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Threats

What’s next in Iran; China using NSA cybertools; Wooing Venezuelan troops; ‘Operating blind’ in the Arctic; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Katie Bo Williams
  • May 7, 2019
Threats

Why John Bolton is yelling at Iran; Lincoln heads to the theater; North Korea launches something; USN through the So. China Sea; Afghans demand ‘orderly exit’ of foreigners; And a bit more.

  • Kevin Baron and Ben Watson
  • May 6, 2019
Threats

Houthis’ surprisingly advanced drones; China’s growing sub fleet; Iraq-Syria border fence; Battery-ingredients shortage; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • May 3, 2019
Threats

Eyes on Caracas; New Asia strategy coming soon; UK fires defence secretary; Sonobuoy shortage; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • May 2, 2019
Threats

Various Venezuelan threats; First F-35A strike; Navy working climate plan; NSA unmasks more Americans’ data; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • May 1, 2019
Threats

US military duties grow at border; ISIS leader reappears; Libya fighting escalates; Navy tanker drone; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
  • April 30, 2019
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Threats

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

  • Ben Watson
  • April 29, 2019
Threats

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

  • Ben Watson
  • April 26, 2019
Threats

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

  • Ben Watson
  • April 25, 2019
Threats

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

  • Ben Watson
  • April 24, 2019
Threats

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

  • Ben Watson
  • April 23, 2019
Threats

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

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
  • April 22, 2019
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
  • April 19, 2019
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
  • April 18, 2019
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
  • April 17, 2019
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
  • April 16, 2019
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
  • April 15, 2019
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
  • April 12, 2019
Threats

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

  • Ben Watson
  • April 11, 2019
Threats

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

  • Ben Watson
  • April 10, 2019
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