Policy

US Can Handle China, Ukraine Missions Simultaneously, Top Pacific Admiral Says

But do send more money, the leader of Indo-Pacific Command told lawmakers.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: More US arms to Ukraine; NATO chief in Kyiv; Russia's 'manly' recruiting campaign; Wargaming Taiwan; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine’s coming counteroffensive; Navy plan draws ire; Allies want space defenses; China’s Antarctic base; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Today's D Brief: Zelenskyy greets frontline troops; Putin flies to occupied Ukraine; US modernizes Turkey's F-16s; Another ISIS leader killed in Syria; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: The quest to arm Taiwan is heating up; Pentagon leaks case isn't over yet; New US polling on China; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: Accused leaker arrested; China's Ukraine war promise; North Korea's new ICBM; Against cluster bombs in Ukraine; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Ideas

Biden Must Resist Calls to Send Cluster Munitions to Ukraine

Transferring the weapons may bring tactical benefits but would be a strategic disaster.

  • Nuria Raul
Threats

Today's D Brief: Leads in leaker inquest; Putin’s new draft?; ISIS militants, captured; NSA talks AI; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson
Threats

Could Putin Draft a Big New Conscript Army? Not Easily, Observers Say

Efforts to streamline conscription can’t overcome political and training obstacles, they say.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine investigating beheading video; Kyiv’s war on corruption; US semiconductors are still flowing to Russia; Guns in America; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Policy

‘A War On Two Fronts’: Ukraine Takes On Corruption As It Fights Russia

Can the Pentagon’s inspector general satisfy skeptics while still rooting out corruption?

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

Today's D Brief: Russia takes more control of Bakhmut; Ukraine wraps British tank training; Fallout continues over leaked Ukraine docs; America’s Covid ‘emergency’ is finally over; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Today's D Brief: Ukraine leak damage assessment; China rehearses attack on Taiwan; Navy's SCS transit irks Beijing; Jon Stewart on DOD 'corruption'; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

Some Ukrainian Troops Are Still Using Soviet Methods, Despite US Training

One year into the conflict, younger officers still strain against older leaders’ ways, military experts note.

  • Sam Skove
Policy

Treasury Aims To Halt Russian Smuggling, Sanctions Evasion

Russia’s smuggling efforts are providing diminishing returns, Treasury Department officials say.

  • Patrick Tucker
Threats

The D Brief: McCarthy-Tsai meeting; Ukraine holding on in Bakhmut; Fincantieri Marine Group GM suspended; and more…

  • Marcus Weisgerber and Jennifer Hlad
Threats

NATO Plans Record Air Exercise as Finland Joins Alliance

Air Defender 2023 exercise will include 100 U.S. aircraft, 2,000 troops, in “largest transatlantic movement” the Air National Guard has ever done.

  • Audrey Decker
Ideas

China Is Eating Russia’s Lunch in the Defense Market

The script has flipped in the countries’ traditional defense-industrial relationship.

  • Thomas Corbett and Peter W. Singer
Exclusive Threats

Ukraine Victory Unlikely This Year, Milley Says

“I'm not saying it can't be done. I'm just saying it's a very difficult task,” says top U.S. general.

  • Kevin Baron
Threats

Today's D Brief: Finland to join NATO; Ukraine, allies train thousands of troops for Kyiv; Russia’s spring conscription begins; CJCS Milley, in conversation; And a bit more.

  • Ben Watson and Jennifer Hlad
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