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

Today’s D Brief: Trump takes Putin’s offer; ‘Dogfighting in space’; DOD’s personnel bottleneck; PLAN drones, on video; And a bit more.

• Bradley Peniston and Ben Watson
• March 19, 2025

The D Brief: ‘Shift’ in Iran policy; Israel pounds Gaza; Ukraine’s all-drone attacks; Russian ops on NATO soil; And a bit more.

• Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
• March 18, 2025

The US just lowered its defenses against authoritarian propaganda, experts say

Gutting the U.S. Agency for Global Media reduces the country's ability to fight off influence campaigns at home and promote freedom abroad.

• David DiMolfetta
• March 17, 2025