Threats

Taiwan Strait passage; China targets US spies; Gitmo, nursing home; Russia’s military whales?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Trump on arms control; Russia’s startling AI stance; DoD’s power vacuum; Biden runs for POTUS; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Kim, Putin meet; Shanahan, cleared; Afghan metrics, vanishing; What’s a ‘militia’?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

It’s Getting Harder to Track US Progress in Afghanistan

Almost every metric “is now classified or nonexistent,” says the special inspector general for Afghan reconstruction.

  • Katie Bo Williams
Threats

Reviving Syrian peace talks; AI-enabled surveillance cameras; US about-face on Libya?; CivCas in Afghanistan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Greenland Is Falling Apart

Its ice sheet, which holds enough water to raise sea level by 25 feet, may now be melting from the bottom.

  • Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic
Threats

ISIS claims Sri Lanka attack; Overlooked Mueller-report takeaways; DARPA’s space robots; DoD digital guru departs; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Terror in Sri Lanka; USCG vs. China; Border confusion; Does FBI face-recognition work?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The Mueller report’s national security angles; Afghan peace talks ‘postponed indefinitely’; Iran is getting ShadowBrokered; American militia detaining migrants; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
Threats

Despite Threatening It, Trump Is Keeping the Military Out of Venezuela

The administration is sticking to an approach that it has favored against adversaries from Iran to North Korea: gradual economic strangulation.

  • Uri Friedman and Kathy Gilsinan, The Atlantic
Threats

North Korea’s weapon test; Taliban side-eye Afghan 250-member peace delegation; New Pakistani group executes troops; McGurk’s plan for Syria; Army Day in Iran; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
Threats

Trump vetoes US exit from Yemen; Sisi’s power grab; Inside Syria’s bulging ISIS prisons; SOF beard bacteria; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Kevin Baron
Threats

MbS (quietly) meets CENTCOM; Russia blocked; F-35s to the Mideast; Notre Dame fire sparks instant misinformation; Libya ‘coup’; ‘Disneyland with guns’; And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron
Threats

Saudi Arabia’s next war: Libya; 7 more years (at least) in Somalia; Bolton’s ICC win; North Korean words; Coffee and the border; Natsec rock bands; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Afghan ‘fighting season’ begins; Shakeup in North Korea; Key research program, killed; Why US is escalating in Somalia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Assange arrested; Space Force windfall; F-35s or F-15s?; Huawei’s underwater cables; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Japanese F-35 crashes; Escalating in Somalia; Libya fighting nears Tripoli; New border-wall contracts; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

What Will Climate Change Mean for Security in Africa?

The Pentagon faces different challenges in a continent where it has only one permanent base — but lots of troops.

  • Katie Bo Williams
Threats

A terror-designation first; US troops die in Afghanistan; Turmoil atop DHS; Army wants mind-reading AI; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

DHS’ Nielsen quits; US troops leave Libya; ICC prosecutor barred; Russia tests missile; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
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