Threats

Hague negs China’s sea claims; US adds troops to Iraq force; Army eyes spider-silk body armor; The latest from soggy Farnborough; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Iraqi troops seize airfield near Mosul; Dispatches from Farnsborough; Welcome to the era of lethal police robots; Violence in South Sudan kills nearly 300; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Horror in Dallas; NATO summit kicks off; THAAD to deploy to Korea; F-35, Brexit, and Farnborough; and a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston
Threats

Obama scraps Afghanistan drawdown; US diverts jets, abandoning friendly Syrians; Navy patrols near fake islands; new vet-suicide stats; and a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston
Ideas

Obama Asked the Military For A Plan to Protect Civilians. Here’s One.

We learned through experience the importance of preventing civilian casualties in today’s wars.

  • David Petraeus and Christopher D. Kolenda
Threats

Obama Scraps Planned U.S. Troop Drawdown in Afghanistan

President Obama announced 8,400 Americans will remain into the next administration and again called on the Taliban for an elusive peace.

  • Kevin Baron
Threats

UK slams Iraq War runup; NATO summit faces tall tasks; What next for Syria?; What’s with Russia buzzing US planes?; and a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston
Ideas

What Comes Next After Raqqa and Mosul?

Obama is making U.S. special operators and locals do most of the fighting. When ISIS falls, Iraq and Syria need better leaders to keep this from happening again. So, what’s the plan?

  • Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Threats

Butchery from Baghdad to Bangladesh; China declares no-sail-zone in disputed waters; NATO’s summit plans; Drones over the Somme; and a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston
Threats

China Declares a No-Sail-Zone in Disputed Waters During Wargame

The 38,000-square-mile trapezoid sits in the South China Sea between Vietnam and the Philippines.

  • Echo Huang Yinyin
Threats

Assad losing turf to Nusra in coastal stronghold; US Marine fire mission, by the numbers; How the F-35 will go to war with China; Weekend travel security advice from the pros; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Air Force Officers Give New Details for F-35 in War With China

For the first time, key officers lay out how they’d deploy the stealth F-35 and F-22 in an all-out war with China.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Taliban bombs kill dozens of Afghan police; US-Russian alliance on Syria in the works?’; The Turkey-ISIS relationship; US sailors disciplined over Iranian detention; Qatar’s $1B missile deal; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

'We Are Not Frozen in a Nightmare,' Says Defiant John Kerry

The secretary of state insisted America is more engaged in global conflicts with deeper impact than ever before, in a sweeping speech at the Aspen Ideas Festival.

  • Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
Threats

Eyes on ISIS after Istanbul attack; Iraqi troops, US-backed rebels on the hunt for ISIS-held airfields; Ike strikes from the Med; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Lebanon arrests 103 Syrians; Pentagon Syrian rebel program crawls along; More details about Fat Leonard; F-35 bests F-15E; and more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Suicide bombing on Lebanon-Syria border; Brexit buyer’s remorse; Iraqi forces control Fallujah; New drone report; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Marcus Weisgerber
Threats

Brexit hits defense stocks; US warplanes hit Taliban; Marines pull F-18s from boneyard; Army plans new advise-and-assist teams; and just a bit more.

  • Marcus Weisgerber, Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Go after Assad? No, says White House; No more injury reports from ISIS fight; NGA taps into virtual reality; Another Gitmo transfer; and a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

NorK rocket reaches new heights; AFRICOM nom sees ‘no grand strategy’ in Libya; Brexit could hit industry like a new sequester; and a big more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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