Trump pressures Zelenskyy to accept pro-Russian deal

But Ukraine ceasefire talks are still salvageable, experts say—if Trump changes course.

• Patrick Tucker
• April 24, 2025

The D Brief: More loose lips; Troops get detention powers; State’s coming cuts; Primes’ aircraft plans; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• April 23, 2025

The D Brief: ‘Full-blown meltdown’; Syrian drawdown; Russia’s Easter attacks; NDU resignation-in-protest; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• April 21, 2025

State of the Space Force 2025

As Trump envisions “our manifest destiny into the stars,” the Space Force is set to play a key role in America’s space ambitions.

• Audrey Decker
• April 18, 2025

The D Brief: Russian missiles kill 34 in Ukraine; Trump lashes out at CBS; Breakthrough in robotics?; Naval autonomy today; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Patrick Tucker
• April 14, 2025

The D Brief: New defense EOs; Somalia concerns; Ukrainian’s advice for US; Spies target fired feds; And a bit more.

• Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
• April 10, 2025

Keep US troops in Europe, EUCOM commander says

Gen. Cavoli outlined security and military benefits to the United States from presence in Europe.

• Patrick Tucker
• April 8, 2025

US weapons support for Ukraine doesn’t compete with Taiwan goals: report

FDD authors say America can continue to arm three partners at once—if it rebuilds its factories.

• Patrick Tucker
• April 7, 2025

The D Brief: Murky hiring freeze; Trump-tariff turmoil; Cuts for CISA; GOPer slams NSA firing; And a bit more.

• Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
• April 7, 2025

Don’t waste this crisis, Europe: consolidate your defense industry

Turn your excess national defense champions into continental ones.

• John R. Deni
• April 6, 2025

The D Brief: More WH Signal chats; Trump’s tariffs skip Russia; NSC departures?; Simulating budget choices; And a bit more.

• Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
• April 3, 2025

The D Brief: US soldiers’ bodies found; Raising Nordic defenses; Russia’s new draft; A-10s to Middle East; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• April 1, 2025

How a beatdown at sea turned Russia's navy into China's junior partner

Even the new maritime truce with Ukraine can't change a strategic tilt of the past three years.

• Colin Flint, The Conversation
• March 26, 2025

The D Brief: More Yemen-chat details released; Troops patrolling border; Ukraine ceasefire broadened; Army’s gear overhaul; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• March 26, 2025

The D Brief: Green light for ‘F-47’; 2nd destroyer sent to border; Mapping China’s Taiwan threat; US envoy parrots Kremlin; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson, Bradley Peniston and Audrey Decker
• March 24, 2025

France, UK must heed the call of Europe's new nuclear age

Paris and London can provide the assurances that stop a continental race for nuclear weapons, but it won't be easy.

• Ankit Panda
• March 20, 2025

China is waging cognitive warfare. Fighting back starts by defining it.

The US and its allies need a framework for this new domain of conflict: formal, explicit specifications for its concepts and entities.

• Jake Bebber
• March 19, 2025