Nuclear

Today's D Brief: Putin's saber rattling again; Russia's dire economic forecast; Army pulls new video ad; USAF chief, in conversation; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Sam Skove

Today's D Brief: China's Xi blames US; Beijing warns of conflict with US; Ukraine digs in at Bakhmut; Border security changes loom; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad

Today's D Brief: Lawmakers talk Ukraine oversight; Russia discourages future aid to Kyiv; China security issues hit primetime; USAF fires two Minot officers; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad

Russia’s New START Speech Is More Scare Tactics Than New Arms Race, Says Former Ambassador

Putin left himself a loophole and doesn’t have the funds anyway.

  • Patrick Tucker

Today's D Brief: Biden in Poland; Putin saber rattling again; China's fine line; North Korea's ICBM; CODEL to Taiwan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad

Today's D Brief: Russian missile flies over Moldova; SpaceX drops Ukraine military access; US tests ICBM; Lula to the WH; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson, Jennifer Hlad and Lauren C. Williams

Today's D Brief: More tanks for Ukraine; Zelenskky in the UK; China opens ICBM launcher gap with US; GOP vs. POTUS; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson

Today's D Brief: US shoots down Chinese balloon; GOP pressures WH on Ukraine; Is US foreign policy too militarized?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson

Today's D Brief: Nuclear-treaty violations; US-India tech pact; Protecting satellites; China’s corn-mill threat; and a bit more...

  • Bradley Peniston and Jennifer Hlad

The Doomsday Clock is Ticking on Biosecurity

Countries around the world must cooperate and deepen their investments in global health and biosecurity strategies.

  • Asha M. George, Suzet McKinney and David Relman

Today's D Brief: S. Korea mulls going nuclear; Japan, US expanding military, space cooperation; China's personnel problem; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad

Today's D Brief: US, Russia prisoner swap; DOD splits $9B cloud contract; Putin's nuclear first-use promise; Milley on how the Ukraine war ends; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson

Let’s Put the Pentagon’s China Report in Context

What do the relative sizes of the U.S. and Chinese nuclear arsenals really suggest?

  • William D. Hartung

Biden’s Nuclear Policy Fails the Ukraine Test

His administration’s Cold War-style thinking is missing a golden opportunity.

  • Tom Z. Collina

Is Russia’s Nuclear About-Face More or Less Credible Than Its Earlier Threats?

After months of saber-rattling, Putin and his government have been disavowing the use of tactical nukes in Ukraine.

  • Kevin Baron

Today's D Brief: Xi's nuclear warning for 'Eurasia'; Putin orders Kherson evacuation; 180 DPRK sorties; UK's F-35 problem; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad

Pentagon To Launch New Study On How to Get at Hard, Deeply Buried Targets

A senior defense official explains the thinking behind the Biden Administration’s nuclear policy document.

  • Patrick Tucker

Today's D Brief: N. Korea's new ICBM test; US-RoK extend sortie drills; S. Korea missile failure; Russian retreat in Kherson?; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad

Today's D Brief: North Korean artillery headed to Russia, WH says; Nuclear chatter in the Kremlin; Pyongyang fires 23 missiles; Space Force gets a new leader; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
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Today's D Brief: Difficult years ahead for Europe; Rain slows Ukraine fight; Pentagon’s strategy trio; US Army’s new training center; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson

That’s it? Biden’s Overdue Pentagon Strategy Underwhelms

After nearly two years, experts were hoping for more.

  • Kevin Baron