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Threats

Today's D Brief: Day 176 of Putin's Ukraine invasion; Record arrests at America's southern border; 'Worst drought in 1,200 years' hits US; Kabul bombing kills 21; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • August 18, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia attacks Ukrainian port cities; Kyiv advisor teases counteroffensive plans; Opportunism in Ankara; New US strike in Somalia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • August 17, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: New explosions rock Russian-occupied Crimea; Grain ship sails for Africa; Pro-Trump extremism rising, DHS warns; F-35s fly again; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • August 16, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: More Chinese threats as another CODEL visits Taiwan; Afghanistan collapse, one year later; 260 US troops to Europe; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • August 15, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: UN warns of dangers at Russian-occupied nuclear plant; More MLRS to Kyiv; China lashes out at Lithuania; Decoding Beijing's Taiwan wargames; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • August 12, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: New post-strike analysis over Crimea; Sweden extradites Turkish man; Latvian PMs call out Russia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Caitlin M. Kenney and Jennifer Hlad
  • August 11, 2022
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Today's D Brief: China winds down Taiwan drills; Beijing's new Taiwan occupation threat; 9 Russian jets destroyed in Crimea; Javelins to Brazil; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • August 10, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Taiwan practices island defense; China trying to improve 'blockade ops'; At least 70K Russian casualties in Ukraine; Renaming commission price tag; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jacqueline Feldscher
  • August 9, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: China's Taiwan wargames, cont.; Ukraine lessons for RIMPAC; Space war contingency planning; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • August 8, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: China expands live-fire plan around Taiwan; Senate OKs Finland, Sweden's NATO bids; New Pentagon spox; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • August 4, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Pelosi departs Taiwan; China announces live-fire drills; PACT Act heads to Biden's desk; E.Ky flood update; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jacqueline Feldscher
  • August 3, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: US kills AQ leader in Kabul; Afghanistan's fraught future; 3 carriers near the SCS; Pelosi to Taiwan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • August 2, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: First grain ship leaves Ukraine at last; More artillery for Kyiv; Putin wants a bigger navy; Pelosi in Asia; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • August 1, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Guard called in for ‘historic’ flooding in Appalachia; USAF grounds some F-35s; LA hit with 40 million cyber attacks monthly; Possible ‘breakthrough’ in expedition medicine; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Marcus Weisgerber and Jennifer Hlad
  • July 29, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Senate passes China-focused tech bill; USN carrier in the SCS; WH pitches prisoner swap with Russia; RoK’s ‘biggest-ever arms deal’; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • July 28, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Moscow's hurried annexation timeline; Poland points to more Russian 'filtration camps'; Turkey opens Black Sea monitoring center; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Elizabeth Howe and Jennifer Hlad
  • July 27, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia attacks coastal Ukraine; Moscow quits ISS; EU gas rationing to begin; Russian prisoners sent to fight for Wagner?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • July 26, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: HIMARS damage continues vs. Russia; Moscow hates Zelenskyy; Milley, on China; Ellen Lord's next move; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Marcus Weisgerber
  • July 25, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: What Putin thinks of America; More HIMARS to Ukraine; Kyiv's new counteroffensive; RIMPAC, reborn; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
  • July 21, 2022
Threats

Today's D Brief: EU prepares for gas rationing; Moscow's expanding invasion; Czechs want F-35s; Chinese, Russian, DPRK hackers are busy; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • July 20, 2022
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