
Ideas

Ukraine, Fight Your Fight—Not Their Fight

The Ukrainian military needs the weapons and tactics of an irregular conflict, not a conventional war.

  • Mark Kimmitt
Threats

Why Is Ukraine’s Internet Still Up? Perhaps Because the Invaders Need It

As well, eight years of effort to harden IT infrastructure may be paying off.

  • Tara Copp
Ideas

Like the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, But for Cyber

The tasks of coordinating cybersecurity efforts and growing a cyber workforce is too big for a White House office and too fluid for a full department.

  • Ronald Sanders and Mike McConnell, FCW
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia attacks Ukrainian civilians; Zelenskyy's plea; More US troops to the Baltics; IMF's warning; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Policy

If Russia Hacks a US Satellite, Is It an Act of War?

After a Russian official issued dire warnings against tampering with satellites, U.S. officials declined to follow suit.

  • Brandi Vincent
Ideas

Send More Aid to Taiwan, Before It’s Too Late

The emergency supplemental bill should be just the prelude to a larger annual military aid package.

  • Dustin Walker and Eric Sayers
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