The D Brief: Hatch Act violations; ICBM costs are a ‘collective failure’; Fiscal-year-end negotiations; Taiwan’s anti-invasion board game; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• September 6, 2024

The D Brief: Meet the Army’s new recon unit; Putin’s Kursk-Pokrovsk gambit; China’s new sub; New Jan. 6 charges; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
• August 22, 2024

The D Brief: Fires in Russia; Rising morale in Ukraine; US fugitive fighting for Putin; Assessing troops in Syria; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Lauren C. Williams
• August 20, 2024

The D Brief: Investigations into Trump shooting; New Gaza strikes; Red Sea aerial battles continue; Classified-docs case dismissed; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• July 15, 2024

Today's D Brief: House edges toward aid vote; Ukraine’s eastern front erodes; Defense leaders on the Hill; GOP vs. ‘radical environmentalists’; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• April 16, 2024

Today's D Brief: US strikes Yemen, Iraq, and Syria; Senate unveils Ukraine, Israel, border bill; China's busy shipyards; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
• February 5, 2024

Defense One Radio, Ep. 143: Today's far-right terrorism in America

A discussion with the authors of “God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-right Terrorism in America.”

• Ben Watson
• February 2, 2024

Today's D Brief: SecDef’s hospitalization; Extremism in the ranks; China’s purge; New rocket’s first flight; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• January 8, 2024

Jan. 6 showed the power of 'networked incitement'

A media and disinformation expert explains the danger of political violence orchestrated over social media.

• Joan Donovan, The Conversation
• January 5, 2024

Today's D Brief: Today’s D Brief: 3-star leads the Marines; Combat in Gaza tunnels; Update on Iraq/Syria attacks; Multinational ransomware pact; And just a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• October 31, 2023

Today's D Brief: Gaza war enters ‘next stage’; Biden pushes ‘2-state solution’; Ukraine’s ‘FrankenSAMs’; WH AI EO; And a bit more

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• October 30, 2023

Today's D Brief: US strikes Syrian sites; Chinese carrier deploys; Defense giants see revenue boost; 3D-printed sub parts; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston, Jennifer Hlad and Patrick Tucker
• October 27, 2023

Today's D Brief: Update on Iraq-Syria injuries; 16 killed in Maine; Arms-production roadblocks; Boeing’s big loss; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• October 26, 2023

Today's D Brief: CNO retires sans replacement; Ukraine inches forward; Niger junta mixes messages; DC Guard shakeup?; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• August 14, 2023

Today's D Brief: Firefighting on Maui; Kim’s arms factories; Army’s peacetime awards; Nearly 100 Navy leaders on hold; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
• August 10, 2023

Today's D Brief: Ukraine's counteroffensive begins; Trump indicted; Where the US fights; Murder rates are falling; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• June 9, 2023

‘Fort Liberty’: Army More Than Half Done Scrubbing Confederate Names from Its Bases

The new name for Fort Bragg is a compromise between airborne and Special Forces, one source said.

• Sam Skove
• June 1, 2023