Threats

A record-setting arms deal with Israel; Duterte uninterested in joint SCS patrols; New Missile Defense director on tap; Pentagon’s ‘disjointed’ readiness plans; and a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Another Syrian ceasefire; Navy SOF funds a microdrone; The changing of the National Guard; Former soldier leads Paralympics cyclists; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

DPRK tests 5th nuke; Mosul offensive in October?; DOJ creates Internet-of-Things team; A SEAL hostage-rescue mission fails; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
Threats

US Intel Chief: Climate Change Is Adding Fuel to the World’s Extremist Fires

DNI Clapper says environmental factors will keep the cycle of extremism going long after ISIS is vanquished.

  • Caroline Houck
Threats

'82 percent approval rating'; A new ISIS battleground; China orders giant cargo planes; The threat the G20 missed; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Caroline Houck and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Even Duterte’s Slurs Can’t Break US-Philippines Ties Cemented by Chinese Aggression

Attention is turning to the Scarborough Shoal, just west of the Philippines, where many fear Beijing will build more islands to expand its control of the South China Sea.

  • Steve Mollman, Quartz
Threats

‘Five immediate major challenges’; Turkey urges ‘safe zone’ in Syria; How deception can help AIs learn; Iranian boat swarms, by the numbers.

Threats

Deadly standoff in Kabul; Hiccups on Obama’s Western Pacific swing; Next ICBM’s cost soars; FBI investigating Russian hackers; and a bit more.

Threats

The Same Culprits That Targeted US Election Boards Might Have Also Targeted Ukraine

More circumstantial evidence suggests Russian-backed actors targeted state election boards.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

5 ways to guard US elections from online assault; Turkey touts anti-ISIS ops; Putin praises DNC hack; Why so many F/A-18s are crashing; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

US laughs off Russian claim; Japan seeks military-spending hike; How Australia lost its sub secrets; The US Army’s new tech incubator; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

ISIS spokesman reported killed; Ceasefire, or not, in northern Syria; Pentagon eyes new missile-defense satellites; Taliban picks a military chief; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

When Allies Become Enemies (Before the War is Over), Obama's ISIS Plan Has Another Problem

The U.S. wanted Turkish and Kurdish fighters to fight, but not fight each other. Now the administration is scrambling to keep local allies with their own interests focused on America's goal: defeating ISIS.

  • Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Threats

US to Turkey: focus on ISIS; Moscow finds airpower has limits; Russian hackers hit DC think tanks; Combined-arms training for the cyber era; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

EXCLUSIVE: Russia-Backed DNC Hackers Strike Washington Think Tanks

The same Kremlin-backed group that hacked the Pentagon, State Department, and DNC targeted DC insiders last week.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Turkey threatens US-backed Kurds in Syria; Fighting intensifies in Libya; Russia’s disinformation wars; 51 debates worth havings; and just a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Historic ceasefire in the Philippines; Rebels moving west, north and east in Syria; US, Iran have run-ins in the Persian Gulf; Found: ancient hand grenade; and a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

The US Holds More Pacific Exercises Than You Probably Realize

The Army's Pacific Pathways program is even bringing some nations' military units to America for training.

  • Caroline Houck
Threats

Deadly attack on Kabul university; Turkey flushes ISIS from Syrian town; Last inter-American war ends, for now; Iranian patrol boats harass US destroyer; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Turkish tanks race into Syria; NorK test-fires ballistic missile from submarine; Military-grade surveillance comes to Baltimore; An artillery shell that fights forest fires; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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