Threats

What’s Great Power Competition? No One Really Knows

It’s the “trillion-dollar question,” one Marine Corps planner says.

Threats

State-Sponsored Breaches of US Government Networks Rose 168% Last Year: Report

“Cyber-espionage is rampant in the public sector," Verizon analysts wrote in their annual study of data breaches.

Threats

The Flash Point Between America and Iran Could Be Iraq's Militias

U.S. troops and Iran-backed fighters had an alliance of sorts in the anti-ISIS campaign. With Washington and Tehran at odds, could they turn on each other?

Threats

The FBI Has 850 Open Domestic Terrorism Investigations

Homegrown extremism is rising, one year after the Trump administration cut funding to programs that counter hate groups.

Threats

Senior Military and Trump Officials in Washington Escalate Iran Warnings

General says sending aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers is not a pretext for war.

Threats

The Many Ways Iran Could Target the United States

The White House is citing unspecified threats from Iran. The specifics are murky, but the potential for escalation is real.

Threats

Pentagon Shifts Much Classroom Training to Another Federal Agency

The Office of Personnel Management will use the Defense Department learn how employees learn and where more training is needed.

Threats

Pentagon Warns Of China’s Rise in the Arctic, Missile Subs, Influence Operations

Annual "China Military Power" report notes that Beijing’s deterrence fleet is up to six ballistic missile subs.

Ideas

In the Global Power Era, Remember the Bin Laden Raid

The Defense Department must make choices, but we cannot become complacent about the fight against terrorism.

Threats

Lawmakers Probe Navy, Marine Corps Plans on Climate Change

Trump’s picks for Chief of Naval Operations and Marine Corps Commandant sailed through their confirmation hearing on Tuesday.