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5 terrorist attacks in 5 cities; Syria war heats up; Grappling with Russian hacking; Trump on China, IC, F-35; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Kevin Baron, Marcus Weisgerber and Bradley Peniston
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Obama Orders 10-Year ‘Deep Dive’ into Election Hacking

And he wants the intelligence community to deliver it before he leaves office.

  • Patrick Tucker
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Exodus from Aleppo; ISIS body counts; Congress, Trump on collision course over Russian election hacking; A peek into JSOC; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Aleppo is all but finished; DHS pick is another gruff talker; The flawed new plan to fight extremist content; Night vision in sunglasses?; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Syrian rebels want ceasefire in Aleppo; Obama’s wartime legacy, in his words; Trump’s AF1 tweet rattles industry; Cyber cyber cyber; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Obama, SOF, and the rules of war; Why the US struggles with influence warfare; Report: $125b in Pentagon waste; Mike Flynn, conspiracy theorist; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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The US Is Losing at Influence Warfare. Here’s Why

Lawmakers and leaders want to fight foreign influence operations, but they aren’t asking the right questions.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Russian-backed forces control most of Aleppo; Trump tweets jabs at China; LCS, at a crossroads; US may give anti-air missiles to Syrian rebels; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Marcus Weisgerber
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Mattis named as SecDef; 14 car bombs a day in Mosul; Russia to use Iranian airbase; Counterterror gadgets of the future; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Marcus Weisgerber
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Rebel alliances shift in Syria; Trump’s unexpected offer to Pakistan; Mosul progress slows; Ukraine tests put Russian troops on alert; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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Confirmation bias turns lethal; F-35Bs practice beach assault; Refugees pour out of besieged Aleppo; The moral dilemma of serving under Trump; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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How the Arctic Could Help Warm US-Russian Relations

U.S. Coast Guard commandant says cooperating on mass search-and-rescue exercises and other shared interests could build bridges.

  • Caroline Houck
Threats

Assad troops push into Aleppo; Iraqi forces besiege Mosul; Two ways to ease US-Russian tension; Moscow will refurbish 3,000 tanks; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

10,000 flee Aleppo; Trump is inheriting a growing global counterterror operation—will he escalate or withdraw?; Russia’s air force troubles; Unity thrives in Iraq; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Ideas

As Trump Waits, So Do US War Fighters, Planners

The truth is nobody from the Pentagon to Baghdad knows yet if Trump will escalate or withdraw from America's ongoing fights around the world.

  • Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Threats

Trump Promises to Ask the Pentagon for a Plan to Defend the Country from Cyber Attacks

The president-elect included the plan in a list of 'executive actions we can take on day one to restore our laws and bring back our jobs.'

  • Joseph Marks
Threats

ISIS cut off inside Mosul; US drones overfly Libya; Canada ditches F-35, for now; SOUTHCOM seeks network speed; and just a bit more….

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

America’s War-by-Airstrike in Three Charts

The U.S.-led air war against the Islamic State in Mosul, Raqqa, and the region, visualized.

  • Caroline Houck
Threats

ISIS increasingly cut off in Mosul; US threatens Syrian generals; Trump effect at Halifax; What happened to the other Michael Flynn?; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Bomb kills dozens in Kabul; NSA/Cyber commander on the hot seat; Besieged Aleppo is out of hospitals; Russia vows to stop NATO expansion; and just a bit more...

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
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